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February 24th, 2012 | Category: Community Rights, Report, Resources | Written Testimony to the Judiciary Committee in Opposition to LD1810
February 21, 2012 ~ State House Room 438
Good afternoon Senator Hasting, Representative Nass, and other honorable members of the Judiciary Committee:
Unfortunately I am unable to make it to testify in person. My name is Chris Buchanan and I’m an organizer with Defending Water for Life in Maine. We are submitting written testimony in opposition to LD1810 because it will undermine individual rights by giving corporations [...]
Continue reading Takings Bill Testimony from DW4L, LD 1810, 2-21-12
January 30th, 2012 | Category: Report, Resources |
January 25th, 2012 | Tags: bottled water, nestle | Category: Nestlé, Resources, Video | DW4L has not yet had the chance to view this film, but it is a documentary about Nestle’s business of bottling water.
Here is a link to information about the film: http://www.bottledlifefilm.com/index.php/nestle-and-water.html
If you watch it, please write a review by selecting “comment” below this post. Thanks!
December 8th, 2011 | Tags: 2030 water resources group, corporate accountability international, international finance corporation, water commodification, water privatization, world bank, world economic forum | Category: Community Rights, International, Nestlé, News, Report, Resources | Chris Buchanan, DW4L, December 8, 2011
In 2007, the World Economic Forum Water Initiative was created to “raise awareness among governments, businesses, and the expert community about the challenge of managing future water needs, and on piloting public-private-expert platforms for reform.” http://www3.weforum.org/docs/IP/MM/Water_Resources_Group_Phase2_4pager.pdf
Out of this initiative came the 2030 Water Resources Group. Formed in 2008, the WRG was sponsored by the International Finance Corporation, a part of the World Bank Group, which “provides investments and advisory services to [...]
Continue reading World Bank Sponsors ‘Water Resources Group’ aiming to Privatize Water Services in Less Developed Countries
Defending Water for Life in Maine
Water for Life, Not for Profit!
December 2011 Issue #2
Greetings Water Allies. We have spent the last few months traveling around Maine talking about the problems with corporations taking control of our water and encouraging everyone to take a stand and demand local control in their communities.
We’ve also been keeping our eyes and ears open for new threats from Nestlé and others intent on selling Maine’s water for profit.
Is [...]
Continue reading DW Newsletter #2, December 2011
November 19th, 2011 | Tags: deschutes river, groundwater | Category: Report, Resources | ACCEPTABILITY OF THE DESCHUTES GROUNDWATER MITIGATION PROGRAM by Eva Lieberherr*
Printed in Ecology Law Quarterly
This is a useful resource on how groundwater is effected by pumping, and an example of groundwater protection.
http://elq.typepad.com/currents/2011/06/currents38-04-lieberherr-2011-0607.html
November 8th, 2011 | Category: Features, News, Report, Resources, Washington | Skagit County Planning and Development Services, Wash., released a climate change study on the Skagit River Basin. The Climate Impacts Group/University of Washington conducted the study for Envision Skagit 2060. The website includes links to the following:
Executive Summary Basin Overview Climate Variability Climate Change Scenarios Glaciers Hydrology Geomorphology Ecosystems Human Systems Complete Report
See http://www.skagitcounty.net/Common/asp/default.asp?d=EnvisionSkagit&c=General&P=reports.htm
Making Quilt Squares at the Common Ground Fair
Defending Water for Life in Maine tabled for three days at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, ME. Organizers Denise and Chris spoke with hundreds of people about protecting water in Maine. We provided a couple interactive activities for fairgoers, including a poster sized “Anti-Bottled Water” pledge for folks to sign, as well as this art project to create quilt squares for our water quilt (pictured). Squares [...]
Continue reading Defending Water for Life in Maine at the Common Ground Country Fair
October 21st, 2011 | Category: News, Report, Resources | Protect Our Manoomin: Communities must declare all water sources as sacred sites.
prepared 9/24/2011 by Renee Gurneau, Anishinaabe Indigenous Knowledge Institute, and Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network
“Indigenous elders, who have been grounded in culture and language, are the foundation of traditional education about water. They are our living treasures. Understanding the meaning of water helps us to understand our relationship with, and our interconnectedness with the natural world and with each other. The values of sharing and caring [...]
Continue reading Indigenous Peoples Cosmovision and Relationship to Water: A Need for a New Paradigm in Water Policy and Water Management
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