Blue covenant
the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
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Author
Publication
2008 - Distributed by W.W. Norton, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
49,000 words, Guess
Page Count
196 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24928792M
- Internet Archivebluecovenantglob00barl
- ISBN-101595581863
- ISBN-139781595581860
- Library of Congress Control Number2007037607
and 1 more
- OCLC Control Number171614338
Classifications
- DDC333.91/115
- LCCHD1691 .B366 2008
Description
"Scientists call them "hot stains"--The parts of the earth running out of clean, drinkable water. They now include northern China, large areas of Asia and Africa, the Middle East, Australia, the Midwestern United States, and sections of South America and Mexico. How did the world's most vital natural resource become so imperiled? And what must we do to pull back from the brink?" "Blue Covenant addresses an environmental crisis that - together with global warming - poses one of the gravest threats to our survival. Activist and author Maude Barlow has been at the forefront of international water politics, and in this book she discusses the state of the world's water, how water companies are reaping vast profits from declining supplies, and how ordinary people from around the world have banded together to reclaim the public's right to clean water, creating a grassroots global water justice movement."--Jacket.
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