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Water as Commons: Saving the Great Lakes in the 21st Century

Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6726 Center Rd., Traverse City

When: Sunday, July 7th at 10:30 am 

What: Jim Olson, environmental attorney and a founder of FLOW (For the Love of Water), will speak about the problems facing our Great Lakes Basin – climate change, extreme water levels, dead zones, nuclear and sands oil shipments, to name a few – on Sunday, July 7 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Center Road in Traverse City.

His presentation will address the threats to our waters within the framework of our larger ecological challenges – including energy and food.   The best way to address these threats, he says, is to see water and related issues as a commons and to apply public trust principles to come up with solutions in this century.

For more information: Contact Mary Van Valin at 421-5243.  For more information on FLOW, go to www.flowforwater.org.

 

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