Sun 6 Aug 2006
The Living Waters Project was created to raise awareness of the importance of protecting our remaining pristine water sources as public resources, rather than corporate assets. The project is birthed in the wake of recent purchase agreements by Nestle Corporation, the world’s largest food and beverage corporation, to
control water rights in the Mount Shasta region of Northern California.
To get involved in this project contact Julie at livingwaters@circlecenter.com
Additional informational resources:
http://www.worldwaterwars.com/UnitedStates/California/index.htm
http://www.mountshastaecology.org/14Nestle.html
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/474
Music:
“Floating Bamboo” by Suzanne Teng via Magnatune.com
Photos:
glueslabs, sp8254, monster, poagao & gen2kk
Additional Media:
WGBH Sandbox
EarthCircle.org
August 6th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
This is so beautiful. Julie knows what’s up.
When I was little, my mom used to take me on these really amazing vacations, just the two of us. One summer, we drove up and down the East coast and stopped in Cape Cod at an artesian well. That water sticks in my mind to this day as one of that trip’s highlights. I was probably ten years old.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:53 am
Yeah Water!
This is akin to my favorite charity:
http://www.medicinewaters.org/
which protects lands/waters in the Pine Barrens of NJ.
Did you know the beachy sand of the Pine Barrens acts as a high-grade water filter, underneath which is an enormous aquifer containing some of the purest water in the U.S., and once tested by the EPA to be equal in quality to glacial melt-water? I did.
Also, to celebrate water, check out this link which relates how to obtain water in the wilderness:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/1981-11-01/At-Home-in-the-Wilderness-Part-II-Water.aspx
Thanks water!
August 10th, 2007 at 11:12 am
For me she is stating the obvious.
It’s wonderful she wants to make people aware and I hope she will.
But the question is why aren’t people aware anymore? Why are we being alienated from the nature that surrounds us and we are dependent on?
I remember from my childhood that I learned something about the ecosystem and how it works but it was related to the systems and from a science point of view. Instead they should lay more emphasis on our part in nature where we fit in and what our responsibilities are.
We lost something as we gained more control over our environment. We lost the sense of dialog with nature. We need to feel what we are doing to it and us. Because we should be, like she said, and are connected to our planet.