SOCIAL: interesting lecture on water tonight

[Kimberly Conley]

for anyone interested in water issues, i'm going to this tonight -- it's part of the academy of sciences lecture series. 'deep might not be able to come so i may have one extra ticket -- if you're interested, ping me before you buy one and i'll let you know if it's up for grabs. 


Conversations at the Herbst Theatre
Maude Barlow in conversation with Alan Snitow
Thursday, June 3rd at 8:00 pm, Herbst Theatre
Maude Barlow is considered by many to be one                of the 
world's leading experts on water issues. "This notion                
that we'll have water forever is wrong. California is running out.       It's got twenty-some years of water." Barlow talks about how   our misuse of water may actually be changing the 
hydrological cycle                and contributing to global warming. In 2008, she was appointed as                the United Nation's first 
senior adviser on water issues, a role                she hopes to use 
to establish water as a human right. She is also                the 
co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, a group that works to             protect fresh water from trade and privatization around the world.   Barlow chairs the board of Washington-based Food & 
Water Watch                and is also an executive member of the San 
Francisco-based International                Forum on Globalization. 
Barlow holds several honorary doctorates                and has written 
or co-written 16 books including the international                best 
seller Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and The Coming          Battle for the Right to Water. 
 http://www.calacademy.org/events/special_programs/?t=1
 
Reservations: For tickets, call 415-392-4400 or visit City Box Office.  Adults: $20; Academy members: $18; series tickets: $108 and $96.



      
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