Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 20:00 – 21:00 Santa Fe Convention Center
Ballroom A presentation by Maude Barlow, National Chairperson,
The Council of Canadians , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The global
water crisis now poses the greatest threat to human rights of
our time. Close to three billion people have no running water
within a kilometer of their home, and every eight seconds a
child dies of water borne disease. These deaths are totally
avoidable. Maude Barlow will present her analysis of the
ecological and human water crisis before us and her solution for
a water secure future based on the core of principles of
watershed restoration, water as a public trust and the human
right to water. Biographical Information: Maude Barlow is the
national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and senior
advisor on water to the president of the United Nations General
Assembly. She also chairs the board of Washington-based Food and
Water Watch and is a councilor with the Hamburg-based World
Future Council. Barlow is the recipient o