The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it.
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Tag: Water resources
BC Wildlife Federation: Wetlands Education Program
In collaboration with the Tk’emlups Indian Band, the BC Wildlife Federation is hosting a four-day wetlands restoration workshop in Kamloops BC, from September 15-18, 2011.
Water-On-Wheels
Water-On-Wheels (WOW), a local Cobourg-based business, has developed a solution that provides events across Ontario with access to on site water sources.
ActionH20 Campaign Launches on World Water Day
Image via Wikipedia OTTAWA— Sierra Club Canada and the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project have joined forces to launch a nation-wide water campaign called ActionH2O. The multiyear initiative aims to encourage communities across Canada to reduce their respective water footprints through a focused outreach and engagement campaign. “We need to dispel the myth…
Oil Sands Threaten Water Resources in Alberta, NWT
Current water management practices cannot protect water in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories from the impacts of oil sands development, according to a new report by the Pembina Institute.
Wanted: home for 70 tonnes of sewage sludge
Every day, close to 20 semi-loads of sludge from Winnipeg’s water and waste department are trucked out to be spread on farmers’ fields northwest of the city. The city’s been disposing of “bio-solids” this way since the 1930s – but now it’s looking at alternatives. Original link from the CBC: http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=mb_waste020813
