On January 20, Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke about the Great Lakes as a commons at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. The speech, part of the Penny Stamps Lecture Series hosted by the University of Michigan School of Art and Design, was attended by more than 900 people.
The Council of Canadians has begun to campaign to defend the Great Lakes from the many threats that it faces. This work will include a new report and multi-city speaking tour by Maude. And as she has highlighted, “An exciting new network of Canadian, American and First Nations communities around the Great Lakes is determined to have these lakes names a Commons, a public trust and a protected bioregion.”
To help promote the Ann Arbor speaking event, Sam Bozzo’s film Blue Gold: World Water Wars was screened at the university on January 18.
For more on the Great Lakes as a commons and public trust, as well as on the threats it faces, please go to http://canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=5266. The web-page promoting Maude’s January 20 speaking event is at http://art-design.umich.edu/stamps/detail/maude_barlow.
