Media
The following is a selection of articles covering the Blue Planet Project and our work.
The Human Right to Water and Sanitation
Canadian International Assistance Threatens Human Right To WaterThe Huffington Post, August 11, 2016
By Maude Barlow and Meera Karunananthan
- Germany’s hypocrisy over Greece water privatisation
The Guardian, August 14, 2015 - NGOs Urge Post-2015 Declaration Include Water, Sanitation as Basic Human Rights
IPS, May 13, 2015 - The human right to water: Salvadoran NGOs and a global campaign
The Guardian, March 25, 2015 - Is the UN turning its back on the human right to water?
The Guardian, June 19, 2014 - Water Should be Free For Everyone, Not Bottled For a Few
The Huffington Post, September 22, 2012
Water Privatization in Chile
A group of Canadian teachers could decide the future of Chile’s water supplyThe Guardian, June 12, 2017
By Meera Karunananthan
- Magisterio de Canadá podría poner fin a privatización del agua en Chile
Diario Uchile, June 12, 2017 - ONG de Canadá derriba los mitos de la “exitosa” privatización del agua potable en Chile
El Dínamo, June 13, 2017 - ONG canadiense destaca lo perjudicial que fue privatizar el agua en Chile y que su éxito es sólo un mito
El Mostrador, June 13, 2017 - Water Wars? Experts Urge Rethinking Our Relationship with Water
Telesur, March 21, 2017
Detroit Water Shutoffs
After Years of Crisis, Detroit Residents Are Demanding Affordable Water Legislation. And They’re Demanding it NowFood & Water Watch, June 20, 2017
By Jackie Filson
- Everyone in Detroit Should Have Access To Clean Water
The Huffington Post, October 20, 2014 - Canadians fight to keep water on for 79,000 in Detroit
CBC, July 3, 2014 - No Money, No Water: Detroit’s Shutting Off H2O to 150,000 Residents
Takepart, June 25, 2014 - Welfare rights group backs UN criticism over Detroit water shutoffs
Michigan Radio, June 26, 2014
Mining and Dams
El Salvador mining ban could establish a vital water security precedentThe Guardian, June 10, 2013
By Meera Karunananthan
- UN must challenge Canada’s complicity in mining’s human rights abuses
The Guardian, April 24, 2013
The Global Water Crisis
Save Our Water, End Investor Rights- Threat to water a threat to life and peace
Green Left Weekly, March 25, 2017 - This World Water Day, a Recovery Plan Is More Important Than Ever
The Huffington Post, March 22, 2015 - Water for sale?
United Church Observer, October 2011
