Water justice groups meet in Mexico City
Struggles to protect water throughout Latin America have been a powerful obstacle to the neoliberal growth model that has sought to dispossess communities of their communal lands and natural resources....
View ArticleDemand an end to impunity for Canadian mining companies in Mexico
The Council of Canadians is issuing a statement of solidarity as hundreds ofprotestors gather in front of the Canadian embassy in Mexico City (1pm EST) toexpress their outrage at the growing death toll...
View ArticleInternational human rights delegation investigates Canadian mine in Oaxaca
I have been in San Jose del Progreso in Oaxaca, Mexico this week on behalf of the Blue Planet Project with Brent Patterson as part of a human rights delegation called the “Mision Civil de Observacion...
View Article'Water is more precious than Gold' speaking tour coming to a community near you!
The Council of Canadians is working with allies including KAIROS, Mining Watch Canada, Breaking the Silence Maritimes and the United Church to raise awareness about community resistance to Canadian...
View ArticleHow you can support the campaign to stop mining injustice in El Salvador
The Blue Planet Project is working with allies including The Council of Canadians, KAIROS, Mining Watch Canada, Breaking the Silence Maritimes and the United Church to raise awareness about community...
View ArticleFilipino women demand an end to corporate mining on IWD
Today, on International Women's Day, a group of women held a flash-mob in front of the office of Sagittarius Mines, Inc. in Makati (a city in Metro Manila) in the Philippines. The Swiss-owned...
View ArticleWater Justice for Tunisia: Regime change is not enough!
From March 26-30, an estimated 50,000 people flocked to Tunisia to participate in the first World Social Forum to take place in the Arab world. The theme was dignity -- a term that had become a battle...
View ArticleChallenging Canada at the UN on Earth Day
Geneva, April 22, 2013 -- The Blue Planet Project is marking Earth Week by raising Canada's violations of the Human right to water with member states at the United Nations in Geneva in advance of the...
View ArticleFrom Burnaby to Bern: Municipalities protect the water commons
When the Council of Canadians and CUPE first created the Blue Communities Project we weren’t sure how to convince cash-strapped municipalities to come on board. How would we get local government who...
View ArticleBudapest Water Summit: Fighting the corporate agenda in Budapest
I am at the Budapest Water Summit this week working with friends from Public Services International, the Transnational Institute, KruHa Indonesia, Food and Water Europe and IBON. The Budapest Water...
View ArticleThe water justice movement tackles life after privatization
In Barcelona last week, 50 water justice activists, trade unionists, researchers and water operators from 29 countries gathered to share analysis and strategies aimed at promoting democratic public...
View ArticleHelp stop mining abuses in Guatemala!
The Council of Canadians' Blue Planet Project has partnered with the Projet d'Accompagnement Guatemala Quebec to launch a new campaign called The Money Thread. We are calling on people living in Canada...
View ArticleTake action: Tell Detroit to turn the water back on
In May 2015, the city of Detroit will start shutting off water to 28,000 people.Last summer, the Blue Planet Project worked with the Detroit People's Water Board and Food and Water Watch to sound the...
View ArticleLetting corporations sue governments protecting the environment is no way to...
As the world looks for innovative solutions to solve the rapidly worsening water crisis, two Salvadoran experts toured Canada this month to promote a simple strategy that could save the public billions...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Defending the human right to water and sanitation at the United Nations
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Five years ago, the United Nations formally recognized the human right to water and sanitation by passing resolution 64/292. Social movements who campaigned...
View Article
