Clean Water for First Nations
World Water Day: March 22
Protect water from Trump, Poilievre, and corporate control
Not for Sale: a Webinar on Water with Maude Barlow
March 20, 2025
In the time of Trump demanding Canada’s water and corporate giants taking control of water, this webinar will be hosted by Maude Barlow and feature experts on trade, the environment, and water as a human right.
Blue Communities
The Blue Communities Project encourages municipalities and Indigenous communities to support the idea of a water commons framework, recognizing that water is a shared resource for all, by passing resolutions that:
- Recognize water and sanitation as human rights.
- Ban or phase out the sale of bottled water in municipal facilities and at municipal events.
- Promote publicly financed, owned, and operated water and wastewater services.
Blue Community Schools
Blue Community Schools grows out of the international Blue Communities initiative – a network of communities protecting water and watersheds and promoting the human right to water and sanitation.
Now it is time to bring the values, principles, and pledges of the Blue Communities movement to young people through their schools, K to 12. They are inheriting this planet and need to learn about the imminent water crisis facing us and be given the tools to find solutions.
TAKE ACTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Send a message to the federal government to demand an end to First Nations drinking water advisories
Materials you can print and hand out
These ready-to-print materials will help you engage your community, whether signing up supporters, sharing info, or encouraging action. Download what you need:
- Printable Water Drop: Take water drops to farmers markets and other places with lots of people to encourage kids signing them.
- Blue Community Schools outreach handout: Download this primer on Blue Community Schools for outreach with friends, family, coworkers, and neighbours.
- Blue Community Schools sign-up form
- Pledge to Boycott Water (with QR code)
- General Council/Chapter sign-up form
World Water Day Teachers Kit
Fill out the form below to receive your free World Water Day Teachers Kit.
So far, thousands of water drops and more than 50,000 emails have been delivered to the prime minister’s office
Young activists can use this printable Water drop to draw, write, and colour their own message.
Send us your water drop!
Tag us on Instagram @CanadiansOrg, or upload your water drop here.
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