Myth of Water Abundance 33.4

3 August, 2007

Editorial: Reversing the Flow

This issue of Alternatives focuses on water soft paths. For most people this statement invites the question: What are water soft paths? Though noun and adjective have been reversed, water soft paths share a common heritage with the soft energy paths developed in the 1970s by a group of researchers including Amory Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado.

Lovins did some of his earliest work on soft energy paths in Canada, along with a group of Canadian analysts. The results of this effort first appeared in Alternatives in 1979/1980 (Vol. 8:3/4 and Vol. 9:1) and three years later it became a book, Life After Oil, authored by Robert Bott, John Robinson and myself. ...

Editorial: Finding a New Altitude

Nicola Ross

Editorial

Science Desk - Abstract Only

Kasia Kaluzny

The climate scoop is in penguin poop.

Letter from Tanzania - Abstract Only

Greg John

Land of matazioworks just fine with low-tech.

Reversing the Flow - Editorial

David B. Brooks

A Final Toast to A.R. Thompson (1942 to 2006)

Ingenuity Trumps Hard Tech - Abstract Only

David B. Brooks, Oliver M. Brandes

The water soft path is the best bet for Canada’s public and ecological needs.
An Innovative Framework
Water Soft Path Principles

The Telling Studies - Abstract Only

Elizabeth Hendriks, Graham R. Daborn, Lisa Isaacman, Nabeela Rahman, Oliver M. Brandes, Paul A. Kay, Tony Maas

Three studies from the community, watershed and provincial level show how the water soft path really works.
     Community Paths Sarah Jordaan and Carla Stevens
     Watershed Paths Lisa Isaacman and Graham R. Daborn
     Provincial Paths P.A. Kay, E. Hendriks, and N. Rahman

Crisis? What Crisis? - Abstract Only

Susan Holtz

Water soft path proponents swim against a current of sparse data, skeptical citizens and policy barriers.
     Barriers Along the Path Sarah Jordaan and Carla Stevens
     Great Potential in Pulp and Paper Elizabeth Hendricks
     Virtual Water Trading Nabeela Rahman
     Waterless Lunch David B. Brooks and Anja Grauenhorst
     Ice Rinks Score Too Paul A. Kay

Soft Planning - Abstract Only

David B. Brooks, Oliver M. Brandes

How to create a water soft path.

Water Resources - Abstract Only

Brim full of water soft path reports, action opportunities and follow-ups.

Water Philosophy - Abstract Only

Ardith Walkem

Indigenous laws treat water with awe and reverence rather than as a resource to be managed.

Pricing Water to Death - Abstract Only

Jeremy J. Schmidt

Alberta's water permits prolong the problem.

Hands Off Our Crap - Abstract Only

Pina Belperio

Whistler, BC, maintains control of its public sewage plant.

MyMarket - Abstract Only

Peter Stock

Only certified local producers need apply.

Living Classics: The Symbiotic Vision - Abstract Only

Kent A. Peacock

Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock offer a modern take on Leopold's classic, A Sand County Almanac.

Review: Culture of More - Abstract Only

Fraser Los

Deep Economy by Bill McKibben

Brain Mulch: Invitation - Abstract Only

Avery Ascher

Publication of this issue was made possible by funding from International Development Research Centre (IDRC); the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and support from our many subscribers. We acknowledge the financial support of Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) Canada; Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation; Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Canada Summer Jobs Program; The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation; Metcalf Foundation; Ontario Media Development Corporation; Suncor Energy; Ontario Work Study Plan; and the government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program and Canada Magazine Fund toward our mailing and editorial costs. The support of the Faculty of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Environmental Studies Endowment Foundation is appreciated.