In part two of this three-part interview, Maude Barlow expresses her opinion on many environmental issues beyond H.2O. In case you missed it, here lies part one of this interview, where water rights are discussed.

Question 5: What people alive today or in the past deserve to be called environmental heroes and why?

Maude Barlow: I think the world of many living environmental heroes. Three spring to mind: David Suzuki from Canada; Vandana Shiva from India; and Robert Kennedy from the United States.

Question 6: If you had a billion dollars to command, what environmental project would you undertake?

Maude Barlow: If I had a billion dollars, I would undertake a global watershed restoration project. Our displacement and abuse of water is a major cause of climate change as well as the denial of clean water to billions. Restoring depleted and damaged rivers and aquifers through conservation and rainwater harvesting would bring back ecological health around the world and aid in the fight to stop global warming.

Question 7: In what way do you think nuclear power should be involved, if at all, in the transition away from using fossil fuels?

Maude Barlow: Nuclear power is not the solution to transition from fossil fuel use in reducing climate change. Nuclear power would result in the continued production and transportation of dangerous radioactive nuclear waste, and is far more expensive than other, more sustainable alternatives.

Question 8: How do you think the health of the world’s environment is related to the health of the world’s economy?

Maude Barlow: The health of the world’s environment is dramatically and negatively affected by the choices we have made around the economy. Most governments still buy into the mantra of unlimited growth (which one environmentalist compared to the cancer cell that has to turn on its host in order to survive) and unregulated global free trade with the promise of more and more “stuff” for all. Not only has the promise of equitable access to the wealth generated by this system proven to be totally false, this economic system has laid siege to the remaining resources of the planet.

We hope you enjoyed the second installment of this interview. Watch for part 3 in the coming days.

The web team at the Sundance Channel is putting in some long hours getting The Green site ready for its third season (which launches on April 21st). Among the new web features: “H.2O,” a collection of animated shorts from artists around the world, interspersed with clips from the documentary FLOW: FOR THE LOVE OF WATER (which will also air on the 21st).

Billed as “the scariest movie at the Sundance Film Festival” by Wired, FLOW examines the world water crisis, and juxtaposes the diminishing supply of drinking water around the world with the increase in water privatization. With access to clean water shaping up as a major issue for the 21st century, this is a must-see film.

Check out “H.2O” by heading over to The Green and clicking on the button in the header (there’s also a tab directly above the video window). You can also learn more about FLOW by visiting the film’s official site. While on The Green site, check out some of the other new programming slated for this season, including ECO TRIP and CARBON COPS.