Can you imagine someone claiming the Pacific Ocean or the rain as their own? Then try to sell them? It is simply a far-fetched idea. Its our - all of ours. And theirs - the many life forms who live in and from the water and benefit from the rain. The hydrological cycle described in "Blue Gold" of rain falling, soaking into the ground and flowing in rivers to the ocean, then evaporating back to the sky and forming clouds and returning as rain again is sacred. Humans should not tamper with it.

The "Blue Gold" authors are encouraged that "a common front of environmentalists, human rights and antipoverty activists, public sector workers, peasants, indigenous people and many others from every part of the world has come together to fight for a water-secure future." In July of 2001 over 800 people from 35 countries gathered in Vancouver at the summit Water for People.

The next big water supply showdown will be in Kyoto, Japan, in March of 2003. The U.N. and the World Bank will bring 8,000 people to the Third World Water Forum. Water activists from around the glove promise to also attend and advocate for equal access to "blue gold."

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