The final book in Maude Barlow?s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a
powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis ?
and what we can do to prevent it.
The global water crisis has dramatically deepened. The stage is
being set for drought on an unprecedented scale, mass starvation, and
the migration of millions of refugees leaving parched lands in search
of water. The story does not need to end in tragedy.
In Blue Future, international bestselling author Maude Barlow
offers solutions to the global water crisis based on four simple
principles. Principle One: Water Is a Human Right chronicles the long
fight to have the human right to water recognized and the powerful
players still impeding this progress. Principle Two: Water Is a Common
Heritage and Public Trust argues that water must not become a
commodity to be bought and sold on the open market. Principle Three:
Water Has Rights Too makes the case for the protection of source water
and the need to make our human laws compatible with those of nature.
Principle Four: Water Will Teach Us How to Live Together urges us to
come together around a common threat ? the end of water ? and find a
way to live more lightly on this planet.
The final instalment in Barlow?s Blue trilogy, Blue Future
includes inspiring stories of struggle and resistance from
marginalized communities, as well as examples of government policies
that work for people and the planet. A call to action to create a
water-secure world, it is, in the end, a book of hope.
Free and open to all.
Co-sponsored by
IPS-DC
Busboys and Poets
Teaching for Change
The New Press
Food and Water Watch
Center for Food Safety
Public Citizen
