Maude Barlow's "Blue Covenant"

I just finished Maude Barlow's most recent book, "Blue Covenant". It's a thoughtful, informative account of the global water crisis, covering the insidious organizations striving to privatize the ebbing global water supply, as well as the "water warriors" fighting the greedy corporations and working to keep the issue in the public eye.

1. We've been hearing so much about global warming, but the dwindling supplies of clean water pose at least as much of a threat to our future.

While this book made me realize that the global water situation is much worse than I knew, it also brought home to me just how safe and clean our tap water is. There's no reason to drink bottled water. It's a waste of plastic, and it's often no cleaner than what comes out of our faucets.