Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment by Jacques Leslie captures the dam politics from many angles. Leslie focuses on three people embroiled in the debate: Medha Patkar, a prominent Indian antidam activist; Thayer Scudder, an American anthropologist and expert of displacement politics in southern Africa (Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho); and Don Blackmore, an Australian water manager of one of the most managed rivers in the world, the Murray River.
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We are very pleased to report that Adapting to Scarcity is now a Flip Spotlight Partner! Flip provides one free Ultra 60 minute camcorder for every camera purchased by our organization. Along with that excellent deal, the Spotlight program has a channel on Youtube which will increase our visibility on the internet. The next step is to apply for non profit partnership on Youtube, because that will provide many more online tools and resources for posting video online. With rapidly evolving technology, the face of media is following suit. We look forward to working with IMDEC and the communities in Guadalajara to make our contribution to the new wave of grassroots reporting.
We’re in the process of creating an organization. Post-finding an amazing organization to agree to fiscal sponsorship, one of the first steps is opening up a bank account (to hold all the generous donations we’ve received!). I must say I am amazed at all the rings one must jump through to open a non profit bank account. Our local green bank, New Resource Bank, has been very accomodating in this process, and Tracy Rosenberg, the Executive Director of Media Alliance, has been incredibly helpful. Our bank account process began about a month ago, and it should be signed sealed and delivered in the next few weeks. Fingers crossed.
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We’ll be hosting another fundraising event on Thursday, August 6th in San Francisco. This one is a lot lower key, thankfully. Tonic Bar, at Polk and Union, hosts guest bartenders from various non profits every Thursday night. All the tips go toward the non profit of the week. Arthur and I went to support Visual Aid’s fundraising night at Tonic last Thursday, and Duncan, the owner, had a slot available right before we leave the Bay Area. Thank you Duncan for fitting us in!
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Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment by Jacques Leslie captures the dam politics from many angles. Leslie focuses on three people embroiled in the debate: Medha Patkar, a prominent Indian antidam activist; Thayer Scudder, an American anthropologist and expert of displacement politics in southern Africa (Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho); and Don Blackmore, an Australian water manager of one of the most managed rivers in the world, the Murray River.
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22 July 2009 2:28 | 
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