Media Releases
Resources: Books & Reports
OUR RIGHT TO WATER: A People’s Guide to Implementing the United Nations’ Recognition of the Right to Water and SanitationBy Maude Barlow, June 2011
The report finds that Canada is legally bound to respect the UN vote, and therefore to address the pressing issue of access to water and sanitation in First Nations communities.
A Review of Private Sector Influence on Water Policies and Programmes at the United Nations
by Julie Larsen
This detailed report about the role of the private water sector at the UN serves to inform the public in the search for a more just and sustainable water future.
Conflicts Over Water in Chile: Between Human Rights and Market Rules, edited by Sara Larrain and Colombina Schaeffer of the Chilean non-governmental organization, Chile Sustentable.
In the report’s foreward, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow writes, “Chile has gone farther than any other country in the world in commodifiying water and creating a market economy based on private water rights..."
Our Great Lakes Commons: A People's Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever
by Maude Barlow
This paper is intended to serve as a background, a call to understanding and a call to action on an exciting new proposal to designate the Great Lakes and its tributary waters as a lived Commons, to be shared, protected, carefully managed and enjoyed by all who live around them.
Our Water Commons - Toward a new freshwater narrative
by Maude Barlow
Our Water Commons is part of the ongoing work to bring together key activists, writers and thinkers to address the global water crisis by naming and reclaiming the freshwater commons.
Resources: Documentaries
FLOW: For Love of Water (2008) Documentary film by Irena Salina. Flow confronts the disturbing reality that our crucial water resource is dwindling and greed just may be the cause. Featuring Maude Barlow who uncovers the corporate profiteering that drives global water business. Official selection at the January 2008 Sundance Film Festival documentary competition. Flowthefilm.com
Resources: Talks & Interviews
Water expert and author Maude Barlow links water desalination to climate change, E&E TV, OnPoint March 4, 2008
Blue Covenant: Maude Barlow on the Global Movement for Water Justice, Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman, February 27, 2008
Maude Barlow in Berkeley, California, February 20, 2008
