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The Gowanus Canal, New York, NY. Photo: brainware3000 on flickr
Fresh water is our most essential natural resource. Yet worldwide, more than one billion people don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. And it’s a sure bet that as water scarcity grows, so too will these alarming numbers. So how can we protect our fresh water resources? Where do we start?
On this edition, from a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing
watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country.
They’re people working to protect and restore our valuable fresh waterways
and to keep water resources part of a shared global commons.
This program is made possible in part by the Park Foundation.
Featuring:
‘Gowanus’ by Samara Freemark:
Alex Coveleski, Gowanus Dredgers Member; Owen Foote, Dredgers Coordinator; Olivia Ford, NYC Student; Marco Dashev, Brooklyn Fashion Photographer and Gowanus canoer; Stephen Kline and Beatrice Aranow, first-time canoers.
‘Southeastern Water Wars’ by Marjorie Menzel:
Johnny Richards, Franklin County Seafood Workers Association President;
Kevin Begos, Franklin County Oyster and Seafood Industry Task Force
Executive Director; Dan Tonsmeire, Apalachicola Riverkeeper; Joseph “Smokey” Parrish, Franklin County Commissioner; Anita Grove, Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce Executive Director; Charlie Crist, Florida Governor; Sonny Perdue, Georgia Governor.
‘Living With Less Water’ by Rebecca Williams:
Ellen Peterson, Florida Resident; Gary J. Ritter, Lake Okeechobee Area Water
Manager; Dr. Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute Co-founder and President.
This segment comes from “The Environment Report” which receives its funding
from The Park Foundation and the Joyce Foundation.
‘Interview on overall policy issues with Clean Water Action’
Making Contact’s Andrew Stelzer interviews Jennifer Clary, Water Policy
Analyst with Clean Water Action.
For more information:
Blue Planet Project
c/o The Council of Canadians
170 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON K1P 5V5
800-387-7177
blueplanet[at]canadians.org
www.blueplanetproject.net/index.html
Citizen Environmentalists Against Sludge Encapsulation (CEASE)
PO Box 388
Hudson Falls, NY 12839
518-321-8380
ceasedredging[at]verizon.net
Clean Water Action (National Office)
4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite A-300
Washington, DC 20008
202-895-0420
www.cleanwateraction.org
Clean Water Network
1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
202-289-2421
info[at}cwn.org
www.cwn.org/cwn
Earth Justice
223 South King Street, #400
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-599-2436
www.earthjustice.org
Food and Water Watch
1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 225
Washington, DC 20036
202-797-6550
foodandwater[at]fwwatch.org
The Greywater Action
(Greywater Guerillas)
http://greywateraction.org
La Red Vida
00591-4-4588725
info[at]laredvida.org
www.laredvida.org
Polaris Institute
180 Metcalfe Street, Suite 500
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K2P 1P5
866-346-6602
www.polarisinstitute.org/water
Riverkeeper
828 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
800-21-RIVER
www.riverkeeper.org
Tuolumne River Trust
67 Linoberg Street, Suite B
Sonora, CA 95370
209-588-8636
www.tuolumne.org/content
Water Institute
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
15290 Coleman Valley Road
Occidental, CA 95465
707- 874-1557 x 206
www.oaecwater.org
Water.org
920 Main Street, Suite 1800
Kansas City, MO 64105
816-877-8400
www.water.org/projects
Blogs, Articles, Links:
Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering by Charles Duhigg
The New York Times, Published: September 12, 2009
www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html
Clean Water Act Violations: The Enforcement Record Map
The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/09/13/us/0913-water.html
Find Water Polluters Near You
The New York Times
http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/polluters
Harvesting Rain Water — courtesy of YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWnhYIIKY0U
Music:
Raindrops by Avko
Eple by Roy Scopp
Tags: environment, water
