Current
affairs/environment & ecology/ conservation
978-1-894765-93-0
5.5” x 8.5”, 208 pages
$19.95, softcover Rocky
Mountain Books www.rmbooks.com
Robert
Sandford’s Water,
Weatherand
theMountain
West clearly delivers a message that it
is time to dispel the myth of limitless abundance
of water in Canada and throughout North America
and that although our technologically
sophisticated society is fuelled and lubricated
largely by petroleum, it ultimately runs on plain
water.
Growing
populations, increasing industrial use and heavy
agricultural demand are beginning to tax water
supplies in many regions of
Canada
’s west. Future economic and social development
will depend upon how much we know about our
surface and ground water resources and how
effectively we manage them―especially in the
face of climate change.
Robert
Sandford’s authoritative book offers a realistic
picture of the various issues and threats related
to the availability and quality of fresh water
that
Canada
will face in the future and how we can effectively
address them.
The
RMB Alliance is
a new and developing series of clear,
passionate and accessible lectures
bringing together writers, thinkers,
artists, planners and outdoor enthusiasts
in the pursuit of ecological stability and
common-sense environmental stewardship.
Robert
Sandford is
the Chair of the United Nations Water for Life
Initiative in
Canada
. He is a natural historian and the
author or editor of some 20 books on the history and
heritage of the Canadian west. He began his work
with UN-linked initiatives as chair of the UN
International Year of Mountains in 2002, and he also
chaired the UN International Year of Fresh Water and
Wonder of Water Initiative in
Canada
in 2003/04. He is also director of the Western
Watersheds Climate Research Collaborative, a
research and public-policy arm of the
University
of
Lethbridge
. He lives in
Canmore
,
Alberta.
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