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The Water of Life: Peril & Promise in the 21st Century
September 4-7, 2003
3rd Annual Century of the Environment Conference
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York

Robert Kennedy, Jr. - Ralph Nader - Vandana Shiva - Winona LaDuke
Satish Kumar - Anita Roddick - John Todd - Tony Clarke - Maude Barlow

Cosponsored by Omega Institute and Resurgence Magazine
http://www.eomega.org/omega/workshops/dd669ef412d5b93ba623ba4b97022395/
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Water. No matter who we are, where we live, and what we do, life depends
on
it. Clean water is the basis for health, biological diversity, and the
very
survival of the earth's ecosystems. Yet freshwater--once thought of as
an
inexhaustible resource--is fast becoming polluted, controlled, diverted,
and
scarce in regions all over the world. The World Water Council projects
that
by 2025, much of the planet's population (including that of the U.S.)
will
suffer severe water scarcity. The vice president of the World Bank has
stated, "The wars of this century will be about water."

The United Nations has proclaimed 2003 as the International Year of
Freshwater, encouraging governments, businesses, and activists to
address
the impending global water crisis. To this end, Omega Institute and
Resurgence magazine are presenting this 3-day event with an emphasis on
promising and creative solutions to the vital challenges of sustainable
freshwater management, protection, and use.

Political, environmental, and social activists; teachers, business
leaders,
healthcare professionals, scientists, religious leaders and anyone else
concerned with future generations are invited to attend.

For further information and registration via e-mail, please contact
Omega at
registration@.... Regular conference tuition $375, $275 discount

rate for non profits. Mention discount code 03SMRESEO. Housing and
commuters
fees additional. Ask about special student discount.

Speakers include:
Robert Kennedy, Jr. - chief prosecuting attorney for Riverkeeper, and
senior
attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council
Ralph Nader - United States Presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000,
social
and environmental activist
Vandana Shiva, Ph.D. - physicist, ecologist, internationally renowned
activist, author of Water Wars
Winona LaDuke - Ralph Nader's running mate for the Green Party
presidential
campaigns, winner of Reebok Human Rights Award
Satish Kumar - author, editor of Resurgence magazine, winner of J.B.
Foundation International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values
Anita Roddick - founder of The Body Shop and Children on the Edge,
activist
John Todd - internationally recognized biologist, president of Ocean
Arks
International, cofounder of the New Alchemy Institute
Tony Clarke - director of the Polaris Institute of Canada, coauthor with

Maude Barlow of Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the
World's Water
Maude Barlow - national chairperson of the Council of Canadians --
Canada's
largest public advocacy group, writer, policy critic
Kirkpatrick Sale - journalist, editor, environmental activist, and
author of
Dwellers in the Land and The Fire of His Genius

Workshop Leaders:
Andrew Revkin - New York Times reporter and author of The Burning
Season,
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast
David Rothenberg - associate professor of philosophy at the New Jersey
Institute of Technology and founding editor of Terra Nova.
Susan Witt - executive director of the E. F. Schumacher Society

* With support from: Lifebridge Foundation, E. F. Schumacher Society,
International Forum on Globalization, E Magazine *
-- -Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island
http://www.anaphoria.com
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