Alternative Water Futures in Alberta
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Alternative Water Futures was released by the Parkland Institute on December 5, 2011. Read the report here.
The report explores the challenges for water in Alberta, why markets aren’t the answer to Alberta’s water challenges and what alternative allocation systems that protect our water commons for ecosystems, our communities and future generations could look like.
Alternative Water Futures Tour
Report author Jeremy Schmidt speaks in Edmonton on the need for non-market solutions to Alberta's water crisis.
The Alternative Water Futures Tour visited Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat in Decemeber 2011. As part of the Our Water Is Not For Sale Network, PIA organized Schmidt's speaking tour in collaboration with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Council of Canadians, Parkland Institute, and Sierra Club Prairie. Thanks to David Buchanan of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees for filming and editing this presentation.
Visit Our Water Is Not Sale to sign an open letter saying no to water markets in Alberta.
About Jeremy Schmidt
Jeremy J. Schmidt is a Trudeau Scholar and PhD candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of Western Ontario. He holds a MA in Geography (McGill) and two undergraduate degrees (Lethbridge; Prairie) with majors in geography, philosophy, theology and wilderness leadership. He is the co-editor of Water Ethics: Foundational Readings for Students and Professionals and has been a board member of the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) since 2009. He has served on working groups for ethics and water management with UNESCO and for a pan-Canadian water strategy with the CWRA. He has been an invited participant of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Religion, Science and Environment Symposium. His graduate work includes studies of global biogeochemistry, environmental economics, and resource management. His doctoral research examines water governance, ethics and environmental management in Alberta: www.waterethic.ca.
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