HOBT and On the Commons Present - A Civic Project - A Sacred Project - A Communal Health Project

Invigorate the Common Well Resources

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blue Gold

Barlow, Maude; Clarke, Tony.
New York: The New Press, 2004.

Water: For Health, for Healing, For Life

Batmanghelidj, Fereydoon
Virginia: Global Health Solutions, Inc, 2003.

The Hidden Messages in Water

Emoto, Masaru
Oregon: Beyond Words Publishing, Inc, 2004

The True Power of Water

Emoto, Masaru
Beyond Words Publishing, Inc, 2004

The Greenpeace Book of Water

Lanz, Klaus
New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 1995.

The Holy Order of Water:
Healing Earth's Water and Ourselves

Marks, William E.
Bell Pond Books, 2001

Water: More Precious
than Oil

Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack A.
Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1982

Troubled Water: Saints, Sinners, Truths, and Lies about the Global Water Crisis

Roddick, Anita
United Kingdom:
Anita Roddick Publications, Ltd., 2004

Thirst: A Short History of Drinking Water

Sazman, James
The Berkeley Electronic Press
 (electronic resource)

Water Wars:
Privatization, Pollution, and Profit

Shiva, Vandana
South End Press: Cambridge, MA, 2002

The Water You Drink: Safe or Suspect?

Stauffer, Julie
Canada: New Society Publishers, 2004

Students in Theater

DOWNLOADS

Beneath the Surface
Curriculum Resource Guide

A guide for teachers for the Second Episode of Invigorate the Common Well

Earthday Network Lesson Plans

Lesson plans on water quality for grades 5-8

Earthday Network Water Information

General information for (k-12) on water pollution and lists of more web-sites with lesson plans.

Thirst Study Guide

A series of activities that go along with the video Thirst, some of which could work as stand alone discussion topics – for middle and high school grades.  The video can be loaned from another web-site listed below.

Who Owns Your Water

Fact sheet on water privatization

Alliance For Democracy

A 76 page downloadable power point presentation on water privatization issues.

Web Resources on Water Issues
Collected by Tomales Bay Institute

Earthday Network - A host of fact and information sheets on many aspects of water and threats to water.
Thirst Links - Lists of down-loadable articles, books, web-sites and organizations working on water issues.
Food and Water Watch - A lot of information about water privatization and water campaigns around the globe.
Food and Water Watch Films - Same organization as above but this link will take you directly to their film library where you can loan some great videos and films about water.
Blue Planet Project  - The primary web-site for international campaigns on water privatization around the globe.
WaterAid - K-12 lLesson plans, downloadable fact sheets, videos, games & posters about water issues in developing countries.
Frontline World: What's In Your Water Bottle?
- Fact sheet on bottled water
Ogallala Commons - Comprehensive reading list of printed matter on water issues
Green Educator's Network - An on-line forum for environmental educators around the world interested in sharing ideas, strategies and resources.
Corporate Accountability International - Corporate Accountability’s bottled water campaign
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom's Water for Life campaign
Clean Water Action Minnesota  - Clean Water Action Alliance site about state legislative issues that relate to water
Iraq Water Project - Veterans for Peace project to repair water treatment plants in Iraq.
Eco Education - Twin Cities organization that providing a variety of environmental education programs to K-12 students.
Human Development Report on water, published by the United Nations Development Project. 
Rice Creek Watershed District - Information on building rain gardens, green roofs and other best management practices with water
University of Minnesota - Native plants of Minnesota info
Chalchiutlicue - Minnesota grassroots community water actions, information and resources from a Latino, indigenous perspective and links to other local , regional, and international water advocacy groups.
Photo by Bruce Silcox