A demonstration of San Jose Water’s new Emergency Water Distribution Unit (EWDU) in March 2024 highlighted the collaborative development crucial to creating a rapid-response mobile unit enabling quick... Read More
Are invasive mussels endangering the American drinking water? Two articles in the space of a few days, one about the East Coast and New York’s water supply, the other about California and the We... Read More
Did you know that developed countries send their trash to developing countries, such as those in the Asia Pacific region, only to then label them top plastic polluters? Aside from the damaging effects... Read More
The lack of water in South Africa is the result of a long history of injustice – and legislation should start there, Anthony Kaziboni, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Development in Africa ... Read More
For many Native communities in the Western United States, poor water quality and water shortages are a part of daily life. Citizens of the Navajo Nation regularly travel up to two hours one way to fil... Read More
Des Moines, Iowa, is a sprawling metro area of 740,000 people surrounded by agricultural operations. In Iowa, where hogs outnumber humans 7 to 1 and corn and soybean fields seem to stretch as far as t... Read More
Poverty, scarcity and inadequate technology are the main challenges to access to drinking water in Mexico, says Denise Soares, researcher at the Mexican Institute of Water Technology, analyzing decent... Read More
Sanam Mahoozi, a journalist covering global environmental stories, writes for Forbes: “How Amazon Plans To Give Back More Water To Communities Than It Takes”:
According to the research gro... Read More
The topic of ‘water’ has been included in the curriculum at the world’s first Blue Community School, the Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium in Büdingen, Germany, as a compulsory elective subje... Read More
“The water in this bottle comes from the Sicani mountains ,” reads the label of one of the most famous Italian waters, Vera Santa Rosalia water. And where are the Sicani mountains? In Sicily , the isl... Read More
Water is fundamental to life. Its scarcity impacts millions globally, leading to serious health, economic, and social issues. A call for global action and equity from Sesen Wolday, Yodit Balcha & ... Read More
The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), the country-wide campaign to eliminate open defecation and improve solid waste management in India, must focus on the invisible sanitation worker, Prof. Lyla Mehta (In... Read More
COP16 on biodiversity is about to close. What did it bring? Eduardo Gudynas, Uruguayan biologist and author specializing in environmental issues, sees little new. He commented:
Many of the ‘transition... Read More
Plastic waste production has more than doubled in 20 years, CB News writes. And: Plastic pollution is set to triple by 2060, according to the OECD. How did we get here?
Since the 1950s, global product... Read More
The International Journal of Human Rights has published a special issue on “Riverine Rights”. It reflects broadly on the rights of rivers, community and nature. The introduction is due pub... Read More
Bottled water is being distributed to two remote Australian Northern Territory Aboriginal communities after new research linked high fluoride levels in drinking water to lower IQs in children. Residen... Read More
Climate change is the cause of the storm disaster in Spain. But austerity measures and a neoliberal spirit have made it worse, comments correspondent Reiner Wandler in the German TagesZeitung taz:
The... Read More
UK’s environment secretary has caused a backlash among groups demanding an end to the pollution of rivers by water companies after a direct appeal ahead of a demonstration backfired. The interve... Read More
The Amazon Rainforest plays a crucial role in global sustainability due to its unparalleled socio-biodiversity and role in climate regulation. But deforestation, illegal mining, unregulated agricultur... Read More
The water woes of the uMzinyathi District in KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa on the Indian Ocean, were highlighted in a damning report by the Human Rights Commission. During a visit to some ... Read More
On 15 October, 2024, the Nigerian Blue Community Ecumenical Water Network Africa EWNA organised a hybrid workshop for African Blue Communities and organisations interested in joining the Blue Communit... Read More
Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit Wednesday night against soda companies like Pepsico and Coca-Cola, claiming that their plastic packaging has contributed to public and environmental health issues in... Read More
The official visit of the Nigerian based Blue Community Ecumenical Water Network Africa (EWNA) to the Nigerian Oyo State’s Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA) has received wide medi... Read More
