Maude Barlow

Maude Barlow, who chairs the boards of Food and Water Watch and the Council of Canadians, served as senior adviser on water to the 63rd president of the UN General Assembly. Her latest book is Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever.

A tire rests on the dry bed of Lake Mendocino, a key Mendocino County reservoir, in Ukiah, California February 25, 2014.

The California Drought Is Just the Beginning of Our National Water Emergency The California Drought Is Just the Beginning of Our National Water Emergency

For years, Americans dismissed dire water shortages as a problem of the Global South. Now the crisis is coming home.

Jul 15, 2015 / Feature / Maude Barlow

Water Warriors Water Warriors

Not everyone considers access to water to be a human right. A global water justice movement is changing that notion.

Mar 27, 2008 / Feature / Maude Barlow

Fight-Back in Bolivia Fight-Back in Bolivia

In 1998 the World Bank notified the Bolivian government that it would refuse to guarantee a $25 million loan to refinance water services in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba unless ...

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke

Water Apartheid Water Apartheid

In South Africa, the only country in the world where people's right to water is actually written into the Constitution, the townships surrounding cities like Johannesburg and Durb...

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke

Who Owns Water? Who Owns Water?

Privatization must be stopped, and water declared the common property of all.

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke

The Fight for the Americas The Fight for the Americas

In Canada, Maude Barlow gave a stirring speech criticizing the free-trade agenda of the Summit of the Americas.

May 8, 2001 / Editorial / Maude Barlow

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