"Life requires access to clean water; to deny the right to water is to deny the right to life." - Maude Barlow, Blue Covenant

In Blue Covenant, world-renowned activist and author Maude Barlow examines the global water crisis. This is an urgent crisis, posing one of the gravest threats to our survival.

Scientists call them "hot stains" - the parts of the earth running out of clean, drinkable water. They now include northern China, large areas of Asia and Africa, the Middle East, the Midwestern United States, sections of South America and Mexico plus Australia. How did the world's most vital natural resource become so imperilled? And what must we do to pull back from the brink? Maude Barlow is at the forefront of international water politics, and in this groundbreaking book she discusses the state of the world's water, how water companies are reaping vast profits from declining supplies, and how ordinary people from around the world have banded together to reclaim the right to clean water.

Blue Covenant is a wake-up call to Australia and the world - essential reading for all who care about the planet and our future.

A recipient of Sweden's Right Livelihood Award (the "Alternative Nobel") and a Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship, Maude Barlow is head of the Council of Canadians, Canada's largest public advocacy organisation, and founder of the Blue Planet Project. She is the author of sixteen books, including Blue Gold - published in over fifty countries - and is on the board of Food and Water Watch and the International Forum on Globalisation. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Tuesday 2nd September, 6:00pm for 6:30pm start Irish Club, 175 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane Tickets: $15 / $12 concession, bulk purchase (6+) $10 each (inc GST)