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Section Localization and Local Democracy
New England Roundtable on Blip.tv
Click on the headline to find out more about the 2005 roundtable, follow links to roundtable footage on Blip.tv, and learn about plans for a follow-up event focusing on building local economies.
Globe op-ed suggests state-level protections for rural aquifers
Click on the headline above to read an op-ed by water conservation consultant and author Amy Vickers, printed in the July 7 Boston Globe. She concludes with some proposals for a state-level assessment of the Commonwealth's long-term water needs, a moratorium on water sales, and giving local communities and water districts the ability to ban corporate water sales.
The Water Wars heat up in Maine!
The Alliance for Democracy's Defending Water in Maine website is the hub for info on AfD's Defending Water for Life Campaign in that state. You can read about water protection in several Maine towns, download info on Nestle's spotted ethics and environmental record, see video of recent public meetings in Kennebunk over a proposed water sale to Nestle-owned subsidiary Poland Springs, and get talking points for letters to editors or simply for educating friends who are still hooked on bottled water.