Maude Barlow, President Council of Canadians, International Water Activist and WAC International Patron
Maude Barlow is the International Patron of the Water Action Coalition and the Author of Blue Covenant - The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.
A recipient of Sweden's Right Livelihood Award (the "Alternative Nobel") and a Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship, Maude Barlow is head of the Council of Canadians, Canada's largest public advocacy organisation, and founder of the Blue Planet Project.
She is the author of sixteen books and is on the board of Food and Water Watch and the International Forum on Globalisation. She was recently appointed as the first Senior Advisor on water issues by Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the United Nations in 2009.
The Community Committee behind the Community Water Summit organised a visit by her to Adelaide on 4 April 2009. This included visits to the Lower Lakes and water hotspots around Adelaide (Watershed Salisbury, Cheltenham Park & Adelaide Desalination Plant) and the hosting of a seminar Maude Barlow in Conversation on Water.
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