Blue Community - Federation of Sisters of St. Joseph

03/29/2023

We got some media coverage:

tap water is 2% of the cost of bottled water and produces no plastic waste -- changing the story on the commodification of water:

Bottled water poses a significant environmental risk.

03/24/2023

Another Blue Community in London Ontario. Come hear Emma Ferm who led the effort speak at our March 27th event. Details here:
https://www.bluecommunitycsj.org/events-1

Congratulations to Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School on becoming a Blue Community, on World Water Day!
Students Emma Harmos, Saniyah Imram and Layba Mushtaq received the certificate from Council of Canadians Water Campaigner Mark Calzavera.

https://canadians.org/media/mother-teresa-secondary-school-becomes-100th-blue-community-on-world-water-day/

03/23/2023

Thinking of Great Lakes Water Walker Josephine-baa on Aki Nibiish Giizhigad ( )! To purchase this beautiful book, "The Water Walker" by Joanne Robertson, visit: Second Story Press or GoodMinds.com.

03/22/2023

Feds willing to delay Greenbelt development, even as provinces fight that power at Supreme Court

As Canada’s top court begins considering federal environmental powers, Guilbeault stops short of requesting a full assessment into development around Ontario’s Rouge Park

03/22/2023

It's ! We'll be with Ocean Wise today at 12:00pm ET chatting about all things salt and fresh water
CGEducation

03/22/2023

Butt Blitz Toronto
April 1, 2023, 10 am - 2 pm
Are you ready to take part in the world’s largest cigarette butt cleanup?

Butt Blitz TorontoApril 1, 2023, 10 am - 2 pm Are you ready to take part in the world’s largest cigarette butt cleanup?Every single day approximately 1 million cigarette butts are dropped on the ground in the City of Toronto. They contaminate our drinking water, dirty up our parks, and can harm wi...

03/22/2023

Tomorrow is our first official side event at the . Join us to explore the history of water privatization, contemporary calls to strengthen the role of the private sector in water services in the contest of the SDGs, and their potential impacts on the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation.

Register now → https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7yzN-cKdTNeDERi0ymcfoQ

03/21/2023

MARCH 29, 2023 7PMWORLD WATER DAY PANEL: ACCELERATING CHANGE

Come out and celebrate World Water Day with us in Guelph by learning more about this year’s theme “Accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis”.

Location: Royal City Brewery, 199 Victoria Road South Unit C8 Guelph, ON Come out and celebrate World Water Day with us in Guelph by learning more about this year’s theme “Accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis”. We’ll have some expert speakers on this topic and time fo...

03/21/2023

GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS: WORLD WATER DAY
Toronto
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2 pm
Price: $20 Regular, $18 Friends, $15 Students and Seniors
Tickets include Museum admission.

Celebrate World Water Day at the Aga Khan Museum with a talk by Giulio Boccaletti, author of Water: A Biography.

03/21/2023

The Sacred Gift of Water
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (EST), Wednesday March 22, 2023
Virtual through Zoom / Facebook Live

Please join ONWA’s Honoured Keynote Speakers and for an evening of reflection and celebration of water. They will be sharing sacred , stories, relationships with water and the critical need to help keep the water clean for future generations to come.

Register now: https://bit.ly/3IJu8ev

03/20/2023

March 23:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ufu-gqTgpGdxlVrjby_fv0j3m-559JNXo