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Join Waterspirit's Exploring Spirituality, Nature and Action Book Club for our upcoming discussion of Water Talks by Betsy Damon. This book club meeting will be held on Zoom. Please check your email for the link upon registration. Grab your copy and join us for a great discussion! Learn more about Waterspirit's Book Club and see past selections at: https://www.waterspirit.org/waterspirits-book-club More about this selection: In Water Talks, Betsy Damon seeks to educate and empower communities to reclaim their waters. “For 35 years, Damon has committed herself as an artist, a community organizer, a designer and an educator of water in all its complexity. She has partnered with scientists, Indigenous leaders, government and corporate authorities, artists and citizens alike, weaving together the strengths of all into a powerful and collaborative force.” The book's chapters offer readers a how-to-manual for understanding, protecting, and enhancing water systems. Themes include: claim your water story, listen to the waters, find your water community, map local waters, and plan and design for resilience. Jane Goodall points out in her foreword: “Threaded throughout the book is the perspective that water must be a human right and that all life is interdependent with water. Betsy has created a “Toolkit” that intends to empower everyone to take steps to understand their waters and organize to protect and restore their waters. This is a very accessible book. It is grounded in practical processes that can enable a community to understand the best local choices for the place they live in." “Betsy Damon shows us that the road to awareness and action always begins with listening and connectivity.” -- ―Julie Reiss, Editor, Art, Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene (2019)