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Poetry. Jeff Conant was born in New York City and raised in provincial New England. He spent the 1990s living in Northern California and Southern Mexico working as a papermaker, printer, teacher, plumber and gardener. Smile, you're so/ wanted. Stolen// from the mouth/ of a dead man,// the teeth sing/ resonate, glow// in the dark, lifted,/ long in the face. (Zygomatacus). Jeff Conant's poetry is extraordinary, dizzying the reader with unforgettable images, and behind the eloquence of language, a set of powerful statements about the world we inhabit. --Howard Zinn.

How to market a new and better world...and win!

Covers topics: community mobilization; water source protection, purification and borne diseases; sanitation; mosquito-borne diseases; deforestation and reforestation; farming; pesticides and toxics; solid waste and health care waste; harm from mining and oil extraction. Includes group activities and appropriate technology instructions.

This booklet addresses the different sanitation and hygiene needs of women and men. It gives communities information about how significant sanitation improvements can be made by better use of indigenous skills and local resources. Communities are offered a choice of affordable, safe, and environmentally sound sanitation alternatives. This booklet is designed to be an important part of the Community Water Initiative, stimulating communities to take charge of their sanitation development for a better life.

This booklet provides practical guidance on the most important "how to" questions dealing with access to water. It highlights, among other issues, what can be done to make water safe for drinking and cooking, and how to protect groundwater resources, collect rainwater, and store water safely.