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Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling. One of the musts is to restore the hydrological cycle i. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clarke, this film offers plenty of credible evidence. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water, maude barlow and tony clarke take a comprehensive look at the state of the worlds water condition and respond to the push to privatize the fresh water supplies as the solution to meeting the worlds water needs. World water wars by sam bozzo based on the 2003 book blue gold. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water.
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This is water blue gold world water wars by kangen water boise on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. World water wars discusses the importance of the global water crisis that we are in currently. Of this freshwater, twothirds is locked up in ice caps and glaciers. World water wars, based on the book of the same name, we follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to u. Alternately political and apolitical, pessimistic and optimistic but rarely, if ever, cinematic sam bozzos blue gold. Water is one of the most common things on earth, but the supply of fresh water on this planet is limited, and as the worlds population expands, the demands of industry increase and pollution contaminates more and more of our natural resources. World water wars examines the problems created by the privatisation and commercialisation of the worlds water supplies and asks what this means as the resource dwindles and demand grows the film is based on the book titled blue gold. Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters. The dvd was recommended to me by a patron at the library where i work. World water wars works best as a smallscreen educational docu that. World water wars, was an informative movie that explored various aspects of water issues around the world.
October 4, 2010 blue gold world water wars water is the most essential element for life. In the current exploration of the universe, when we are searching for any kind of life form, we tend first to look for water. An awardwinning documentary sheds light on the worlds rapidly approaching water crisis and suggests that wars of the future may be. Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are over oil today, as our blue gold, the source of human survival, enters the global marketplace and political arena as a commodity to be sought out, fought over, and conquered.
World water wars is directed by sam bozzo and based on the book blue gold. World water wars by samuel vartek on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Onethird is in liquid form either underground in aquifers and rock pores or aboveground in lakes, rivers, soil, wetlands, and living organisms. It argues that in the future, wars will be fought over water supplies because a. What do you think a private company with a 10year contract to deliver water to ratepayers is. The right to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water. The malaysian government even proposed the death penalty for anyone caught contaminating water.
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Contains 30 minutes of bonus material, including deleted scenes and an interview with the filmmaker. The film examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water. The movie blue goldworld water wars is based on the book written by maude barlow and tony clarke. This award winning documentary directed by sam bozzo is based on the book blue gold. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions. World water wars, his second feature documentary which he shot in nearly a dozen countries. His first documentary focuses on computer hackers, produced by triggerstreet productions and narrated by kevin spacey.
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