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9781586489786

Last Call at the Oasis The Global Water Crisis and Where We Go from Here

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    9781586489786

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    158648978X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-04-24
  • Publisher: PublicAffairs
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Summary

Water scarcity is poised to become the most explosive issue of our time. Global population is soaring toward the 10 billion mark. Climate change is producing unprecedented droughts as well as devastating flooding. Less than 1 percent of the world's water is fresh and potable--and no more will ever be available. We can't afford to continue our profligate ways with water. Yet forging reasonable compromises over water regulation is incredibly difficult, as raging controversies and conflicts over water supplies in the American Southwest and "fracking" in the Northeast suggest. "Water wars" may soon threaten the peace in regions from the India/Pakistan border to sub-Saharan Africa to the Middle East. Based on the forthcoming film by Academy Award-winning director Jessica Yu, Last Call at the Oasisexplains the facts behind these interlinked crises and describes the work that far-seeing reformers, policy-makers, scientists, engineers, and business leaders are doing to craft solutions.

Author Biography

Karl Weber is a writer and editor based in New York. He collaborated with Muhammad Yunus on his bestseller Creating a World Without Poverty, edited The Best of I.F. Stone, and, with Andrew W. Savitz, coauthored The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social, and Environmental Success -- And How You Can Too. He edited the previous bestselling Participant Media Guides, Food, Inc., and Waiting for "Superman."

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Prologue: "All Bets are Off"p. xi
The Coming Water Crisis
Water Realities By the Editorp. 3
Exploring Oasis: The Making of Last Call at the Oasisp. 21
From Farmer to Water Activist: Why I Won't Stop Fightingp. 35
Clean WaterùThe Price of Gold? Resource Development and Global Competition for Waterp. 47
No Time to Wastep. 67
Where do we Go from Here?
A Way Forward? The Soft Path for Waterp. 85
In Our Lifetime: Deconstructing the Global Water Crisis and Securing Safe Water for Allp. 103
Drawing Water: Soft-Path Thinking and Drylands Designp. 117
From Crisis to Competitive Advantage: How Businesses are Learning Sustainable Water Managementp. 135
Diamonds in Disguise: Using Price Signals and Market Forces to Address the Water Crisisp. 155
Ten Simple Ways You Can Help Protect Our Water By the National Resources Defense Councilp. 173
Nine Ecofabulous Ways to Save Water at Home-And Do It with Stylep. 177
"Endless Resourcefulness": A Conversation About Water withp. 189
Getting Involved: Resources for Learning and Activism
Organizations Working to Protect and Improve Our Water Supplyp. 201
Online Information Toolsp. 221
Online Water Conservation, Protection, and Access Campaignsp. 223
Books for Further Learningp. 227
About the Distributors of Last Call at the Oasisp. 233
Indexp. 235
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