Connexions Resource Centre
Focus on Water, Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Wetlands
Recent & Selected Articles
This is a small sampling of articles related to education and children in the Connexions Online Library. For more articles, books, films, and other resources, check the Connexions Library Subject Index, especially under topics such as
education,
children,
youth,
post-secondary education,
film,
and schools.
- Connexions Archive seeks a new home (November 18, 2009)
The Connexions Archive, a Toronto-based library dedicated to preserving the history of grassroots movements for social change, needs a new home.
- The Humble Tuna (October 19, 2009)
The humble tuna, "the chicken of the sea", is an unfortunate metaphor for all that is dysfunctional about our contemporary, western, capitalist world. The story of the Tuna is the story of our triumphant world, and provides a unified theory of its runaway excess
- Farmers vs Coca-Cola in Water Wars (October 1, 2009)
As India faces its worst drought in four decades, a dispute over water resources between farmers in the Kala Dera area of western Rajasthan state and a Coca-Cola bottling plant located there has sharpened.
- A Request For More Effective Regulation of jet skis (April 28, 2009)
Jet skis produce noise pollution, water pollution, adversely impact wildlife and aquatic plants, and pose serious safety risks.
- Contamination: The Poisonous Legacy of Ontario's Environmental Cutbacks (June 4, 2000)
The story of Ontario's right-way Harris government, which gutted health and environmental protection polices, leading to the Walkerton water disaster.
- Walkerton Water Tragedy -- Contamination: The Poisonous Legacy of Ontario's Environmental Cutbacks (2000)
The story of how a right-way government which gutted health and environmental protection polices, leading to the Walkerton water disaster.
- Water Exports: The New Gold Rush? (March 21, 1991)
Water shortages have become an top issue in the U.S., and it appears the nation will look north of the border for help. In Canada, opposition is growing.
- Canada’s Water: Resource War #2 (March 16, 1991)
Wars are usually fought over ideologies or natural resources. Canada should be concerned given its rich deposits of natural resources.
- Chemicals in your water: A little is too much (1984)
There is reason to be concerned about the increasing amounts of chemicals in our water.
- 150 years of dirty water (1984)
Toronto’s water has been polluted pretty much since the city was founded — but that doesn’t mean we should put up with it.
Selected Websites and Organizations
This is a small sampling of organizations and websites concerned with education and children in the Connexions Directory. For more organizations and websites, check the Connexions Directory Subject Index, especially under topics such as
education,
children,
youth,
post-secondary education,
film,
and schools.
Other Links & Resources
- DHMO.org
Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound. DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful. It is also known as H20.
Books, Films and Periodicals
This is a small sampling of books related to education and children in the
Connexions Online Library. For more books and other resources, check the Connexions Library
Subject Index, especially under topics such as
education,
children,
youth,
post-secondary education,
film,
and schools.
- At the Water's Edge
Nature Study in Lakes, Streams, and Ponds
Author: Cvancara, Alan M.
A first-rate nature book that guides the reader out into the world of ponds, stream, brooks, rills, and lakes.
- The Cost of Living
Author: Roy, Arundhati
Roy takes on two of the great illusions of India's progress: the massive dam projects that have displaced millions, and the development of India's nuclear weapons. Roy peels away the mask of democracy and prosperity to show the true costs hidden beneath.
- Fresh Water Seas
Saving the Great Lakes
Author: Weller, Phil
- The No-Nonsense Guide to Water
Author: Black, Maggie
- State of the World's Oceans
New Internationalist January/February 2007
A look at the how the world's ocean is being destroyed and its effects on the earth.
- The Water Front
A documentary about water privatization. Residents of Highland Park, Michigan, known as the birthplace of the auto-industry, have received water bills as high as $10,000; they have had their water turned off, their homes foreclosed, and are struggling to keep water, a basic human right, from becoming privatized. The Water Front is the story of an American city in crisis but it is not just about water. The story touches on the very essence of our democratic system and is an unnerving indication of what is in store for residents around the world facing their own water struggles.
[53 minutes]
Learning from our History
Coming soon
Resources for Activists
The Connexions Calendar - An event calendar for activists.
Media Names & Numbers - A comprehensive directory of Canada's print and broadcast media. (CX5857).
Sources - A directory that enables journalists to find spokespersons of organizations. Organizations that list themselves in Sources signficantly increase their odds of getting called by reporters when they are doing a story of their issues..
