Chico, CA: An Evening with Maude Barlow
Renowned international water activist Maude Barlow will discuss her new book, Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water. presented by Butte Environmental Council, Sacramento River Preservation Trust and Food & Water Watch
| What | Public event |
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2008-02-19 18:30
2008-02-19 20:30
2008-02-19 from 18:30 to 20:30 |
| Where | Chico Grange Hall |
| Contact Name | Noelle |
| Contact Email | nferdon@fwwatch.org |
| Contact Phone | 415-904-8399 |
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Butte Environmental Council, Sacramento River Preservation Trust and Food & Water Watch
"Life requires access to clean water; to deny the right to water is to deny the right to life."
—from the introduction to Blue Covenant
Renowned international water activist Maude Barlow will discuss her new book,
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
- Corie Lopez, CSU, Chico Student & Take Back the Tap Campus Field Organizer
- Marty Dunlap, Water Attorney
- Barbara Vlamis, Executive Director, Butte Environmental Council
- John Merz, Executive Director, Sacramento River Preservation Trust
- Susan Strachan, Big Chico Creek Watershed Alliance, Board Member and Butte County Water Commission Appointee
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When
Tuesday, February 19
6:30PM, program at 7PM
Join us early for light appetizers.
Where
Chico Grange Hall
2775 [Old] Nord Ave, Chico
(Turn North on old Nord Ave off East Ave between the Masonic Lodge and the railroad tracks)
Speakers will discuss water privatization, managed competition, water access issues at the local, state, and national levels.
Maude Barlow is the national chairperson of The Council of Canadians, Canada's largest citizens' advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada. Maude Barlow is also the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project which works to stop commodification of the world's water. She serves on the boards of the International Forum on Globalization and Food and Water Watch and is a councilor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. In addition to being nominated for the "1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005" she is a recipient of the "2005/2006 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship" and the "2005 Right Livelihood Award". She is the best selling author or co–author of 16 books, including Too Close For Comfort: Canada's Future Within Fortress North America; and Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop Corporate Theft of the World's Water (with Tony Clarke), now published in 47 countries.
RSVP to 415-904-8399 or email Noelle at nferdon(at)fwwatch.org. This event is free.
This is event is part of a national tour presented by Food & Water Watch. For more information, contact Erin Greefield at (202) 683-2500, news(at)fwwatch.org.
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