Working the Water

Working the Water
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ISBN-10 : 0997746807
ISBN-13 : 9780997746808
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Working the Water by : Jay Fleming

Let the Water Do the Work

Let the Water Do the Work
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Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9781603585699
ISBN-13 : 1603585699
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Let the Water Do the Work by : Bill Zeedyk

Let the Water Do the Work is an important contribution to riparian restoration. By "thinking like a creek," one can harness the regenerative power of floods to reshape stream banks and rebuild floodplains along gullied stream channels. Induced Meandering is an artful blend of the natural sciences - geomorphology, hydrology and ecology - which govern channel forming processes. Induced Meandering directly challenges the dominant paradigm of river and creek stabilization by promoting the intentional erosion of selected banks while fostering deposition of eroded materials on an evolving floodplain. The river self-heals as the growth of native riparian vegetation accelerates the meandering process. Not all stream channel types are appropriate for Induced Meandering, yet the Induced Meandering philosophy of "going with the flow" can inform all stream restoration projects. Induced meandering strives to understand rivers as timeless entities governed by immutable rules serving their watersheds, setting their own timetables, and coping with their own realities as they carry mountains grain by grain to the sea. Anyone with an interest in natural resource management in these uncertain times should read this book and put these ideas to work.

Working Water

Working Water
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Publisher : Oro Editions
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 1943532362
ISBN-13 : 9781943532360
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Working Water by : Bill Wenk

Water is far too valuable of a resource to be disposed as a waste. Working Water presents the work of Denver landscape architecture firm Wenk Associates, highlighting their projects that treat stormwater, and the infrastructure that controls it, as a resource that supports functioning natural systems and enhanced urban open space. Built projects illustrate how stormwater runoff can be directed to support an intimate private garden, to the large-scale redevelopment of derelict industrial lands in Milwaukee organised around a stormwater park and open space system. Planning projects range from a plan for a surface stormwater system developed incrementally for a redeveloping urban district in central Denver, to a multi-generational plan for restoration of the Los Angeles River that will require profound changes in stormwater management policies and practice for full implementation. The final chapter describes the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned over the firm's 37-year history as part of implementing new approaches to infrastructure design that can withstand the test of time.

Willing to Walk on Water

Willing to Walk on Water
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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9781414382289
ISBN-13 : 1414382286
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Willing to Walk on Water by : Caroline Barnett

If you have ever heard yourself say, “Surely there is more to life than this,” rest assured, you are not alone. Getting caught up in the day-to-day routine, it can be easy to feel as though you have nothing more to give, and yet there is so much you want to do to impact the world. Good news! For those who are willing to get out of the proverbial boat and trust in God’s ability to do miracles, there is more, so much more! In Willing to Walk on Water, Caroline Barnett helps you identify what you were created to do—unveiling your passions, gifts, and callings—and provides practical ways of integrating that purpose into your daily life. Drawing on real life experiences, Caroline points out two things that will be required: willingness and availability. Are you willing to trust God to do the impossible through you? Will you make yourself available to His leading? If so, get ready—you are about to walk on water!

Crossing the Water

Crossing the Water
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9780743218320
ISBN-13 : 0743218329
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Crossing the Water by : Daniel Robb

Off the coast of Cape Cod lies a small windswept island called Penikese. Alone on the island is a school for juvenile delinquents, the Penikese Island School, where Daniel Robb lived and worked for three years as a teacher. By turns harsh, desolate, and starkly beautiful, the island offers its temporary residents respite from lives filled with abuse, violence, and chaos. But as Robb discovers, peace, solitude, and a structured lifestyle can go only so far toward healing the anger and hurt he finds not only in his students but within himself. Lyrical and heartfelt, Crossing the Water is the memoir of his first eighteen months on Penikese, and a poignant meditation on the many ways that young men can become lost.

The Water Cycle at Work

The Water Cycle at Work
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Publisher : Capstone
Total Pages : 28
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ISBN-10 : 9781496633323
ISBN-13 : 1496633326
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Water Cycle at Work by : Rebecca Jean Olien

Why does it rain? This title introduces readers to the water cycle. Evaporation, precipitation, condensation, and other vocabulary words are defined. Each stage of the water cycle and why it is important to humans is explained. Graphics provide additional support. An activity to help readers understand the concept is included.

A Long Walk to Water

A Long Walk to Water
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 145
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ISBN-10 : 9780547251271
ISBN-13 : 0547251270
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis A Long Walk to Water by : Linda Sue Park

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. By a Newbery Medal-winning author.

Putting Water Security to Work

Putting Water Security to Work
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9781000433524
ISBN-13 : 1000433528
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Putting Water Security to Work by : Chad Staddon

Over the last decade, water security has replaced sustainability as the key optic for thinking about how we manage water. This reframing has offered benefits (including clear recognition of the link between humans, the environment and the right to water) and also posed challenges (the tendency in some quarters to interpret “security” solely in terms of geopolitical or economic “securitisation”). In this collection, the authors offer a radical repositioning of these debates updated to reflect the concerns of our post-pandemic world. The chapters in this volume examine several different themes including how water security articulates with locality and culture, how it operates across spatial scales and its moral/ethical resonances. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journals Water International and International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Thirst

Thirst
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Publisher : Crown Currency
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9781524762858
ISBN-13 : 1524762857
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Thirst by : Scott Harrison

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs, booze, models—repeat. But 10 years in, desperately unhappy and morally bankrupt, he asked himself, "What would the exact opposite of my life look like?" Walking away from everything, Harrison spent the next 16 months on a hospital ship in West Africa and discovered his true calling. In 2006, with no money and less than no experience, Harrison founded charity: water. Today, his organization has raised over $750 million to bring clean drinking water to more than 17.4 million people around the globe. In Thirst, Harrison recounts the twists and turns that built charity: water into one of the most trusted and admired nonprofits in the world. Renowned for its 100% donation model, bold storytelling, imaginative branding, and radical commitment to transparency, charity: water has disrupted how social entrepreneurs work while inspiring millions of people to join its mission of bringing clean water to everyone on the planet within our lifetime. In the tradition of such bestselling books as Shoe Dog and Mountains Beyond Mountains, Thirst is a riveting account of how to build a better charity, a better business, a better life—and a gritty tale that proves it’s never too late to make a change. 100% of the author’s net proceeds from Thirst will go to fund charity: water projects around the world.

Water for Unity

Water for Unity
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Publisher : Edizioni Amrita Srl
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 8897951376
ISBN-13 : 9788897951377
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Water for Unity by : Masaru Emoto

This book is connected to a worldwide movement which is going to organise several large international events in 2016, as they already did in 2015. The essayists themselves are part of this movement and readers can join too. They will experiment, for instance, with using intention to lower the radioactivity level of Fukushima's water. It is a very young movement but one that has already generated much interest. This is a collection of short essays from 17 very well-known authors who have a solid scientific background or renown within their ancestral traditions. What they have in common is that each one, within their discipline, is aiming to use water s molecular structure and memory to improve our world.