News about Maude Barlow
2010-04-21 Climate change, glaciers and human rights. rabble.ca
Maude Barlow lectured at the Cochabamba Climate Summit about ‘climate change, glaciers and human rights'.
One of the topics was the deliberate destruction of Andean glaciers for mining projects by Canadian companies.
Maude stated:"The issue of glacier melt is where climate justice and water justice come together. Water abuse is hurting the climate, and climate injustice is hurting water."
2009-11-26 Ten Years after Seattle. VUE Weekly, Canada.
In this article, Maude Barlow summarizes some past decade's trends with regards to globalisation, deregulation, but also civil society's trade victories.
2009-11-24 Council of Canadians warns against Alberta's water market plans. CommonDreams.org.
Maude Barlow and the Council of Canadians warn that expanding water market systems in Alberta would set a dangerous trend in Canada.
“The implementation of these recommendations would open the door to full private water markets, which have wreaked havoc on the environment in countries like Australia and Chile."
2009-04-22 Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly.
Maude Barlow made her first address to the United Nations General Assembly on the morning of April 22 to support the Bolivian call for an annual “International Mother Earth Day” celebration. Her speech was a call to action to implement the human right to water.
2009-02-18 Europe 'unaware' of its water footprint. Euractiv, Belgium.
Europeans may be proud of taking care of their water resources, but the water costs of European consumerism are often paid by people on other continents.
Maude Barlow strives to turn public attention to so-called "virtual water" - the water which is embedded in any commodity. Especially extensive agribusiness imports enlarge Europe's water footprint.
2008-10-21 Maude Barlow named 1st UN water adviser. CBC, Canada.
Canadian activist Maude Barlow has been appointed as the United Nation's first senior adviser on water issues. She will work with the current president of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann.
2008-05 Maude Barlow to receive this year's Canadian Environment Awards Citation of Lifetime Achievement.
The award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional dedication and made an outstanding contribution to environmental protection.
2008-03-20 Water, the blood of the earth / Monsanto pays Percy Schmeiser. Deconstructing Dinner, Canada.
Listen to a radio broadcast on Deconstructing Dinner featuring Maude Barlow and Percy Schmeiser
2008-03-17 Harper government blocks UN resolution on right to water. CNW Group, Canada.
The Council of Canadians, chaired by Maude Barlow, is calling on the Canadian government to stop blocking a resolution tabled by Germany and Spain at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on March 10 that calls for water and sanitation to be recognized as a human right.
2008-02-19 Interview with Maude Barlow on Forum with Michael Krasny. KQED, USA.
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