After five years of supporting activists, artists and authors, volunteering for community radio, publications and websites, the Ebono Institute is narrowing its focus.
From now on, we will concentrate on a small number of major projects and promoting existing publications. The latest advertisement for Cry Me a River is the first outcome of this new focus. Buying the book will help us fund work on the documentary due out next year.
To enable this new focus, we will hand over existing sales activities to Thin Green Line , turn off the weekly radio, online and print news service run through TheGenerator.com.au , close down the radio show broadcast on Bay FM and hand new web development projects over to partner companies with similar skill sets.
The Generator will continue to operate as a media monitoring service and valuable repository of the best sustainability stories that have appeared in the Australian press since November 2005. Joe4Richmond.org will remain online pending the announcement of the 2010 Federal election.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the years.
Cry Me A River is the account of one man’s journey to the heart of Australia’s water crisis.
A lifetime engineer in the water industry and successful businessman, Steve Posselt put everything on the line to paddle or drag a kayak from Brisbane to Adelaide down the full length of the Darling and lower Murray so he could see, first hand, what is happening to Australia’s rivers.
Along the way he talked to school children, farmers and local councils about climate change, water management and sustainability, eliciting their visions for the future. He started out a water engineer with an open mind and some concerns. He ended up alarmed, ashamed and determined to change.
Accompany Steve every step of this 3,000 kilometre journey. Weigh up what he saw with what he was told. Experience the adventure with him – the highs, the lows and the occasional confusion. Enjoy the father and son relationship. Make up your own mind about the state of the rivers.
As well as being a great adventure, this book is important because it reaches into the lives of those outback Australians who confront water shortages every day and discusses the possible solutions to our water crisis.
