Jay Walljasper, Senior Fellow at On the Commons and editor of OnTheCommons.org, created OTC’s book All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons. A speaker, communications strategist and writer and editor, he chronicles stories from around the world that point us toward a more equitable, sustainable and enjoyable future. He is author of The Great Neighborhood Book and a senior associate at the urban affairs consortium Citiscope. Walljasper also writes a column about city life for Shareable.net and is a Senior Fellow at Project for Public Spaces and Augsburg College’s Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning. For more of his work, see JayWalljasper....
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Water is a commons for all
A new report from Maude Barlow and On TheCommons
By Jay Walljasper
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On the Commons worked with Maude Barlow, senior advisor on water to the president of the United Nations General Assembly, to publish a recent report outlining the commons as a new strategy in the campaign for water justice around the world. The report “Our Water Commons” can be downloaded:here.
“Transnational corporation view water as saleable and tradable commodity, not as a commons,” she writes, “and are set to create a cartel resembling the one that now controls every facet of energy.” She notes that private water companies are pursuing big profits in controlling municipal water services, groundwater and watersheds. She quotes Goldman Sachs touting, “Water is a growth driver for as long and far as the eye can see.”
Barlow, a longtime Canadian social activist, is co-author of the bestselling book Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop Corporate Theft of the World’s Water.
Our Water Commons appears in both English and Spanish editions:
Posted October 6, 2009
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From Chile to the Philippines to South Africa to her home country of Canada, Maude Barlow is one of a few people who truly understands the scope of the world’s water woes. Her newest book, Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, details her discoveries around the globe about our diminishing water resources, the increasing privatization trend and the grassroots groups that are fighting back against corporate theft, government mismanagement and a changing climate. java programmer