VERO BEACH — The free non-denominational Social Justice Film Series continues on Sunday, March 8, at 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach with the documentary “Blue Gold: World Water Wars.”
This 2008 film is based on the book Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water, co-written by Maude Barlow, national chair of the Council of Canadians, a citizen advocacy group, and Tony Clarke, a long-time Canadian activist against free trade.
In every corner of the globe, our limited supply of fresh water is polluted, diverted, pumped, and wasted at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing, and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.
Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of the dwindling supply of fresh water, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena.
Sarah Barmak of the Toronto Star wrote, “The film sounds the same sweeping alarms as Al Gore’s documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, but about our endangered water supply – and the implications are just as grim.”
A discussion led by Vickie Machado from the Fort Lauderdale office of Food and Water Watch environmental organization will follow the film. The community-wide film series is free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets are required but donations to cover costs are gratefully accepted. The Fair Trade Corner will be open one-half hour prior to the 90-minute film.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, offering a liberal religion on the Treasure Coast, has easy parking and is handicap accessible. It is located on the southeast corner of 27th Avenue and 16th Street. For more information, call (772) 778-5880.
