Troubled Waters: A Profile for Community Action provides a clear, comprehensive overview of freshwater issues, invaluable resources and inspiring community success stories describing successful actions your peers have taken to tackle this global problem in communities around the world. Recent water tragedies remind us that we cannot take safe water for granted. We've put our fresh water under tremendous pressure; our lakes, streams, and groundwater are all showing signs of stress. Across Canada and around the world people are making a difference in their communities; reclaiming watersheds, encouraging safer and reduced use of agricultural and industrial chemicals, reporting polluters, cleaning up industry and showing others how they can make a difference too! Without water life is not possible and much of the world is struggling to overcome declining supply and quality. As a result of lack of access to safe water 20,000 children die each day around the world.
In this Profile you'll find facts, resources, inspiration and a wealth of ideas on how to protect ensure safe and adequate water in your community. You'll find this Profile offers what you need to know about water in clear, accessible language. The Overview explains issues of quality and availability of fresh water, why they are important, what's causing problems in Canada and around the world, what can be done to improve the situation and why we must act now. Water Fast Facts provides a handy three-page summary.
You'll also find inspiration in the pages that follow. The Success Stories provide a wealth of ideas on how communities can take action to protect water. Read about what groups across Canada and internationally have done to conserve water, monitor, protect and rehabilitate bodies of fresh water, and manage resources in a sustainable manner. You'll also discover lots of resources for further information in each of these areas. The Personal Action Checklist at the back of this publication has some excellent suggestions on changes you can make in your own life to protect fresh water on this planet.
Around the world people are making a difference in their communities and showing others how they can make a difference too!
If this Profile motivates you to action, you may want to consider some of the other publications and programs that Harmony Foundation offers. Biodiversity: Profile for Community Action is only the tip of the iceberg – there is an array of tools available to you through Harmony's Building Sustainable Societies program on climate change, bio-diversity, greening cities and more and don't forget the highly acclaimed Community Action Workshop Manual to help organize and plan your projects.
