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Rivers of Sewage: Britain’s Failing Experiment

Chris Hall

It was the era of privatisation, and investment bankers were getting their heads around a lucrative new asset class: big state-owned infrastructure. Macquarie bought Thames Water back in 2006. But not water.” Thatcher’s great experiment The story of how England’s rivers came to be swimming with effluent begins in the 1980s.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation

As documented in the 2006 PBS special “ Is God Green? ,” it was the trust stemming from common membership in that religious community that led the evangelical leader to understand that this issue warrants urgent attention. Each system develops its own language and style of communication. How does one acquire knowledge of system culture?

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