Shkopet dam on the Mat River in Albania. © Goran Šafarek

Plan A: What the hell is water?

Jun 05, 2018 /

So what the hell is water? Is it rare or common, generous or dangerous? Is it OK to drink water-intensive sodas and wear water-filled jeans? Is it important that our rivers are still clean enough to swim in? Should oil pipelines cross freshwater streams? Should rivers be used as hydroelectric generators?

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Patagonia founder Yvon Chouindard is an avid fisherman © Jeremy Koreski

Patagonia founder: Telling the Dam Truth

Apr 12, 2018 /

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard has written an article about hydropower that is meant to rip the green-bandage off this outdated and harmful technology. It has already been covered by several media, such as Huffington Post or Focus and is featured on Patagonia’s blog The Cleanest Line. Enjoy!

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New Patagonia Film: Blue Heart

Apr 09, 2018 /

The new documentary “Blue Heart” follows our campaign and other, local stakeholders through the Balkans to document the crime committed on Europe’s last river jewels and on communities who live by them. Watch the trailer below an discover the Blue Heart in this story map.

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Video: Adventures, not dams!

Mar 29, 2018 /

This new short film by Much Better Adventures calls out international banks for funding dams in national parks and on Europe’s las wild river – the Vjosa in Albania. As construction companies move in on Europe’s last wild river, Adventures Not Dams highlights the irreversible damage this will have on the local environment, economy and communities along its banks.

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© Tomislav Knapić

Bankwatch: Why not even small HPPs should be built in protected areas

Mar 27, 2018 /

How come that a destructive project like that is being approved within a protected area? How can it be that a project within a protected area even receives funding? How is it possible that the funding comes from a European public development bank, the EBRD? Read how that happens in this Bankwatch webstory...

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Assessment of sediment transport in the Vjosa has started

Mar 23, 2018 /

+++ Impacts of hydropower projects for nature, people and coastal region to be calculated +++ The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), together with the Polytechnic University of Tirana, have started an assessment of the sediment transport in the Vjosa river in Albania.

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