Events
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‘Our Future is Public: Santiago Declaration for Public Services’
From 29th November to 2nd December the Blue Planet Project joined over a thousand representatives from over one hundred countries, from grassroots movements, advocacy, human rights, and development organisations, feminist movements, trade unions, and other civil society organisations, in Santiago, Chile, and virtually, to discuss the critical role of public services for our future. Read…
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Our Future is Public Conference 29 Nov – 2 Dec, Santiago, Chile
The climate emergency, rising inequalities and the COVID-19 pandemic have reaffirmed the failures and limitations of the current neoliberal model to respond to crises and ensure a dignified life for all. Transforming the organisation of our economy is needed to confront the challenges the world is currently facing and to create societies that are fair, inclusive, socially-just,…
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The Blue Planet Project and the 2022 Alternative World Water Forum
A key member of the International Steering Committee of the 2022 Alternative World Water Forum/Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau (FAME 2022), the Blue Planet Project will be strongly represented in Dakar, Senegal from March 21-26th as the Global Water Justice Movement (GWJM) challenges the corporate water agenda of the World Water Forum. Learn more about FAME…
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No New Water on Earth, Only New Battlegrounds
Coumba Toure, @Kuumbati Storyteller; Movement Co-coordinator, Africans Rising; Board Chair, TrustAfrica Koni Benson, Organiser and historian at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; Research Fellow, Blue Planet Project Meera Karunananthan, Feminist geographer, Carleton University – Canada; Co-director, Blue Planet Project The Alternative World Water Forum – Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau (FAME) in French —…
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World Water Day: Brazilian and global water justice activists march to demand an end to the privatization of water
March 22, 2018 – 2:20pmBrasilia – The Fórum Alternativo Mundial da Água (FAMA) or Alternative World Water Forum concluded with a march today that saw 5-7,000 people from around Brasil and around the World take to the streets of Brasilia demanding an e…
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Biking for Clean Water from Seattle to San Francisco
June 2, 2017Media Release This week, two yoga teachers, Chicago-based Amber Cook and San Francisco-based Diana Oppenheim, have embarked on a 900 mile month-long Bike for Clean Water trip from Seattle to San Francisco, raising funds and awareness for the global water justice project, the Blue Planet Project. Along the way they will be teaching…
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2nd International Gathering of Social Movements On Water
The 2nd International Gathering brings together people directly impacted by water struggles and social movement water groups, plus — water rights attorneys and policy makers, researchers, scholars, social workers, youth and elders from across the U.S., First Nations and international countries. Your participation will strengthen the global movement for the human right to water and…
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WEBCAST: Addressing Corporate Accountability and Unregulated Private Sector Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Implications for Follow-up and Review
Thursday, May 21, 2015 – 1:15 – 2:30 PM UN Conference Room 9 Webcast Live at webtv.un.org During the Post-2015 process, many organizations and a number of Member States have called for mechanisms enabling greater accountability for private sector involvement to ensure development that is truly sustainable, equitable, and just. This event will present a…
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Toronto Water Justice Gathering
The Blue Planet Project and allies are organizing a Water Justice Gathering that will take place this September 8-11 in Toronto. It will bring together policy and advocacy groups and activists from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa working on water justice issues.
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Webinar: Great Lakes Commons Charter
Watch an archived recording of this webinar Join us for a conversation about the Great Lakes Commons Charter – an emerging strategy to transform our human relationship with the Lakes. The cumulative, disparate, and drastic threats to the Great Lakes need to be matched by a collective and unifying response. The Commons Charter is a…