About us: Maude Barlow

Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest public advocacy organization, and the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project. She is Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch, and is a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. Maude is the recipient of eight honorary doctorates as well as many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Award, and the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award. She is also the best selling author or co-author of 16 books, including the recently released Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming Battle for the Right to Water.