Maude Barlow, Honorary Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and Founder of the Blue Planet Project, was in Stockholm, Sweden December 2018 to take part in the Nobel Week Dialogue. The meeting, which forms part of the official Nobel Week program in Sweden, focused on the theme of “Water Matters.”
According to organizers, “the Nobel Week Dialogue is a conversation-focused meeting, consisting mainly of panel discussions, seeking to deepen the dialogue between the scientific community and the rest of society on topics of global concern.” Recent themes have included the Future of Energy (2013), the Age to Come: New Scientific and Cultural Perspectives on Ageing (2014), the Future of Intelligence (2015), the Future of Food (2016) and the Future of Truth (2017).
Each meeting includes Nobel Laureates who discuss issues in front of an audience of more than 1,000 people. The meetings are also live-streamed. Audiences, both in person and online, are invited to participate by posing questions and making comments.
Watch Maude’s keynote speech at 38:40 followed by a panel on water, December 9, 2018 (speaking notes)
Maude Barlow was the recipient of the 2005 Right Livelihood Award (known as the “Alternative Nobel”), the 2005 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Fellowship Award, the Citation of Lifetime Achievement at the 2008 Canadian Environment Awards, the 2009 Earth Day Canada Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award, the 2009 Planet in Focus Eco Hero Award, and the 2011 EarthCare Award, the highest international honour of the Sierra Club (US).
In 2008/2009, she served as Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly and was a leader in the campaign to have water recognized as a human right by the UN. She is also the author of dozens of reports, as well as 18 books, including her latest, Boiling Point: Government Neglect, Corporate Abuse, and Canada’s Water Crisis.
The Council of Canadians congratulates Maude on this incredible honour in recognition of her global activism on water.
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