Winner of the Alanna Bondar Memorial Book Prize 2018
downstream: reimagining water brings together artists, writers,
scientists, scholars, environmentalists, and activists who understand
that our shared human need for clean water is crucial to building peace
and good relationships with one another and the planet.
This book explores the key roles that culture, arts, and the humanities
play in supporting healthy water-based ecology and provides local,
global, and Indigenous perspectives on water that help to guide our
societies in a time of global warming. The contributions range from
practical to visionary, and each of the four sections closes with a poem
to encourage personal freedom along with collective care.
This book contributes to the formation of an intergenerational,
culturally inclusive, participatory water ethic. Such an ethic arises
from intellectual courage, spiritual responsibilities, practical
knowledge, and deep appreciation for human dependence on water for a
meaningful quality of life. downstream illuminates how water teaches
us interdependence with other humans and living creatures, both near and
far.