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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results38 Connexions Library1 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 7 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 3 Sources Library 2 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAlterNet Website Online news magazine and community featuring original journalism as well as material from many other independent media sources. AlterNet's aim is to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, hum... The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water Fishman, Charles Book 2011 A journalistic account of the secret life of water. Blue Betrayal: The Harper government's assault on Canada's freshwater Barlow, Maude Article 2015 Canadians have long taken their water heritage for granted. This is largely due to the myth that there is an abundance of water. While it is true that compared to many other parts of the world Canada ... Blue Gold: The battle against corporate theft of the world's water  Barlow, Maude; Clarke, Tony Book 2002 International tensions around water are rising in many of the world's most volatile regions.This book exposes the enormity of the problem, the dangers of the proposed solution and the alternative, whi... Blue Gold: World Water Wars Bozzo, Sam (director); Barlow, Maude; Clarke, Tony (writers) Film/Video 2008 A documentary, based on the book Blue Gold, by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, which examines environmental and political implications of the planet's dwindling water supply, and posits that wars in the... Canada's Water: For Sale Bocking, Richard C. Book 1972 Describes the pressures behind U.S. demand for Canadian water and the Canadian response and presents the case against grand engineering schemes, major dams, and large river diversions.
Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 3 - September 1981 - Atlantic Development/Le Developpement Atlantique Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Environment Focus Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on environment, ecology, climate change, pollution, and land use. Connexions Library: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Water Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on water, rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, rivers, oceans, marine life. Drought Gonzalez, Evereado Film/Video 2011 As a result of the persistent drought, an entire community prepares for an inevitable exodus from their homeland in northern Mexico. Dying for Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the Poor Kim, Jin Yong, Millen, Joyce, Irwin, Alex & Gershman, John Book EnvironmentSources.com Website 2017 Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa... Farmers vs Coca-Cola in Water Wars Article 2009 As India faces its worst drought in four decades, a dispute over water resources between farmers in the Kala Dera area of western Rajasthan state and a Coca-Cola bottling plant located there has sharp... Iraq's greatest danger yet: collapse of 'world's most dangerous dam' Arbuthnot, Felicity Article 2016 As if Iraq has not suffered enough under Saddam Hussein, the vicious UN sanctions regime, the US-UK occupation and the depradations of Daesh, a new threat looms that could kill a million people or mor... Lack of regulation behind West Virginia water disaster Barrickman, Nick Article 2014 A chemical spill at the Etowah River Terminal, near Charleston, West Virginia, resulted in nearly 300,000 people in the state losing access to drinkable water. Since then, several reports have been re... Only protect: A photographic celebration of our endangered earth: New Internationalist May 2005 - #378 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2005 A visual look at the world's Ecosystems and a discussion of the scale and urgency of the environmental crisis. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 12, 2015: SYRIZA Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This week we're featuring the 40-point program which SYRIZA, the Greek coalition of the radical left, put forward to win the Greek election. Oliver Tickell writes about the mass media's latest campaig... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 1, 2017: April 1 issue Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Other Voices always strives to present you with alternative views on important topics. This issue offers some really alternative perspectives and even some "alternative facts." As always, read critica... Privatizing Water, The New World War: Against The Current vol. 108 Lake, Veronica Article 2004 Capitalism and corporate science have colluded to bring us the latest, most insidious crisis. According to the United Nations research, 1.3 billion people in the world today lack access to clean water... The Shape of the Suburbs: Understanding Toronto's Sprawl Sewell, John Book 2009 Examines the relationship between the development of suburbs, water, and sewage systems, highways and the decision-making of Toronto-area governments to show how the suburbs spread, and how they have ... Siberia's Heavenly Lake and 'small peoples' of the High North at risk from oil drilling Sakirko, Elena; Fomin, Konstantin Article 2016 A vital nature preserve in western Siberia, and the indigenous peoples that inhabit it, are at risk from oil development. Oil giant Surgutneftegas is already active in the Numto Park, but now they wan... Toolkit for a New Canada Gonick, Cy (Coordinating Editor) Article 2008 A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimension magazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the first decade of the 21st century. The article... Walkerton Tragedy: Connexipedia Article Article Brief overview of the Walkerton water contamination incident. 'Water man of India' makes rivers flow again Krishnan, Pramila Article 2015 The revival of traditional rainwater harvesting has restored flow to rivers in India's driest state, Rajasthan - thanks to the tireless efforts of Rajendra Singh, recent winner of a Stockholm water pr... We Must Support Detroit's Fight for the Right to Water Wedes, Justin Article 2014 Detroit is shutting off water to 40% of residents to prepare the water system for a corporate buyout. Residents are organizing to resist the water shuttoffs, anti-democratic rule and the demands of Wa... When Water is a Commodity Instead of a Human Right: The Agony of Detroit Dolack, Pete Article 2014 The shutoff of water to thousands of Detroit residents, the proposed privatization of the water system and the diversion of the system’s revenue to banks are possible because the most basic human requ... The World Without Us Weisman, Alan Book 2007 A thought experiment to see what would happen to the planet if human beings simply disappeared.
Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesNew Internationalist New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryAnishinabe Women, Youth & Elders Hold Ceremony, Public Event on Lake of the Woods, March in Kenora for World Water Day Sources News Release 2015 Grassroots Indigenous Water Defence host event at McLeod Park to raise awareness about threats to local waterways, in solidarity with Indigenous communities protecting water around the world. The City in History Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects Mumford, Lewis 1961 Beginning with an interpretation of the origin and nature of the city, Mumford follows the city's development from Egypt and Mesopotamia through Greece, Rome, and the Middle Ages to the modern world. HTO Toronto's Water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low-flow Toilets Reeves, Wayne; Palassion, Christina (eds.) 2008 A collection of essays on Toronto's water and watershed, ranging from burying streams to storm sewers and rainwater harvesting. From the Connexions ArchivesNew Internationalist Serial Publication (Periodical) New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. |
