Water Justice News
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The Blue Planet Project and allies at the 2018 UN High-level Panel on Sustainable Development: A critical perspective on the progress and implementation of the SDG on water.
Since 2013, the Blue Planet Project has been working with allies to challenge strategies aimed at facilitating the corporate takeover of water through the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. A new report on private sector involvement in the implementation of the sustainable development goal on water was launched today by Public Services International (PSI) and…
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Popular mobilizations in El Salvador oppose ARENA’s Comprehensive Water Law
July 9, 2018 – 4:11pmMeera Karunananthan of the Blue Planet Project took part in this March 2014 rally in San Salvador in support of the General Water Law now being undermined by ARENA. Popular mobilizations are taking place in El Salvador as ARENA cr…
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International support for the remunicipalisation of Barcelona’s water supply
March 22, 2018 – 2:54pmOrganizers in Barcelona successfully gathered over 15,000 signatures required to hold a referendum on the remunicipalisation of that city’s water supply in June. Today they released a video showing messages of support from around…
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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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Ghanaian water justice group recounts campaign against water metering in new report
December 21, 2017 – 5:34pmA new report by the Water Citizens’ Network in Ghana traces the history of resistance to pre-paid water metres and the successful campaign to stop the Ghanaian government’s most recent attempts to implement metering schemes. The report argues that the government’s latest initiative – a direct result of pressures from the…
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Organizations urge Canadian government to cooperate with Costa Rican investigation
November 23, 2017Joint Media Release Ottawa/Toronto – Three Canadian organizations, MiningWatch Canada, Council of Canadians, and Common Frontiers have written to Canada’s Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, calling on the Canadian government to respond to any forthcoming requests from Costa Rica’s new Attorney General, Emilia Navas, in a complete and…
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Water warrior yoga teachers make a splash across the USA!
July 11, 2017 – 8:00amAmber Cook teaches yoga in Chicago and Diana Oppenheim offers yoga classes in San Francisco. Last year, they contacted the Blue Planet Project after having watched the film Blue Gold based on the 2005 international bestseller about the global water crisis by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke. Compelled by a strong…
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A group of Canadian teachers could decide the future of Chile’s water supply
By Meera Karunananthan, Blue Planet Project, Published in The Guardian, June 12, 2017 Leer este artículo en español Currently in the throes of a freshwater crisis, Chile is facing the consequences of Pinochet-era policies that have left nearly all the country’s freshwater supplies and water-related services in the hands of multinational corporations. But the solution…
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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…