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DESCRIPTION:Environmental Justice Speaker Series presents "The Future of Water" in 
 honor of World Water Day on March 22nd. Featuring a screening of the 
 documentary "Thirst" and a panel discussion on the future of water to 
 follow the film.\n\nAbout the film:\nPopulation growth, pollution, and 
 scarcity are turning water into "blue gold," the oil of the 21st century. 
 Global corporations are rushing to gain control of this dwindling natural 
 resource, producing intense conflict in the US and worldwide where people 
 are dying in battles over control of water.\n\nThe world is poised on the 
 brink of epochal changes in how water is stored, used, and valued. Will 
 these changes provide clean water to the billions of people who need it? Or 
 save the child who dies every eight seconds from contaminated water? 
 Examining water conflicts in Bolivia, India and Stockton, California, 
 Thirst shows that popular opposition to the privatization of water sparks 
 remarkable coalitions that cross partisan lines. When it comes to water, 
 many people demand local control and fear the arrival of multinational 
 corporations with large lobbying budgets and little local loyalty.\n\nThis 
 film is a piercing look at the conflict between public stewardship and 
 private profit, where activists claim that water is a human right and 
 corporations declare it a commodity.\n\nPanelists:\nProfessor Katherine 
 Cushing - Environmental Studies Department at San Jose State University- 
 "The Struggle Over Water and Privatization in Developing 
 Countries"\n\nProfessor Iris Stewart-Frey -Department of Environmental 
 Studies and Sciences at Santa Clara University. "How Climate Change is 
 Affecting the Water Supply in California and the West."\n\nSuggested 
 Donation $10, no one turned away for lack of funds.\n\nSponsored by San 
 Jose Peace & Justice Center \nCo-sponsored by the Department of 
 Environmental Studies at San Jose State University and the Department of 
 Environmental Studies and Sciences at Santa Clara University \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/03/18751835.php
SUMMARY:The Future of Water w/ Film Screening of "Thirst"
LOCATION:San Jose Peace and Justice Center\n48 South 7th Street\nSan Jose, CA 95112
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/03/03/18751835.php
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