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Canadian author, activist, and cofounder of the blue planet project maude barlow outlines the causes and dimensions of the crisis and offers a principlebased solution to a water. As people around the world turn their attention to the effects of climate change, blue covenant is a timely and important reminder for us to take heed of the global water crisis s impact on humans and the natural world. Blue covenant hardcover the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water. Water, water not everywhere, and often too expensive to drink. The global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water by maude barlow. She is also the cofounder of the blue planet project, which works internationally for the human right to water. How did the worlds most vital resource become imperiled. Robert redford in a book hailed by publishers weekly as a passionate plea for accessto water activism, blue covenant addresses an environmental crisis thattogether with global warmingposes one of the gravest. The global water crisis is one of the most serious issues of our time. The global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water by maude barlow at indigo. Maude victoria barlow born may 24, 1947 is a canadian author and activist.
In stark and nearly devastating prose booklist, world. She is the author of sixteen books, including blue gold. Blue future is the inspiring climax of her visionary trilogy on the world water crisis. The following is an excerpt of chapter 5 in maude barlows latest book, blue covenant. Impelled by the suns rays, water transforms from solid to liquid as it travels across the globe.
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