Most people agree that urgent action is needed to address the climate crisis and protect the natural world, but who should be responsible for that work? In Earth for Sale, Barlow sounds the alarm on the growing financialization of nature, exposing how forests, watersheds, biodiversity, and other living systems are increasingly being treated as market assets through carbon trading, biodiversity credits, conservation bonds, and other so-called “nature-based solutions.” Drawing on decades of activism and research, she argues that these approaches risk handing control of the natural world to the same corporate interests that helped drive the ecological crisis in the first place. Join us for an urgent conversation on the future of the commons, ecological stewardship, and the fight to protect the living world from its last great enclosure.

Location: Online

Type: In Conversation

Sponsored by: Word Vancouver · Banyen Books & Sound

Reader: Maude Barlow, Earth for Sale: The Fight to Stop the Last Plunder of the Planet

Maude Barlow

Maude Barlow is the bestselling author of 21 books. She co-founded the Council of Canadians, chairing its board for over three decades, sits on the board of Food & Water Watch, and the board of advisors of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. She served as senior water advisor to the UN General Assembly and was a leader in the campaign to have water recognized as a human right. She is the recipient of 17 honorary doctorates and many awards, including the 2005 Right Livelihood Award. She lives in Ottawa, ON.