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New
Report from the
Council of Canadians
Our Water Commons - Toward
a new freshwater narrative
Written by Maude Barlow
Our Water Commons is
part of the ongoing work to bring together key
activists, writers and thinkers to address the
global water crisis by naming and reclaiming
the freshwater commons.
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Maude
Barlow in San Francisco December 2nd!
Challenging
Corporate Control of Water: A
Public Discussion
Date: December 2, 2008
Time: 7:00 – 9:30 PM
Place: Mission Cultural Center
Address:
2868
Mission Street, SF
This is a free event and the
public is welcome.
download
the flyer |
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UN
President Appoints Canadian
as New Senior Advisor on Water
Maude Barlow appointed
first Senior Advisor on water issues by Miguel d'Escoto
Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the United
Nations. More... |
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The
Citation of
Lifetime Achievement
Canada's highest environmental award
presented to Maude Barlow
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here to read more |
IFG Congratulates
our Board Member Annie Leonard,
creator of the acclaimed
video "The Story of Stuff"
on being named
a TIME Magazine Hero of the Environment 2008 |
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Heroes of the Environment
2008: Annie Leonard
By BRYONY SCHWAN
Bryony Schwan is executive director of
the Biomimicry Institute in Montana
My
friends often don't believe me when I say I can spend
an entire evening listening to stories about garbage
and be completely mesmerized. That's because they haven't
met Annie Leonard. She has been relentlessly explaining
the absurdity of our throwaway culture to me and many
others for decades. While her mastery of detail is
impressive, it's her passionate style that transforms
bleak facts into emotive stories that compel you to
take action.
read
the rest of the TIME Magazine Article....
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FLOW:
For Love of Water (Feature Film)
Film Director Irena Salina's film FLOW is a passionate,
fact-filled world-tour of the issues facing the planet's
water today. Focusing on human rights, environmental
destruction and corporate greed, FLOW shows the challenges
and struggles communities must overcome for control
over their most essential resource. Set in countries
across the globe, Flow will inspire you and call you
to action.
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An
Evening with Dr. Vandana Shiva
San Francisco Bay Area appearances:
• August 27th, Santa Rosa - view flyer
• September 2nd, Berkeley - view flyer
Audio and video from Vandana Shiva's September 2nd talk in
Berkeley will be posted on IFG's website soon!
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info... |
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GLOBALIZATION RESOURCES and ANALYSIS
by IFG and IFG ASSOCIATES
Globalization and Empire-Building
Analysis of current issues
The
Hijacking of the Development Debate: How Friedman and Sachs Got It
Wrong by John Cavanagh and Robin Broad
China Copes with Globalization: A Mixed Review (version
released in German)
Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to
Globalization
Global to Local: What
You Can Do (section from Alternatives
to Economic Globalization)
WTO
The Other Oil War: Halliburton's
Agenda at the WTO (also, en
español)
WTO 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial
Analysis of the WTO's July 2004 Framework Package
Analysis of WTO Collapse in
Cancun
Focus on the Global South
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Third World Network
FTAA,
CAFTA, GATS and other Multilateral Trade Agreements
Council of Canadians
Friends of the Earth
Global Exchange
Polaris Institute
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Agriculture and Biotechnology
Center for Food Safety
International Society for Ecology and Culture
Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology
LINKS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL
FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION
The International Forum
on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading
activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers
formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public
education in response to economic globalization.
Representing over 60 organizations
in 25 countries, the International Forum on Globalization
associates come together out of a shared concern that the
world's corporate and political leadership is undertaking
a restructuring of global politics and economics that may
prove as historically significant as any event since the
Industrial Revolution. This restructuring is happening at
tremendous speed, with little public disclosure of the profound
consequences affecting democracy, human welfare, local economies,
and the natural world. Read
more... |
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RECENT NEWS
FROM IFG:
1999 Joint Statement by IFG, IPS, TWN and FOE on Global Financial Reform
Download
the article (pdf)
Read Victor Menotti's Article "Derailing
Doha and the Pathway to a New Paradigm"
Download
the article (pdf)
IFG board member Maude Barlow
discusses her book,
BLUE COVENANT:
The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water.
Click
Here to Watch
IFG at the UN Bali Conference
on Climate Change.
Reports from staff, board members and associates.
Click Here to Read Blog
IFG's "Greensumption" Video and Jerry Mander Interview
Featured on New York Times blog Dot Earth
November 14th, 2007:
Jerry
Mander Interview on Dot Earth - NY Times' Climate BLOG
(edited
version)
Full Text of Jerry Mander Interview
with New York Times Reporter Andrew Revkin (pdf)
Check out IFG's
YouTube video
"GREENSUMPTION"
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IFG
Recommended Reading:
 Field
Guide to the Global Economy, by John Cavanagh, IFG
President, with Sarah Anderson and Thea Lee.
This updated edition of Field Guide to the Global Economy presents
the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing
international economy. A great resource!
Read more...
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 20%
discount for IFG members!
Green Alternatives to Globalisation, by Michael
Woodin and IFG Associate Caroline Lucas. The authors,
both UK Green Party members, show how economic localization
can help solve many current international crises.
Read more...
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 Whose
Trade Organization? A Comprehensive Guide to the WTO,
By IFG Board Member Lori Wallach, with Patrick Woodall,
of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
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