NewsTimes
Danbury, Connecticut

... "You can tie any environmental issue back to water," said Shawn Sweeney, national coordinator of the Roots & Shoots program started by primatologist Jane Goodall to raise environmental awareness around the watery globe. ...

The issues of diminishing water supplies in an era of climate change, the competition for water where there's a limited supply, and the move by huge multi-national corporations to buy water rights around the world will be discussed Sunday at WestConn in a symposium "Water in Our World: Finding a Drop to Drink."

The symposium will feature Goodall, along with Larry Marsicano, executive director of the Candlewood Lake Authority, and Charles Kukk, a professor of political science at WestConn.

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