Maude Barlow, internationally renowned water activist, author, and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, Canada's largest citizens' advocacy group speaks on Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley in Berkeley, CA.

The event will be presented by Jerry Mander, co–director of the International Forum on Globalization, Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, and Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch.

When

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
7:30 p.m.

Where

First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way (at Dana)
Berkeley, CA

Tickets are $10 in advance or $13 at the door. They are available online at Brown Paper Tickets or at these independent bookstores:

• East Bay: Analog Books
  
• Cody’s
  
• Black Oak
  
• DIESEL, A Bookstore
  
• Pegasus & Pendragon Books
  
• Global Exchange
  
• Walden Pond Books
  
• Moe’s Books
  
• San Francisco: Modern Times Bookstore

More on Maude Barlow

Maude Barlow was recently named one of the "Good 8" by the popular German magazine Stern. Stern named the top eight people that have made the largest impact in improving our world, in response to the recent G8 summit held last week in Germany. She is the co–founder of the Blue Planet Project and is a Director with the International Forum on Globalization. She is the best–selling author of fifteen books including Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water. She recently received the prestigious "2005 Right Livelihood Award" from the Swedish Parliament, widely referred to as "The Alternative Nobel."