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Nestlé once more in troubled water

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Nestlé Waters is subject of a preliminary investigation by the Epinal prosecutor’s office for fraud, according to information from Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Tuesday 23 July. And Nestlé Water...Read More

Social Analysis and Transdisciplinarity

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The Spanish Blue Community aeopas, the Asociación Española de Operadores Públicos de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento (Spanish Association of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Operators) @aeopas organize...Read More

Water Watchers call for action

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The Great Lakes are under threat and need you to take urgent action. The new Canadian Blue Community Water Watchers is reaching out to share a few ways you can take action to help protect the Great La...Read More

NEWARI: Water at the Heart

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As the journey to transition from “Coal City” to a greener economy begins in Enugu State, the Nigerian Blue Community NEWARI is proud to be part of the inaugural “Inception Meeting & Stakeholders ...Read More

Swiss BC VSA joins GWOPA

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The Swiss Blue Community VSA Verein Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute (Swiss Water Association) joins the UN-Habitat network Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance GWOPA, co...Read More

Mexico City: No Water Privatization

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A new Environmental Law for Mexico City covers the topics air quality, conservation land, pollution, water, waste, circular economy and biodiversity. The decree of the New Environmental Law was approv...Read More

Swiss BC RadioChico: Weekly Podcasts

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The Swiss Blue Community Youth Radio RadioChico is producing a weekly emission on water and sanitation (usually in German language on air on Sundays at 8pm). This weeks broadcast is all about the conc...Read More

California: Plastic in court

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The Californian Earth Island Institute, represented by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, received a momentous court order this week allowing its landmark lawsuit to proceed against Procter & Gamble,...Read More

Paris blue, France… a white spot?

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When in Paris, drink tap water like the Parisians. In every Parisian restaurant, you can ask for tap water. It’s free ! And Paris is one of the European cities with the most drinking water fount...Read More

Nestlé: over €3 billion in 15 years!

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Today, Thursday 18 July 2024, Médiapart was able to obtain the new investigation report into Nestlé’s fraudulent treatment of mineral water. And it is chilling: The scale of the fraud is unprece...Read More

Petition: No water bill increases!

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Blue Community Ambassador Andreas Bieler calls to sign a petition. He writes: Water regulator Ofwat thinks OUR bills should go up to pay for the cleanup of sewage dumped by water companies (in England...Read More

Enugu State Climate Policy and Action Plan

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The Nigerian Blue Community Network of Water Rights Initiative NEWARI @WashNetwork is delighted to be part of the ongoing “Inception Meeting & Stakeholders Engagement for Enugu State Climate...Read More

Water Insurgencies in Europe

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Blue Community Ambassador Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Nottingham/UK, wrote a review of the book by Blue Community Ambassador Andrea Muehlebach, Professor of Ant...Read More

BC Neustrelitz: first meeting of activists

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The Blue Community Neustrelitz invites you to the first activists meeting on Monday 22 July at 6.30 pm in the premises of the Kiez Büro coworking space at Strelitzer Straße 37. The meeting is schedule...Read More

Blue City Paris gains its river back

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The Blue Community / Blue City Paris makes headlines around the globe ahead of the Olympics. It has been the dream and promise of Paris mayors for decades and a nightmare for Olympic organisers: could...Read More

Troubled waters under investigation

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The UK’s water sector has been under intense public scrutiny for years for its dismal record in dealing with leaks and sewage spills. The mess in England and Wales essentially began with the pri...Read More

Water and war – a map of conflicts

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Records of water-related conflicts go back 4,000 years to Sumeria, where the neighboring city-states of Umma and Lagash fought over water and irrigated lands. In that instance, the attacks went back a...Read More

Blue Community Germany now @.net

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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

Public Ownership of Water Companies!

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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

«Let’s get this decision revisited.»

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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

Re-Nationalize English Water Services

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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

Blue Community Paris: Olympic Waters

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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

A global call to turn blue!

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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

Nestlé: Stop the plastic water scam!

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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