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Items tagged: Maude Barlow
Items Found: 11
December 16, 2010 - 10:07 am
Canada's already challenged public water systems are under threat from a broad free trade agreement being negotiated by Canada and the European Union (EU), says a report released today by the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Council of Canadians. The report (pdf) warns that public water in...
Categories: International, National, News
August 19, 2010 - 9:57 am
With just about every good or service, including some essential services, people decide how much of it they want based on its cost. When gas prices go up, car drivers decide whether or not they want to absorb that cost. But when the cost of clean water goes up, it’s mostly absorbed by the service provider:...
Categories: Features
August 25, 2009 - 8:12 am
“In the farming communities of the Simcoe Lowlands surrounding Elmvale, Ontario, pure spring water emanating from artesian flows is cause for celebration, and a unique opportunity for environmental education,” wrote Dr. William Shotyk last year. “How many people on Earth have the tremendous...
Categories: Blog
July 7, 2009 - 8:25 am
Today, Marketing Magazine reports on bottled water brand Evian's new "Live Young" global advertising campaign featuring dancing babies. It's all over YouTube, featuring computer-generated effects that depict a group of infants breakdancing on roller skates to Dan The Automator's remix of the classic...
Categories: Blog
March 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
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...
Categories: National, News
February 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
October 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
October 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...
Categories: National, News
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
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