Dam Nation Dispatches from the Water Underground

The only book to combine environmental victories in the sustainable-use movement with hands-on, participatory options for those who live in the country and the city. This is not just a 'how-to', but also a 'what-to' book. From people building protest villages atop dams in Thailand to activist entrepreneurs in Mexico and Africa, Notes from the Water Underground gives voice to the water warriors battling for a sane relationship to the most essential shared resource.

Cleo Woelfle-Erskine is a hydrologist, educator, and scholar of water. He co-founded the Greywater Guerrillas, and has led dozens of community-based workshops on rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse across North America. His writing on dam removal, environmental justice, and urban gardening has appeared in High Country News and Yes, among other magazines, and in the anthologies Urban Wilds and Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground. An avid gardener, Cleo is also earned a PhD in the Energy and Resources group at UC Berkeley, where he investigated how rainwater harvesting affects streamflow. He is Assistant Professor, School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, at University of Washington.