Issue 25
November / December 2000


HopeDance


WATER

MTBE in SLO County's Water and What We Can Do About It
Jill Denton reports on the hazards of MTBE leaking into our water and what creative ways we can deal with it.

Raising the Height of the Salinas Dam
Attorney Marge Erickson reports on the latest about the city of SLO needing more water from the Salinas Dam and the ecological consequences.

The Globalization of Water
Maude Barlow, the "Ralph Nader of Canada," gives a stunning speech on the transnational corporations buying up water and claiming it a need rather than a right. We dare you not to listen to this scholar!

Imaginary conversation: Creator and St. Francis about lawns

Pumping Water from the Mohave Desert Aquifer to Where?
Activist Frank Arundel uncovers a surrealistic scoop where Cadiz, Inc. wants to empty the water from the Aquifer to sell to Southern California developers while replacing it with contaminated water from the Colorado River. Please read on...

Alternative Wastewater Treatment: Advanced Integrated Pond Systems
More and more city municipalities are opting for building biological and ecological systems to deal with waste rather than the old paradigm of using chemicals. This is a report from the Department of Energy that encourages the success of St. Helena, CA

"Living Machines" - Using Biology to clean our water
At Bioneers, John Todd gave a stupendous speech about the positive restorative projects that he and his Institute have been involved with. Healing toxic "waste" water with biology. What a concept!

Edward Abbey on Water
Need we say more?

Vicki Robin on Spirituality, Sustainability and Simplicity
Famed simplicity guru Vicki Robin reports her "holy shit" experience after a workshop with Donella Meadows and Sister Miriam MacGillis. The planet is worse than you probably thought!


Columns
PFLAG News
Disarmament News
Health News
Parenting News
Green Party News
Sustainable Living
Possibilities
Globalization News

Departments

Introduction
Letters to the Editor
Water Conservation
SLO HOURS DIRECTORY
Environmental News
Advertising Directory
HopeDance Distribution Places

HopeDance Santa Barbara
Tomols and Healthy Watesheds
Aqua Pura
Deconstruction, Not Demolition
Smart Shelter Network
Natural Building
SB Calendar of Events
Growing Solutions

Websites for more water related research

Books
on Water, Julia Butterfly, Water, Economic Democracy, Eco-Pioneers, and more water...

poetry
Drouth
   by Wendell Berry
At Loxahatchie
   by Mary Oliver