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Municipalities by Amy Spark This post is part five of a six-part interview series conducted and written by Project Blue Thumb. Project Blue Thumb is a multi-stakeholder social lab co-convened by the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance and Alberta Ecotrust Foundation that takes a whole system approach to protecting water quality in the Red Deer River watershed. Building on the…
Active reconciliation By Amy Spark This post is part four of a six-part interview series conducted and written by Project Blue Thumb. Project Blue Thumb is a multi-stakeholder social lab co-convened by the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance and Alberta Ecotrust Foundation that takes a whole system approach to protecting water quality in the Red Deer River watershed. Building on…
By Therese Baluyot May to July is usually when we receive the heaviest rainfall in Calgary, which can cause flooding. One recent flood in the minds of Canadians was the devastating flood in southern Alberta in 2013. Over 48 hours, 68mm of rain fell when a storm stopped over Calgary on June 19. [1] Growing up in the Philippines, I…
Water worth By Amy Spark This post is part three of a six-part interview series conducted and written by Project Blue Thumb. Project Blue Thumb is a multi-stakeholder social lab co-convened by the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance and Alberta Ecotrust Foundation that takes a whole system approach to protecting water quality in the Red Deer River watershed. Building on…
New water paradigms By Amy Spark and Josée Méthot This post is part two of a six-part interview series conducted and written by Project Blue Thumb. Project Blue Thumb is a multi-stakeholder social lab co-convened by the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance and Alberta Ecotrust Foundation that takes a whole system approach to protecting water quality in the Red Deer…