Water Justice Wins!
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The Future of Private Water in Senegal: An Interview with Fatou Diouf
In 2022, the 9th World Water Forum was held in Dakar, Senegal. At the same time, the Alternative World Water Forum (AWWF), was held. The AWWF offered a space for water justice organizations, communities and defenders fighting for water justice to raise their voices and challenge the corporate and financial capture of water. In the…
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Blue Communities in Latin America: Solidarity and Self Determination
Blue Communities are those that are committed to other ways of relating to nature. They protect water as a common good, are against its privatization and in favor of public community partnerships. The Blue Communities Project is an initiative that was born in Canada in 2009, created by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian…
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WIN! Controversial Mexican water law is delayed indefinitely
March 11, 2015 – 8:20am Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero. Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow has tweeted, “Huge victory!” This is because, as Telesur reports, “A Mexican congressional vote on proposed legislation that could lead …
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Win! Indonesian Court rules against World Bank water law
February 20, 2015 – 3:53pm In a landmark ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court ruled earlier this week to annul a water law passed by the Indonesian government in 2004 under pressure from the World Bank. Law No. 7 on Water Resources was part of a…
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Kravcík’s Blue Alternative in Slovakia
January 20, 2015 – 5:30pm Photo: Michal Krav?ík Michal Krav?ík is a Slovak hydrologist and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1999 for his work in stopping a large dam on the Torysa River. He argued that the sam…
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Right to Water Gets Major Boost in a Historic Judgement by the Mumbai High Court
December 16, 2014 – 2:01pm Struggle for access to water by slum dwellers got a major boost in India with the judgement on December 15th by a Mumbai High Court bench presided by Justice Abhay Oak and Justice A S Gadkari. They ordered that whether homes …
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Brazilian court suspends licenses for Belo Sun mine in Brazil!
July 1, 2014 – 9:23am Toronto-based Belo Sun Mining Corp. plans to build Brazil’s largest gold mine, the Volta Grande open-pit gold project. But the Globe and Mail reports, “A Brazilian court has suspended the environmental and provisional licences of …
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WIN! Zurich becomes a blue community
June 25, 2014 – 8:45am Zurich, Switzerland is now a blue community! The Swiss news service 20 Minuten reports (in German), “The city of Zurich is to assume more responsibility in terms of water and join the international ‘Blue Community’ initiative. …
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WIN! Council of Canadians celebrates defeat of HidroAysen dam project
June 10, 2014 – 2:00pm The Council of Canadians congratulates its Chilean and international allies for their campaigns to defeat the HidroAysen dam project in Patagonia. This morning International Rivers reported, “We’ve just confirmed that Chile’s…
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Top Greek court rules water privatization could put public health at risk
May 27, 2014 – 10:02am Photo: The Plenary Court of the Hellenic Council of State (the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece) Reuters reports, “A top Greek court has blocked the planned privatization of the country’s biggest water utility, the Athe…