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Water
Our Water Progam aims to develop citizen capacities for education and action on water justice issues in communities. This includes issues like the privatization of water services, bulk water exports, water takings, water security and bottled water. Currently, a major focus of our work is on bottled water, through our Inside the Bottle campaign. Our program has developed a comprehensive report on the bottled water industry, the major corporate players, the key social, environmental and health isues at stake, along with a campaign tool kit for community-based action. We also seek to build connections through solidarity work with communities and workers all over the world to strengthen the global water justice movement and fortify our local struggles, while also working towards building social alternatives for water management.
Feature: Nestlé cancels contract with Northern California community of McCloud
Posted August 7, 2008 in [Water]
Protect our Water Coalition press release, McCloud, CA – The Protect Our Waters Coalition (composed of the McCloud Watershed Council, California Trout, and Trout Unlimited) is pleased to learn that Nestlé Waters North America has agreed to cancel its contract with the McCloud Community Services District (District) to build a water bottling facility in the town of McCloud.
» read moreWho’s Behind the Bottled Water Backlash in Britain? Don’t be Fooled by Strange Bedfellows
Posted July 18, 2008 in [Water]
Richard Girard, Polaris Institute - The United Kingdom has been a central battleground in the bottled water backlash over the past twelve months. We regularly hear news stories in the British press of new anti-bottled water campaigns popping up with catch phrases like Turn on To Tap Water, Tap Into Water and London on Tap.
» read moreWater Stewardship: Ensuring a Secure Future for California Agriculture
Posted July 11, 2008 in [Water]
California's looming water crisis spurs action. The Polaris Institute along with a number of California based agriculture support groups release a report calling for agricultural water stewardship to protect State’s food production
» read moreMayors Vote to End Taxpayer Spending on Bottled Water
Posted June 24, 2008 in [Water]
Corporate Accountability International press release, June 23, 2008 - The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution today encouraging mayors to phase out city spending on bottled water and to promote the importance of municipal water.
» read moreNew York City: City Council Shuns Bottles in Favor of Water From Tap
Posted June 17, 2008 in [Water]
JENNIFER LEE, New York Times, June 17, 2008 - The City Council has become the latest government agency to take a stand against bottled water.
» read moreCanada: water 'source of fear' for native communities, report says
Posted May 26, 2008 in [Water]
Mike De Souza, The National Post - Water quality in aboriginal communities and reserves across the country has reached a "boiling point," warns a new report released Thursday by the Polaris Institute, the Assembly of First Nations and the Canadian Labour Congress.
» read moreBoiling Point!
Posted May 22, 2008 in [Water]
May 22, 2008 - Today Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of the AFN, Tony Clarke, the Executive Director of Polaris Institute and the Canadian Labour Congress released a publication on the water crisis facing First Nation communities in Canada.
» read moreJohannesburg High Court declares prepaid water meters unlawful & unconstitutional
Posted April 30, 2008 in [Water]
Johannesburg High Court finds enforced choice between pre-paid meter and standpipe to be unlawful and unconstitutional and orders City of Johannesburg to provide full range of water delivery service options.
» read moreTurkey's Government Plans Sweeping Water Privatisation in Run-up to World Water Forum in Istanbul
Posted April 23, 2008 in [Water]
Olivier Hoedeman and Orsan Senalp, April 2008, Corporate Europe Observatory - In March 2009 the Turkish government will host the fifth World Water Forum against a backdrop of what is probably the most sweeping water privatisation programme in the world.
» read moreTurning on Canada's Tap?
Posted April 3, 2008 in [Water]
April 3, 2008 - The Polaris Institute released today a new report on bulk water exports called Turning on Canada’s Tap? The report, prepared by Tony Clarke, Executive Director of the Polaris Institute, outlines why Canada needs a comprehensive policy and strategy now on bulk water exports to the United States.
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