Join Maude Barlow, bestselling author and activist, as she explores the urgent need for water protection in a world that is running out of fresh water. In her newest book, Whose Water is it, Anyway? taking water protection into public hands, she explores how the Blue Communities Project gives people tools they can use to protect water. Copies of Whose Water is it, Anyway? will be available for purchase at the event and Maude will be happy to sign one for you! Maude Barlow, an Associate Fellow at IPS, is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, chairperson of Food and Water Watch in the U.S., and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which is instrumental in the international community in working for the right to water for all people. Co-host: Wallace Global Fund, Institute for Policy Studies, and Food and Water Watch