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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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlue Future\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final instalment in Barlow’s Blue trilogy, \u003cem\u003eBlue Future\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Once again, Maude Barlow delivers an urgent warning that we are treating this priceless liquid in ways that are unjust, unhealthy, unsustainable, and suicidal.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Suzuki, Scientist, Environmentalist, and Broadcaster.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"David Suzuki, Scientist, Environmentalist, and Broadcaster.","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“As clear as a pristine mountain stream, Maude Barlow lays out a practical and inspiring vision for how we can defend water — the source of all life — from the forces of death. For decades Barlow has been on the front lines of this critical battle and her insights on how water can serve as our guide to a more just, sustainable world are a gift to us all.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaomi Klein, Author of The Shock Doctrine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10":"\u003cp\u003e“...Blue Future is a provocative and inspiring treatse...” — \u003cstrong\u003eAthena McKenzie, \u003cem\u003eEverythingZoomer.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_10_Auth":"Athena McKenzie","OtherText_Review_10_Src":"EverythingZoomer.com","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Naomi Klein, Author of The Shock Doctrine","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Maude Barlow is a force of nature. Blue Future is the inspiring climax of her visionary trilogy on the world water crisis. With the world teetering on the brink of a devastating water crisis, humanity urgently needs the vision, wisdom, and solutions in Blue Future.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid R. Boyd, Author of The Environmental Rights Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"David R. Boyd, Author of The Environmental Rights Revolution","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“Maude Barlow first establishes water as a human right, and then takes us through the titanic struggle, country by country, to make that right come alive. It’s jolting, compelling, astonishingly comprehensive, and beautifully organized. No one but Maude could have written this tour de force.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStephen Lewis, Author of Race Against Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Stephen Lewis, Author of Race Against Time","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“Blue Future offers yet another clarion call to action. [Barlow] challenges all citizens to embrace water as a public trust. We owe much to Maude Barlow, a great Canadian and a leading global voice for public water.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul Moist, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Paul Moist, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Blue Future is by far the most up-to-date treatise on threats to the world’s dwindling freshwater supply. The scenario [Barlow] presents is scary . . . Fortunately, she also proposes what must be done to prevent the corporate control of water. An extremely powerful book.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Schindler, Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"David Schindler, Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“Passionate, encyclopaedic, prophetic, hopeful — no one knows the planet’s water better than Maude Barlow. And nowhere has she set out the world’s water crisis more starkly than in Blue Future.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlanna Mitchell, Author of Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Alanna Mitchell, Author of Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“The world's leading water warrior has issued a call to arms and a road map to transform our economies and priorities to protect our most precious resource- water. The book is an explosive rethinking of our future that could save the planet.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cavanagh, \u003cem\u003eJohn Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"John Cavanagh","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“If you read one book this year, make it Blue Future! Brilliant, compelling and optimistic, it's the seminal work on averting the world water crisis. Barlow's enthralling account of the water justice movement's remarkable progress brought tears and her roadmap for the future gives me hope.” — \u003cstrong\u003eHauter Wenonah, \u003cem\u003eWenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food \u0026 Water Watch and author of Foodopoly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Hauter Wenonah","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food \u0026amp; Water Watch and author of Foodopoly","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“Her work will inspire equal parts outrage and encouragement in anyone who concerned about this most vital natural resource.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Publisher's Weekly","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"Globe and Mail Top 100 Book","PrizeYear_0":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2013-09-17","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}