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The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clark. Both maude and tony have been heavily involved in the fight for clean water for decades, and you see a lot of them in this movie. In the current exploration of the universe, when we are searching for any kind of life form, we tend first to look for water. When combined with privatization and profit motives, this is the prime environment for a world water crisis. The film was first screened on october 9, 2008, at the vancouver international.
Do you want the cost of your water to be controlled by private corporations and stockholders only interested in their bottom line. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Of this freshwater, twothirds is locked up in ice caps and glaciers. Maude barlow national chairperson, council of canadians chair, ifg committee on the globalization of water the wars of the next century will be about water. For love of water cover extremely similar territory in our planets evergrowing conflicts over water but they use vastly different styles. Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. The natural environment itself needs to be counted as a water consumer for the purpose of health maintenance of ecosystems, but the environment is usually at a disadvantage when competing with human needs. On a micro scale, i refuse to buy or drink bottled water, but.
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If they had, i would not have felt so shocked by the news in the book, nor likely the need. The primary message of maud barlow and tony clarkes book echoes the blue planet project, a global campaign to assert the universal right to water, of which barlow is one of the international leaders. Directed by sam bozzo and released in 2008, the film was inspired by the book blue gold. Welcome to a future where water is more precious than gold or oil. The fight to stop the corporate threat of the worlds water. Onethird is in liquid form either underground in aquifers and rock pores or aboveground in lakes, rivers, soil, wetlands, and living organisms. The film examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water. Feb 22, 2015 sumerians tell a very different version than the historians their words are inexplicable duration. World water wars alternately political and apolitical, pessimistic and optimistic but rarely, if ever, cinematic sam bozzos blue gold. What are some different pollution sources that affect our water supply. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clarke, this film offers plenty of credible evidence.
Ismail serageldin, vicepresident of the world bank. Based on the groundbreaking book, this pbs documentary explores the politics and conflicts surrounding the commodification and power. Feb 01, 2019 blue gold world water wars full documentary v. Blue gold water wars documentary summary questions factors causing the water crisis 1. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water, sam bozzos film is part scathing attack, part provocative documentary chronicling the recent push by multinationals to commodify world fresh water supplies, regardless of the environmental, social, and economic. An art center college of design alumnus, sam has written, directed and edited three international awardwinning short films that have been screened on the sundance channel and showtime, the toronto. Underground water is being pumped so aggressively around the globe that land is sinking, civil wars are being waged, and agriculture is being transformed. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions. The battle against corporate theft of the worlds water. Maude barlow and tony clarke combine visionary intellect with muckraking research and a concrete plan for action. As water becomes an increasingly precious commodity, corrupt governments, corporations and even private investors are scrambling to control it which leaves everyday citizens fighting for a substance they need to survive.
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