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Water Quality and Conservation

"It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life."
~ Rachel Carson

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REGIONAL RESOURCES
GREEN TIPS
ARTICLES
RECOMMENDED READINGS
VIDEOS/FILMS


Regional Resources

Look here to find local organizations that specialize in water quality and conservation.
Water For Humans by A World Institute For A Sustainable Humanity

Clean Water Alliance (formerly: Watershed Defense Fund)

Whatcom Watershed Information Network (WWIN)

Northwest Straits Chapter

Northwest Discovery Project

People For Puget Sound - North Sound Office

Surfrider Foundation/Bellingham Chapter

People For Lake Whatcom

RE Sources

Washington Department of Ecology

Marine Resources of Whatcom County

Green Tips

Click here or on the Tips button above for quick and easy tips to be greener in your in water quality and conservation efforts.

Articles

Look here for detailed articles discussing various topics and issues in water quality and conservation.

In-home Conservation
Bathroom Revamp: Savings by the Gallon

Conservation: Making Every Drop Count

Conserve Precious Water

Natural Resource Conservation
Celebrating Bellingham’s Community Wildlife Habitat Certification

Whatcom County Council cast an irresponsible vote against clean water and working families

Puget Sound's Slow Oil Spill

EPA to start cleanup of contaminated Little Squalicum Creek in August

Puget Sound Coastal Wetlands to Be Restored

Terraquarium Gains Support

When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the 21st Book Review

Keep Our Oceans Clean

Support the Seaweeds: 50 Ways To Save the Oceans

American Waters: What Hurts, What Helps


Recommended Readings

Below is information on specific authors and their books dealing with water quality and conservation issues. To see the full recommended reading list click here.

David Suzuki

Sacred Balance

Andrew Nikiforuk

Tar Sands

Bill McKibben

End of Nature

Paul Hawken

The Ecology of Commerce

Natural Capitalism

Van Jones

Green Collar Economy

Al Gore

An Inconvenient Truth

Earth in the Balance

Fred Pearce

When The Rivers Run Dry

James Gusave Speth

Global Environmental Governance

Vandana Shiva

Water Wars

Senator Paul Simon

Tapped Out


Videos/Films

Flow (For the Love of Water)

Ice Island

In Hot Water

Intertwined: People, Salmon, and Place

Keepers of the Reef


Net Loss: The Storm Over Salmon Farming

Red Gold

Sacred Salmon a Gift to Sustain Life

Three Poems on Water

Trouble the Water

Blue Planet