Maude Barlow

Senior Advisor on Water to the United Nations

Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. She is also an executive member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization and 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. In 2008/2009, she served as Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly. She is also the best selling author or co-author of 16 books, including the international best seller Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming Battle for the Right to Water.

In "Blue Gold," the authors exposed how a handful of corporations is gaining ownership and control of the Earths dwindling water supply. This follow-up describes a powerful response to this trend: the emergence of an international, grassroots-led movement to have water declared a basic human right.   purchase book

The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

March 27: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sustainable Life Stage

The world is running out of available water supplies and the potential for conflict will be severe. Maude Barlow will set out the nature and
cause of the crisis and offer a three part solution to a water secure world.