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Restoring our Great Lakes connection in 2018
When you live in the Great Lakes region, water shapes your daily life. Your health, your home and your job are a product of the lakes.This movement will help take us from an era of destruction to an era of restoration.
Here's a look at what our Great Lakes Community will talk about in 2018.
The 6 qualities of a water leader
I’ve been asked this question over and over again and I always come back to the same notion: the people who make the smartest choices for their communities are the ones who understand their personal connection to water. But who are they? And what qualifies them to lead?
Are we on the verge of a Great Lakes renaissance?
Everywhere I turn, the Great Lakes are on people’s minds. When I came back from the International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes Water Quality Board meeting in Windsor recently, I felt like interest in our sweetwater seas is on the rise.
Where does a clean water future begin?
The face of environmental law has changed in Canada in the last two years. What does that mean for environmentalism?
Introducing the National Water Centre and the Watermark Project
With the first announcement of the “Watermark Project”, the National Water Centre is asserting that discovering, collecting and sharing watermarks is in our national interest. The Project aims to capture 35-million watermarks in the coming years (one for every Canadian).
Lake Ontario shark vs aquatic fire-breathing dragon
We all need to go outside more often. Peer under the water and look for fish. Peek under rocks and look for bugs. Get to know what lives in the world around us. Perhaps you'll be the one to spot a shark or the mysterious Gaasyendietha next time.
I tweeted about sewage. This is what happened next.
How Waterkeeper’s investigation into Toronto’s sewage bypass problem started. Mark Mattson tells the story behind our Request for Review application on the anniversary of the 2013 flood.
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