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 Items tagged: World Water DayItems Found: 22Putting Water Quality on the Global AgendaMarch 21, 2010 - 7:30 am If you like the idea of your great-grandchildren having access to clean, safe drinking water, grab your calendar and set up a recurring reminder for March 22. Today (and every March 22) is a particularly big day for two programs committed to generating awareness about the need to protect the world’s... Categories: Features Water for LifeMarch 19, 2010 - 12:35 pm Back in 2006, Canadian photographer Peter Bregg accompanied Margaret Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau on their trip to support clean water projects in Ethiopia. WaterCan, a Canadian organization that helps the world’s poorest people gain access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene... Categories: Features EPCOR Supports Decade of ActionMarch 19, 2010 - 10:54 am As part of its effort to increase the public's understanding of water scarcity issues in Canada, EPCOR Utilities Inc. is supporting the United Nations' Water for Life program. For the next three years, the Canadian arm of the program will be called the EPCOR Chair in support of the United Nations'... Categories: International, National, News, Western Canada World Water Day ApproachesFebruary 23, 2010 - 2:01 pm It's one month until World Water Day, and all over the globe businesses and organizations are ramping up with plans to spread awareness on this year's theme: water quality. Yesterday, EcoWater Canada pledged its support, announcing that a portion of every sale in the month of March will be donated... Categories: Blog Global Water Experts to Meet in CanadaJanuary 5, 2010 - 9:42 am More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Ontario from February 2-4 to plan fresh strategy for a coordinated approach to the global water crisis that increasingly threatens both human health and international security. At its first-ever meeting in Canada, the... Categories: International, News, Ontario March 22, 2010: World Water DayJanuary 5, 2010 - 8:35 am Global Website: Click here. The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. Categories: Events World 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 Interview: Dr. Rob de LoëMarch 12, 2009 - 1:09 pm Over the past two years, hundreds of boil water advisories have been issued in Ontario alone. Why aren't we providing everyone in Canada with safe drinking water? Dr. Rob de Loë thinks it's an issue of capacity. Dr. de Loë will be speaking as part of Elmvale Foundation's World Water Day celebration... Categories: Features March 22, 2009: World Water DayFebruary 26, 2009 - 7:23 am Everywhere Website: Click here. Categories: Events 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 |
