There are 12 Blue Cities in Germany, including major cities such as the capital Berlin, but also Hamburg, Munich and others. The network also includes the first Blue School (Buedingen) and a Blue Univ... Read More
The people in England and Wales are paying a heavy price for the mess made by the privatised water companies. Since privatisation, these water companies have paid over £85 billion in dividends to thei... Read More
Ontario has the worst recycling rates in Canada for cans, plastic bottles and cartons of non-alcoholic beverages, with billions of these containers going to landfills and incinerators annually. In an ... Read More
Water companies in England and Wales have been given approval by regulator Ofwat to increase bills by an average £19 a year over the next five years as they ramp up investment to solve the sewage cris... Read More
In May and June, filmmakers Jules and Gédéon Naudet followed a team of sample-takers from the city’s public water service Eau de Paris laboratory on their nightly rounds. These never-before-seen... Read More
The global water crisis is a reality. The lack of safe drinking water and sanitation for millions, droughts and severe floods, the melting of the poles and glaciers, polluted rivers and lakes, plastic... Read More
Fraud in plastic bottles: Nestlé has been cheating for years with contaminated spring water. A risk to our health cannot be ruled out. And the authorities remain inactive. The German FoodWatch has lau... Read More
Following up on yesterdays Blue News about Nestle, Unilever, Veolia and their lack of will to scale down the amount of plastic waste they produce, here ahead of the fifth and final round of negotiatio... Read More
Less than 10% of all plastics are recycled — and companies are dialing down their own targets. This is what Bloomberg published under the title “Nestle Shifted Critical Recycling Goal and Reveal... Read More
In 2023, which was one of the hottest years on record for Oaxaca, the drought destroyed 90% of the crops in the region. Only 100mm (3.9in) of rain was recorded that year, 50mm (1.9in) less than the am... Read More
We welcome a new Blue Community in our global network: the Canadian organisation (Wellington) Water Watchers just joined our movement! Water Watchers began as a grassroots organization founded in 2007... Read More
Good afternoon everybody. Water is very important in human life. No water so no life. This resource can help us for fishing, navigation, vegetables, for everything in the life. The most important thin... Read More
They may not always be obvious or easy to see, but just ask for the nearest drinking water dispenser in French train stations (SNCF). Fill your bottle for free on your journey and stay hydrated in the... Read More
Drinking water in Paris and other European cities is contaminated with an unmonitored ‘forever chemical’, as all European media report. Traces of TFA, an unregulated PFAS, have been detect... Read More
The Blue Community Ecumenical Water Network Africa EWNA of the World Council of Churches WCC sent us the report on their activities for World Water Day 2024, held under the slogan *Water Justice: Stop... Read More
So far, there are no certified Blue Communities in Italy. But this could soon change, as the Centre for International Volunteering CeVI took up the project a year ago. They sent us the following repor... Read More
As Nigeria grapples with the twin threats of cholera outbreaks and flooding incidents, the importance of water safety planning cannot be overemphasized. Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental ... Read More
As Souleymane Guindo, coordinator of the Blue Community Réseau Ecole RadioChico in Mali, writes to us: «In Mali’s Dogon country, after a heavy rain, the blue diamond has invaded the village. Thi... Read More
The Spanish Blue Community aeopas, the Association of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Operators, calls to choose local products this summer 🌱🌞. This way you will support farmers and it is more sust... Read More
The Swiss city of Lausanne is not a Blue Community (yet), but a contributor to the network Solidarit’eau Suisse, since this year integrating with the Blue Community Switzerland. From 22 to 24 Ma... Read More
The Swiss Blue Community Eawag is presenting its new publication: Changes in Water. As the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Eawag’s research is in the service of societ... Read More
On 29 June 2024, the Swiss daily paper St. Galler Tagblatt published an interview with Mark Schneider, CEO of the worldwide biggest Switzerland based food and water multinational Nestlé. After scandal... Read More
Hello dear member of the West African and the global Blue Community. The Réseau Ecole RadioChico, the Blue Community of Mali, is honoured to share with you the highlights of Phase 2 of the Water and P... Read More
Where does the drinking water come from in the Blue Community / Blue City of Hamburg with its 2.2 million inhabitants? And how does it get to the households? How much water does the city use? And how ... Read More
