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Read the latest updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, Artists for Water, and more.
Crawling. Walking. Running. Distributed Organizing - Presentation to CanRoots East
On November 29, 2014, I was part of a panel at the CanRoots East conference hosted at Ryerson University. The panel focused on how organizations empower members of the community to create the social, economic, environmental, and cultural conditions that they desire. Waterkeeper's contribution focused on how to borrow from distributed organizing theories to further a charitable mission. Here's what I presented.
I learned to stop worrying and love failure: Dispatch from the Living Waters Rally 2014
“This past weekend, 110 delegates of Living Waters Rally 2014—representing recreational, indigenous, cottage association, faith, philanthropic, environmental, business, academic, and arts and culture groups from across Canada—came together to discuss the future of Canada’s freshwaters.”
1,000 people are wondering: Will Toronto’s sewage silence be reviewed?
Under provincial law, the Ministry has until September 9, 2014 to decide whether it will conduct a review. If they do, they could be helping to protect the health of thousands of GTA residents. 1,000 people think a review is warranted. We think a review is warranted. And so we wait ….
May Challenge: Why do you love water?
Why do you love water? Share your answer with us in 120 characters and you could win a pair of tickets to see Jack Johnson in concert May 28, 2014 in Toronto at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre.*
The day Bullfrog Power came knocking on our door
When Lake Ontario Waterkeeper opened its first office on the Toronto waterfront, we were a scrappy band of two: Waterkeeper Mark Mattson & Vice President Krystyn Tully.
Toronto beaches get a bad rap
Krystyn Tully speaks with Julia Alexander from the Toronto Sun about Toronto beaches.
Need a Source? Help people find the best beaches to beat the heat in Southern Ontario this week
Heat and humidity advisories have been issued for most of Ontario this week and many people want to know where they can go swimming to help cool off. The Waterkeeper Swim Guide has the answer: the free Swim Guide app.
Waterkeeper comments on the proposal to ban a bridge to Toronto Islands
The "fixed link issue" is about much more than merely building a bridge to an island. As Waterkeeper noted in our comments during the environmental assessment, to build the link is to fortify the TCCA?s foothold on toronto's waterfront. The EA process did little to justify the continued operations of an airport in our harbour, which was the real crux of the issue.
Fixed Link Environmental Assessment is incomplete
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper finds that the Toronto Port Authority environmental assessment is incomplete, contains questionable statements, and that transparency and public process have been lacking.