Germany’s capital, the Blue Community / Blue City of Berlin, has a problem with rising temperatures and drought. Berlin is located in a dry region of the country and water supply is a hot topic ... Read More
or: Why private companies are not interested in solving problemsby Roland Brunner
Our planet and our civilization seem to be on the verge of collapse, doomed to darkness. Climate and water crises, t... Read More
The private UK water and wastewater companies Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines by the industry regulator Ofwat over historic sewage spills, as British media report... Read More
As part if its international cooperation, Josch Stricker, MSc Env Eng at the ETH Zurich, is doing part of his civil service with the Swiss Blue Community Eawag, the aquatic research institute, and its... Read More
Drinking from plastic bottles can raise blood pressure as a result of microplastics entering the bloodstream, a study by the department of medicine at Danube Private University in Austra suggests. Mic... Read More
In the French magazin Politiques & management public 2024/2 (N° 41), Marie Tsanga Tabi* published an article titled «La tarification sociale de l’eau au regard des droits humains : vers une straté... Read More
The Wellington Water Watchers celebrated a milestone on July 30. The grassroots organization received “Blue Community” status from the Council of Canadians. This week, this was celebrated on a largel... Read More
Turning off the tap when shaving or brushing your teeth saves up to 6 litres of water per minute – save the planet and your pocket! 💚💰 A campaign by the Spanish Blue Community aeopas, the Spanis... Read More
The subways of Paris (RATP) and Île-de-France Mobilités are promoting Paris water and listing their water fountains on the public water service Eau de Paris interactive map. A number of Paris metro an... Read More
A few days ago, on 30 July, the Canadian organisation Water Watchers celebrated becoming a Blue Community in a webinar with Blue Community co-founder Maude Barlow. The event was powerful, and Water Wa... Read More
The British International Studies Association (BISA) has announced the 4 books it has shortlisted for the 2024 International Political Economy Book Prize. One of these four books is Madelaine Moore... Read More
In a joint press release issued on Wednesday, the Medical Association Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe (ÄKWL) and the Chamber of Pharmacists Apothekerkammer Westfalen-Lippe (AKWL) in Germany call for the e... Read More
Once the state of drought emergency has passed, the risk persists. In the Spanish Blue Community / Blue City Barcelona, the network Aigua és Vida (Water is life), a platform of social, neighborhood, e... Read More
The best insight into the history of the Blue Community and the fight for the human rights to water and sanitation in general is the book «Whose water is it, anyway?» by Blue Community co-founder Maud... Read More
In these days of summer heat, don’t forget to hydrate yourself properly. When in the Blue Community / Blue City of Cádiz, in the very south of Spain, ask for tap water in bars and restaurants. I... Read More
More than three out of four visitors to the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris buy plastic water bottles. That’s why Eau de Paris, the public water and wastewater service, with the support of t... Read More
Emergencies, be they natural or man-made disasters, and protracted crises have increased worldwide in the recent past. The provision of adequate WASH services at every step of a crisis, from the onset... Read More
July 28, 2024, marks the 14th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of Resolution 64/292, recognizing access to clean drinking water and sanitation as a fundamental human right... Read More
Peru’s president Dina Boluarte denied that the government was seeking to privatise the drinking water service and said that her administration’s initiatives were aimed at providing a quali... Read More
At the Paris Media Centre, the Blue Community / Blue City Paris held a press conference for the opening of the Olympic Games: «Ici, je bois l’eau de Paris.» (Here I drink the water of Paris). Da... Read More
Today, on 28 July 2024, it will be 14 years since the 108th plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted UN resolution 64/292 on the human right to water and sanitation! This was the... Read More
The German city of Büdingen is a Blue Community, and the Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium (high-school) in Büdingen was even the first Blue School worldwide! Pupils from five classes at the Wolfgang-Ernst-Gym... Read More
Luis Babiano, Executive Director of the Spanish Blue Community Asociación Española de Operadores Públicos de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento (AEOPAS, Spanish Association of Public Water Supply and Sanita... Read More
Teaching children how to manage life is also our mission. RadioChico Mali’s network of schools in 6 West African countries operates day and night. Water, the source of life, essential for the su... Read More
