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Still Hopeful

Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism

by Maude Barlow ...

“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 ... Read more

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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
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Earth for Sale

The Fight to Stop the Last Plunder of the Planet

by Maude Barlow ...

An urgent warning about the financialization of nature and the quiet rise of corporate control over the planet’s resourcesMost agree on the urgent need for climate action, yet we are often divided on how to stop the destruction of the natural world. Earth for Sale exposes the danger of governments giving over this responsibility to powerful private interests, namely the same energy, chemical, ... Read more

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An urgent warning about the financialization of nature and the quiet rise of corporate control over the planet’s resourcesMost agree on the urgent need for climate action, yet we are often divided on how to stop the destruction of the natural world. Earth for Sale exposes the danger of governments giving over this responsibility to powerful private interests, namely the same energy, chemical,
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Blue Covenant

The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

by Maude Barlow ...

An Inconvenient Truth of water.“Imagine a world in twenty years, in which no substantive progress has been made to provide basic wastewater service in the Third World, or to force industry and industrial agriculture production to stop polluting water systems, or to curb the mass movement of water by pipeline, tanker and other diversion, which will have created huge new swaths of desert." ... Read more

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An Inconvenient Truth of water.“Imagine a world in twenty years, in which no substantive progress has been made to provide basic wastewater service in the Third World, or to force industry and industrial agriculture production to stop polluting water systems, or to curb the mass movement of water by pipeline, tanker and other diversion, which will have created huge new swaths of desert."
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Blue Future

Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

by Maude Barlow ...

The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it.The global water crisis has dramatically deepened. The stage is being set for drought on an unprecedented scale, mass starvation, and the migration of millions of refugees leaving parched lands in search of water. The story does not ... Read more

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The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it.The global water crisis has dramatically deepened. The stage is being set for drought on an unprecedented scale, mass starvation, and the migration of millions of refugees leaving parched lands in search of water. The story does not
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Boiling Point

Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis

by Maude Barlow ...

Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for CanadiansWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh water — water crises face other countries, but not ours. We could not be more wrong. In Boiling Point, bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow lays bare the issues facing Canada’s water reserves, including long-outdated water ... Read more

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Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for CanadiansWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh water — water crises face other countries, but not ours. We could not be more wrong. In Boiling Point, bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow lays bare the issues facing Canada’s water reserves, including long-outdated water
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Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

Taking Water Protection into Public Hands

by Maude Barlow ...

“Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine“This book is a blueprint for communities around the world to take back that responsibility and maintain water as a human right.” — David Suzuki“This is a must-read.” — Jane FondaA call to action from former Senior Advisor on Water to the U.N., h... ... Read more

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“Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine“This book is a blueprint for communities around the world to take back that responsibility and maintain water as a human right.” — David Suzuki“This is a must-read.” — Jane FondaA call to action from former Senior Advisor on Water to the U.N., h...
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Boiling Point

Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis

by Maude Barlow ...

Narrated by Kelly Fanson ...

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7 hours 44 min

Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for CanadiansWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh water — water crises face other countries, but not ours. We could not be more wrong. In Boiling Point, bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow lays bare the issues facing Canada’s water reserves, including long-outdated water ... Read more

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Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for CanadiansWe are complacent. We bask in the idea that Canada holds 20% of the world’s fresh water — water crises face other countries, but not ours. We could not be more wrong. In Boiling Point, bestselling author and activist Maude Barlow lays bare the issues facing Canada’s water reserves, including long-outdated water
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Blue Gold

The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water

by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke ...

"Probably the most eloquent call to arms we're likely to hear about the politics of water" ( The Globe and Mail , Toronto).In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global crisis," Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the privatization of water show how, contrary to received wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy ( In These Times). Our ... Read more

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"Probably the most eloquent call to arms we're likely to hear about the politics of water" ( The Globe and Mail , Toronto).In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global crisis," Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the privatization of water show how, contrary to received wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy ( In These Times). Our
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Profit Is Not the Cure

A Citizen's Guide to Saving Medicare

by Maude Barlow ...

On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors.More than thirty years later, the same battle is being fought all over again. Only now, the forces opposed to medicare are more ideologically unified, more ... Read more

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On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors.More than thirty years later, the same battle is being fought all over again. Only now, the forces opposed to medicare are more ideologically unified, more
... Read more
Blue Gold

The Battle Against Corporate Theft of World's Water

by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke ...

In this international bestseller, currently available in more than a dozen countries, Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke describe the real and worsening global water crisis, and reveal the plans of transnational corporations to profit from it. The authors present both a compelling case and a practical plan for fighting back against the corporate takeover of this most precious natural resource. ... Read more

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In this international bestseller, currently available in more than a dozen countries, Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke describe the real and worsening global water crisis, and reveal the plans of transnational corporations to profit from it. The authors present both a compelling case and a practical plan for fighting back against the corporate takeover of this most precious natural resource.
... Read more
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Still Hopeful

Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism

by Maude Barlow ...

Narrated by Barbara Saxberg ...

Unabridged

6 hours 42 min

“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 ... Read more

$29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

“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
... Read more

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Loving This Planet

Leading Thinkers Talk About How to Make A Better World

by Helen Caldicott, Maude Barlow, Bill McKibben, Lester Brown, Janette Sherman-Nevinger, Hugh Gusterson, Chris Hedges, Diane Curran, Vini Gautam Khurana, David Krieger, Carole Gallagher, Jonathan Schell, William Hartung, Michael T. Klare, Daniel Ellsberg, Antony Loewenstein, John Church, Rhett Butler, Martin Sheen, Arjun Makhijani, Lily Tomlin, Michael Madsen, Bob Herbert, Frances Fox Piven, Denis Hayes, Phil Radford ...

Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: "A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse." — BooklistA co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most influential women of the twentieth century by the Smithsonian Institute, Helen Caldicott presents a valuable collection of her interviews with prominent ... Read more

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Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: "A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse." — BooklistA co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most influential women of the twentieth century by the Smithsonian Institute, Helen Caldicott presents a valuable collection of her interviews with prominent
... Read more

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