Maude Barlow

Aujourd'hui, un milliard et demi de personnes n'ont pas accès à une eau saine et propre ; chaque année, 5 à 10 millions meurent de maladies liées à la mauvaise qualité de l'eau ; l'agriculture (par le biais de l'irrigation) consomme 70 % de l'eau... Lire la suite

“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... Lire la suite

Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of... Lire la suite

Aujourd’hui, un milliard et demi de personnes n’ont pas accès à une eau saine et propre ; chaque année, plus de 5 millions meurent de maladies liées à la mauvaise qualité de l’eau. L’agriculture consomme 70 % de l’eau douce mondiale, l’industrie 20... Lire la suite

L'eau, bien commun de l'humanité, est en péril. Toutes les huit secondes, un enfant meurt pour avoir bu de l'eau contaminée et, pourtant, l'eau est devenue un bien marchand hautement lucratif que de grandes industries se sont approprié de façon... Lire la suite

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... Lire la suite

Ce livre pionnier retrace la genèse et l'histoire des nouveaux mouvements de résistance. Lire la suite

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... Lire la suite

“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC “It’s time we listened to the Maude Barlows of the world.” — CNN In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that she has... Lire la suite

International tensions around water are rising in many of the world's most volatile regions. The policy recipe pursued by the West, and imposed on governments elsewhere, is to pass control over water to private interests, which simply accelerates... Lire la suite

Passionate and cogent, this could be the most important book of the year for Canadians We 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... Lire la suite

Qualifiée de «fléau de la Terre» par l’ONU, la pénurie d’eau est une menace bien réelle: 3,6 milliards d'individus en souffrent déjà l'équivalent d'un mois par année et, si rien n'est fait, c’est une personne sur deux qui n’aura pas accès à l’eau en... Lire la suite

"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... Lire la suite

Water is a human right: "A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century." — Booklist The United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be... Lire la suite

Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: "A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse." — Booklist A co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most... Lire la suite

An urgent warning about the financialization of nature and the quiet rise of corporate control over the planet’s resources Most agree on the urgent need for climate action, yet we are often divided on how to stop the destruction of the natural world... Lire la suite