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Items tagged: Council of CanadiansItems Found: 19World Water Day - March 22March 20, 2009 - 11:44 am World Water is happening this Sunday, March 22. Here's a sample of a few events happening to celebrate water and draw attention to water issues across the globe. Guy Laliberté's ONE DROP Foundation has launched a brilliant new website with a stirring video upon arrival. This morning, Chiefs in... Categories: International, National, News FCM to Vote: Phase Out Bottled Water?March 5, 2009 - 10:28 am The Council of Canadians is encouraging the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) to vote in favour of a resolution that would call for all municipalities to phase out the sale and purchase of bottled water where appropriate. The vote is expected to take place this Saturday, March 7, at the upcoming... Fighting the Water BattleFebruary 3, 2009 - 9:04 am Maude Barlow has mesmerizing rhetoric. Last Thursday night, she and CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan made their penultimate stop on their Unbottle It! tour, and every shocking statistic in Barlow's repertoire brought surprised gasps and clucking tongues from all corners of the room. Needless to... Categories: Blog CUPE Wants NS to ‘Ditch the Bottle’December 12, 2008 - 10:15 am A broad-based coalition of organizations in Nova Scotia has come together to convince municipalities and school boards that the sale and provision of bottled water in their facilities is a very 'un-green' and 'un-economical' thing to be doing. To launch the 'Campaign to Turn on the Tap and Ditch the... Categories: Atlantic Canada, News Groups Challenge Nestlé's Bottled Water "Greenwashing"December 2, 2008 - 8:50 am As Toronto City Council gathered yesterday to consider passing a city-wide ban on bottled water, a new coalition challenged advertising claims made by Nestlé Waters that "bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world." The group, which includes Friends of the Earth... Barlow Appointed Senior Water Advisor for UNOctober 23, 2008 - 8:18 am Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and founder of the Blue Planet Project, has been appointed as the first senior advisor on water issues by Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, president of the 63rd session of the United Nations. Barlow, reacting in Ottawa to the announcement... Categories: International, National, News Federal Water Quantity Report Made AvailableOctober 7, 2008 - 9:00 am The Council of Canadians and MiningWatch Canada have made public a report drafted by Environment Canada in December 2007 revealing that the agency had documented crucial information regarding the state of freshwater in Canada. The report, titled "A Federal Perspective on Water Quantity Issues," which... Workshop Focuses on “The Value of Water”May 7, 2008 - 2:19 pm This month the Centre for Environment at the University of Toronto will host The Value of Water, a one-day workshop that will address address issues such as freshwater scarcity and security, political and human rights implications, corporate risks and investment opportunities, legal and regulatory frameworks... Categories: News Remarkable Natural FiltrationMay 4, 2008 - 11:07 am After oxygen, water is our most important molecule — the source of all life on Earth and the key to all great civilizations. But clean water for drinking is in short supply and under threat worldwide because of population growth and pollution. Abundance and scarcity, drought and flood, waste and want;... Categories: Features |
