Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
by Maude Barlow
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In a book hailed by Publishers Weekly as a ?passionate plea for access to water activism," Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that?together with global warming?poses one of the gravest threats to our survival.How did the world's most vital resource become imperiled? And what must we do to pull back from the brink? In ?stark and nearly devastating prose" (Booklist ), world-renowned activist and bestselling author Maude Barlow?who is featured in the acclaimed documentary Flow show more ?discusses the state of the world's water. Barlow examines ho show lessTags
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Maude Barlow is the bestselling author of 20 books. She is a councillor with the World. Future Council and sits on the board of Food Water Watch and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Barlow served as the senior water advisor to the UN General Assembly and was a leader in the campaign to have water recognized as a human right. She is show more the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award and current chancellor of Brescia University College. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario. show less
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- 333.91 — Society, Government, and Culture Economics Economics of land and energy Other natural resources Water energy - Hydrologic
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- HD1691 .B366 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Agriculture Utilization and culture of special classes of
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