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OTTAWA WATER DROP DELIVERY

21/06/2024 BlueNews

The Council of Canadians invites to the Ottawa Water Drop Delivery on 21 June, Indigenous Peoples Day: With the dedication of hundreds of teachers and Council supporters we’ve collected 700 “water dro...Read More

Blue Community in Africa Launch

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The launch of the Blue Community Africa on 11 June (see our Blue News from 13 June) had an important media coverage. Dr. Alexander Ampaabeng, Ghana’s Deputy Finance Minister, outlined at the off...Read More

Blue School Büdingen (D)

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Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium in Büdingen, Germany, was the world’s first Blue School. This year, the school organised a wide range of events for World Water Day, involving hundreds of students and t...Read More

Swiss Blue Universities invite

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At today’s video encounter, the Swiss Blue Universities discussed and decided among other topics to send an invite to all their partner universities in the global south, inviting them to join th...Read More

New publication by Eawag

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The Swiss Blue Community Eawag, the Aquatic Research Institute, is announcing a new publication: «Biodiversity between Water and Land. Excursions to bodies of water, moors and floodplains in Switzerla...Read More

Cholera outbreak in Nigeria

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted on increasing cholera cases nationwide, with 30 deaths, 1,141 suspected cases, and 65 confirmed cases reported, as The Vanguard...Read More

Webinar on supported water self-supply

18/06/2024 BlueNews

For 18 June, the Swiss Blue Community Skat Foundation co-invites to the fourth webinar of the Rural Water Supply Network RWSN with over 16,000 members in over 170 countries working to get safe water t...Read More

New factsheet from EWNA

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The Ecumenical Water Network Africa (EWNA) published a new factsheet. The focus of this issue: Basic facts on the water situation in Ekiti State in Nigeria, and Freetown in Sierra Leone: Guma Dam Emba...Read More

Blue Community launch in Africa

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The Ecumenical Water Network Africa EWNA is elated to be part of the official launch of the Blue Communities Africa initiative in Ghana on Tuesday 11 June 2024. This hybrid event (in presence and onli...Read More

Newari marked Menstural Hygiene Day

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This year, the Nigerian Blue Community Network of Water Rights Initiative – NEWARI @WashNetwork , along with its member organizations (TownCrierAfrica, @washfid) & partners, marked the Menst...Read More

Honorary degree for Maude Barlow

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Congratulations to Blue Community co-founder Maude Barlow on your honorary degree! From the Brock University, Niagara, Ontario, Canada@BrockUniversity. Her honorary degree no. 17! Amazing. «No matter ...Read More

RERC working material from Mali

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The Blue Community Réseau Ecole RadioChico RERC is developing simple basic working materials to work with children. They make them available here in French and in English. The first one is now online....Read More

New Eawag projects in Africa

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The Swiss Blue Community Eawag is happy to announce a collaboration with the Faculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine of #SomaliNationalUniversity, a comprehensive #WASH lecture and training p...Read More

Newari demands control over water prices

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Statement of the Blue Community Newari from Nigeria: One of the integrity failures of water service delivery in Enugu State, which his Excellency Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, Governor of the Enugu State...Read More

Official Launch: Blue Community Africa

11/06/2024 BlueNews

We are happy to invite you to the launch of the Blue Communities Africa initiative, a pivotal step aimed at contributing to the promotion of water and environmental rights and justice in Africa. Event...Read More

A welcome from the Council of Canadians

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The Council of Canadians is welcoming the first Blue Communities on the African Continent. They state: The global network of Blue Communities is growing day by day. Last month, three African organizat...Read More

Petition: Human Right to Water in Canada

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Legally Recognize the Human Right to Water in Canada! Drinking water and sanitation are globally recognized human rights, yet they are not legally enshrined or universally accessed in Canada. Sign thi...Read More

Water for all workshop in Accra, Ghana

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Dr. Christoph Lüthi, head of the Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development SANDEC at the Swiss Blue Community Eawag, the Aquatic Research Institute of ETH, gave one of the Inaugural...Read More

Next Blue Universities international exchange

17/10/2024 BlueNews

Save the date: Next Blue Universities international exchange Thursday, 17 October 2024 10 AM Canada time (Toronto) 11 AM Brazil time (Sao Paulo) 4 PM Swiss/Central European time More on Blue Universit...Read More

Happy World Environment Day !

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Save our planet by protecting our water, the source of all life. Keep our planet blue. Make your institution / organisation become a Blue Community. See here how you can TURN BLUE

Berlin: Blue Community Exhibition (until 7 Oct.)

12/09/2024 BlueNews

Are you planning a trip to Berlin? Then don’t miss the traveling exhibition of the Blue Community Berlin. Exciting water projects from Berlin and many facts about “Water in Berlin” w...Read More

Prof. Elias Wolff joins the Blue Team

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Elias Wolff, Professor at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil, joined the Blue Team. The university is a Blue Community and an active participant in the Blue University network. Eli...Read More

Blue Community Paris: Call for action

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«Now is the time to act to safeguard the principle of tap water for all.» In an opinion column in the major French daily Le Monde, Dan Lert together with a group of metropolitan and public water autho...Read More

Maude Barlow to be honoured at Brock’s Spring Convocation

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When Brock University’s newest graduates gather to mark their accomplishments next month, they’ll be ushered into this new chapter of their lives by the inspiring words of an environmental activist, a...Read More

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