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Brock Dolman: Basins of Relations

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Posted by Films For Action on Oct. 21, 2010
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Permaculturist and watershed wizard Brock Dolman shows how the future lifeboat we'll need is shaped exactly like our local watershed. He wields his dazzling poetics to tell us how we can engage with the spirit of Planet Water, create water literate human settlement patterns, and regenerate ecological integrity and social resiliency to prepare for the climate changes ahead.

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