Water & Dams, Salmon & Frogs        Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition2 reviews Patrick McCully Zed Books, 2001 Richly detailed, thorough coverage of key topic. + The Dammed Truth This book excels at laying out the thousands of inter-related details that go into large dams: their geographic countenance, their economic costs and impact, the public health aspects and more. It makes links between facts that give valuable insight into the global dam market. Sobering at times, ...             A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History5 reviews Lynne Cherry Voyager Books, 2002 This book is fantastic for third graders! + The History of a River + Great Historical/ Environmental Read + This is one of the greatest books ever written. + Scenic AND educational!             Streams of Consciousness: Hip-Deep Dispatches from the River of Life6 reviews Jeff Hull The Lyons Press, 2007 shared introspection + Fly fishing in life + Great read, again + A Great Second Act + Superb Writing             The Spirit of Water: The Hidden Message for All of Us6 reviews Lawrence Ellyard O Books, 2007 A very engaging read on water + Excellent and Elaborate Information and How to Use It + The Spirit Of Water + Vision and truth + A remarkable treatise on water and energy             Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water3 reviews Maude Barlow New Press, 2008 Great review of water policy + A Must Read + Darn Hot! Maude Barlow has written a very readable review of water policy. At first this would not seem like a very exciting topic, but water policy will soon affect all of us as we deplete the supply of accessible clean water. Ms. Barlow divides her book into five chapters. She starts by explaining the ...             Troubled Water: Saints, Sinners, Truth And Lies About The Global Water Crisis5 reviews Anita Roddick, Brooke Shelby Biggs, ... Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004 Most amazing book series ever by a business person + Well-Presented Material + Truths, lies, and myths surrounding a range of water issues Troubled Water is part of an amazing library of books Anita Roddick, global entrepreneur and founder of Body Shop, has spent much of the last 3 years authoring and is publishing simultaneously. Troubled Water is likely to have extraordinary consequences for global corporations in the water and ...             Entering the Watershed: A New Approach To Save America's River Ecosystems Robert Doppelt, Mary Scurlock, ... Island Press, 1993 Entering the Watershed is the product of a two-year project established by the Pacific Rivers Council to develop new federal riverine protection and restoration policy alternatives. It recommends a comprehensive new approach to river protection based on principles of watershed dynamics, ecosystem function, and conservation biology -- a nationwide, strategic community- and ecosystem-based ...             Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water4 reviews Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, ... Jossey-Bass, 2007 Our Most Precious Resource + An Uncle Tom's Cabin for Power Grabs + Real World Organizing This is an easy to read but alarming account of the privitization of public water in eight communities across the United States. It is a book that should be read and understood in our nation's high schools and colleges. THIRST Fighting The Corporate THEFT Of Our Water is an interesting and ...             Watershed: The Undamming of America Elizabeth Grossman Counterpoint, 2002 A close examination of the questions facing communities across the United States where dam removal is on the environmental and political agenda. Dams and diversions along America's rivers have transformed the country and in doing so created environmental problems whose resolution will, in many ways, determine how we live in the next century. There are over 75,000 dams in the country and ...             Drowned Out2 reviews Nina Wadia Cinema Libre, 2006 Drowned Out a VERY important Film to See! + Drowned Out Title: Drowned Out (2002) Starring: Nina Wadia Director: Franny Armstrong Format: DVD Review By: Diana Rohini LaVigne, Indian Life & Style Magazine The scary reality of Indians living in the path of progression is brought to life by the expert talents of director Franny Armstrong. Rather ...             Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species1 review University of California Press, 2005 A Classic Amphibian and Conservation Reference Every species of amphibian in the U.S. has a detailed species account in the latter 55% of this book. "Amphbian Declines" therefore rivals Petranka's (1998) "Salamanders of the U.S. and Canada" with its species accounts. Amphibian Declines has accounts that are more up to date, contain pertinent ...             A Stain Upon the Sea: West Coast Salmon Farming1 review Stephen Eaton Hume, Alexandra Morton, ... Harbour Publishing, 2005 Just the Facts An excellent if sad synopsis of the devastating toll salmon farming is wreaking on wild trout and salmon populations around the world. A Stain Upon the Sea is a fascinating microcosm of the battle being waged between environmental and economic interests to the detriment of our planet, future and ...             Rivers And Wetlands (Caring for the Planet) Neil Champion Smart Apple Media, 2006             Water Consciousness1 review AlterNet Books, 2008 The most important book on the most important crisis we face (or aren't facing) In the middle of September of 2008, as the Senate of the United States was pondering an energy bill, all 100 Senators were invited to speak at a Bipartisan Energy Summit. With a national election less than two months away, you may imagine the posturing. But you might not have anticipated this ...             Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can Do About It4 reviews Paul Simon Welcome Rain, 2002 Finally,dams are being removed + I Bought Several Copies + A Powerful Call to Action Some progress in saving water resources is being made by removing dams-up to & including Glen Canyon Dam. Follow Simon's requests--last 3 pages-take action,this forboding crisis will be exacerbated by Y2K....             Not a Drop to Drink: America's Water Crisis (and What You Can Do)2 reviews Ken Midkiff New World Library, 2007 The subject deserves a better book than this This is a thin, poorly edited book about a coming train wreck in water supply. I think it attempts to follow in the footsteps of the late Marc Reisner's "Cadillac Desert", a noble idea as that (far better) book was a history, and suggested no solutions. Midkoff, to his credit, does suggest some ...             Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders: Stories of People and Water in the Middle East1 review Francesca de Chatel Transaction Publishers, 2007 Great Condition and Good Timing This book was in great condition and was delivered in an adequate amount of time. I hope to enjoy the book as I work through my classes for this semester.             Empty Nets: Indians, Dams, and the Columbia River Second Edition (Culture and Environment in the Pacific West) Roberta Ulrich Oregon State University Press, 2007 Empty Nets is a disturbing history of broken promises and justice delayed. It chronicles a native people’s fight to maintain their livelihood and culture in the face of an indifferent federal bureaucracy and hostile state governments. In 1939, the U.S. Government promised to provide Columbia River Indians with replacements for traditional fishing sites flooded in the backwater of the Bonneville ...             Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment3 reviews Jacques Leslie Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 A Modern View of The Cadillac Desert + Good implicit indictment of dams, but could have gone farther, and weak on solutions + A fine addition not just to college-level collections, but to general-interest libraries as well. In the United States the building of large dams has basically ceased. The failure of the Teton Dam in Idaho and the publication of the seminal book 'The Cadillac Desert' pointed out that the construction of such dams had gone far enough. Of course the fact that most of the best sites had already ...             Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power Sanjeev Khagram Cornell University Press, 2004 Big dams built for irrigation, power, water supply, and other purposes were among the most potent symbols of economic development for much of the twentieth century. Of late they have become a lightning rod for challenges to this vision of development as something planned by elites with scant regard for environmental and social consequences—especially for the populations that are displaced as ...              Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Fists of Fury/Chinese Connection we recommend A very engaging read on water leave a comment home  impressum - about us