Blue Covenant : The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

Maude Barlow has for decades been a leading voice arguing that access to safe drinking water should be a basic human right. Called the "Al Gore of water," Barlow is the very best kind of advocate-deeply informed, articulate, persuasive. Essential reading for anyone interested in the emerging international movement for water justice, Blue Covenant is one of the most important books of our time. Book jacket.

Named Senior Advisor on Water Issues by the United Nations General Assembly, Maude Barlow is the founder of the Blue Planet Project and the author of several books, including (with Tony Clarke) Blue Gold (The New Press), which has been published in nearly fifty countries. She is the recipient of seven honorary degrees, Sweden's Right Livelihood Award (known as the "Alternative Nobel"), and the Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship. A member of the World Future Council and a board member of Food and Water Watch and the International Forum on Globalization, she lives in Ottawa, Canada.