BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS - film and discussion FREE
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 14 6:30 - 8:30 pm
WHERE: Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 130 Main St.
Sponsors: Central Vermont Climate Action, Sierra Club Vermont, Transition Town Montpelier, Vermont Interfaith Action and Social Responsibility Committees of Unitarian Church of Montpelier
BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS sheds light on the world’s rapidly approaching water crisis and suggests that wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena.
This international award-winning film follows various examples of people fighting back against the powers that be - from grade school protests to court cases to revolutions. As the specters of drought and death loom, the film finds people willing to risk everything for their right to water, their right to survive.
The world’s fresh water is disappearing. As we pollute and waste away our very limited supply, corporate giants are working to make the building block of our globe a commodity, privatizing developing countries’ fresh water. In the midst of this, military control of water is rising, setting the stage for world water wars. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management.
What will WE do?