From her days in second wave feminist activism to her battle against the precursor to NAFTA to her indefatigable fight for social justice and water rights for all, Maude shares her stories and her expertise to inspire us and show us how we can do it too.
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“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC“It’s time we listened to the Maude Barlows of the world.” — CNNIn this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that she has learned from a lifetime of activism. She has been a linchpin in three major movements in her life: second-wave feminism, the battle against free trade and globalization, and the global fight for water justice. From each of these she draws her lessons of hope, emphasizing that effective activism is not really about the goal, rather it is about building a movement and finding like-minded people to carry the load with you. Barlow knows firsthand how hard fighting for change can be. But she also knows that change does happen and that hope is the essential ingredient. Sales and Market Bullets“Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock DoctrineThis is a must-read.” — Jane Fonda on Whose Water Is It Anyway?Author of 19 books, Barlow served as the Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the UN General Assembly (2008–2009) and led a campaign to have water recognized as a human right by the U.N. Her book on Canadian water policy, Boiling Point, made the Globe and Mail bestseller list, and her acclaimed Blue trilogy has surpassed 100K sales internationally. Barlow chairs the board of Washington-based Food & Water Watch and Ottawa-based Blue Planet Project. She co-founded the Council of Canadians and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and is a councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council.Barlow, a revered activist and bestselling author, shares her strategies for keeping hope alive in difficult times. She is a practiced and engaging speaker and available for events.Whose Water is it, Anyway? was published by Verlag Antje Kunstmann in Germany and Éditions Écosociété in Quebec and France.AudienceReaders of Maude Barlow’s earlier work and her social platform following (Twitter: 14k followers) and those interested in the world of the Council of Canadians (Twitter: 28.2k followers)Readers of ,Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit and No is Not Enough by Naomi KleinFans of Jane Fonda and Fire Drill FridaysActivistsAnyone with an interest in conversation, including environmental organizations and policy makersThose following hot political issues, such as pipeline expansion and global carbon commitmentsReaders of Naomi Klein, Seth Klein, David Boyd and David SuzukiSupporters of and donors to Blue Dot and other environmental organizationsWomen, 20+
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