Oil and Water


Saturday, February 26, 2005 << >>

Commons or Commodity? The Future of Water

Marcia Brewster

Abbas Bayat
Chief Executive Officer, Sunnyland Distribution, Belgium

Marcia Brewster
Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Development Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations; Focal Point, International Year of Freshwater 2003; Editor-in-Chief, National Resources Forum; Task Manager, Task Force on Gender and Water, United Nations

Peter H. Gleick
Co-Founder and President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security

Oscar Olivera (pre-recorded video)
Executive Secretary, Cochabamba Federation of Factory Workers; Spokesperson, Coalition in Defense of Water and Life ( La Coordinadora ); Recipient, Goldman Environmental Prize

Anthony Turton
Head, African Water Issues Research Unit, University of Pretoria; Coauthor, "The Turning of a Screw: Social Resource Scarcity as a Bottle-Neck in Adaptation to Water Scarcity"

Moderators: Rachel Leven and Daniel Toga, EPIIC Colloquium