"I believe that water could become Nature's gift to us, to teach us how to live in peace with one another, and in harmony with the Earth, if we have the wisdom to listen."
- Maude Barlow in "Water on the Table"
The Blue Planet Project, founded by Maude Barlow, "is an international civil society movement begun by The Council of Canadians to protect the world’s fresh water from the growing threats of trade and privatization" (from their website).
It is a great initiative that examines the Right to Water, Alternatives to the current view and trade of water, and encourages Movement Building.
They have many informative and inspiring publications, available on their website:
http://www.blueplanetproject.net/index.html
Water on the Table
This is the trailer for "social-issue documentary by Liz Marshall that explores Canada's relationship to its freshwater, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?"
http://www.wateronthetable.com/
Think Again About Our Water
Canadians - Think about this next time you turn on your tap!
"Are we running out of water? Is water the new oil? Should we export our water to the United States and how much water does Canada really have? To answers those questions Think Again has gone through the TVO archive to find answers from people like Maude Barlow, Brian Milner and Ralph Pentland."
Blue Gold
The documentary "Blue Gold" is great if you're interesting in learning more about the water crisis.
Synopsis taken directly from the website:
In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.
Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.We follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims, “This is our revolution, this is our war”. A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?
