“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 ArticleThe World Social Forum Tunis 2013
The World Social Forum brought together an estimated 70,000 activists from around the world to Tunisia from March 26-30. Water Justice Day On March 25 in Tunis as a precursor to the World Social Forum...
View ArticleVirtual Townhall: A bold new vision for the Great Lakes
What would happen if water was managed based on principles and practices that empower communities to become stewards and what if decision making was local and collective?
View ArticleVirtual Townhall: Strategies to stop extreme energy in the Great Lakes and...
Extreme energy projects such as fracking, tar sands oil pipelines and shipments and nuclear waste dumps are putting the Great Lakes in peril.
View ArticleVirtual Townhall: A New Vision and Framework to Address Nutrient Pollution...
In 2011, Lake Erie experienced an unprecedented harmful algal bloom (HAB) that covered most of its western basin and created a “dead zone” the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
View ArticleWebinar: 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,...
View ArticleToronto 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...
View ArticleWEBCAST: Addressing Corporate Accountability and Unregulated Private Sector...
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...
View Article2nd 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,...
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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...
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