http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress Home of the Blue October Campaign on the Web Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:33:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Olas de Octubre Azul 2009 http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=220 29th of October: Blue October Thursday nigth Talk, Colombian Water Referendum By Stephen O'Dwyer (LASC Member) Time: 7.00pm Venue: Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre 27-31 Upper O'Conell Street , Dublin 1 The Colombian Water Referendum: Propositive Civil Society Responses to Neoliberal Policies The Colombian Water Referendum flows from a confluence of civil society actors ... http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=219 Strong public water systems are the way to guarantee safe and affordable access to water. Aggressive marketing of bottled water has cast a shadow of doubt on the quality and safety of those systems.  Corporate Accountability International organizers are challenging this marketing generating calls, emails and photopetitions into Coke's headquarters ... http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=218 Food & Water Watch is advocating removal of a pro-privatization component of what is otherwise a strong bill. The Water for the World Act 2009 sets the goal of bringing safe drinking water to 100 million people for the first time. This is an important goal for which the U.S. ... http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=217 Water Pressure Group organized a protest against New Zealand government's plans to allow councils to privatise water. The protest took place on October 30th at 3:30-5:30pm at Three Kings in Auckland. Please contact Penny Bright at waterpressure@gmail.com or +64 212114127 for more information. http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=216 Actividades desarrolladas en comemoración a la semana interamericana del agua en Rio Grandel del Sur- Brasil y Porto Alegre, donde participaran inúmeras entidades no gubernamentales e servicios de agua e saneamiento de Assemae y otros. Para accessar las actividades en nuestro Octubre Azur presento lo endereço de ABES-RS. http://www.abes-rs.org.br (adentrar en ... http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=215 Sent press  release in response to Cabinet's decision  announced on 28th of October 2009 to allow councils to privatise water. View press release at: http://www.righttowater.org.nz/press%20releases.html 2pm, 29th October, Wellington,Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa is the indigenous name for  New Zealand) Organizational Website: http://www.righttowater.org.nz/index.html Contact: Maria McMillan Email Address: info@righttowater.org.nz Telephone: ++64 4 9710893 http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=214 La campaña ciudadana "El Agua es Nuestra" quiere hacerles una atenta invitación para que nos acompañen en el lanzamiento público del documental: Desidia Crónica: La Crisis del Agua en El Salvador Día: Miércoles 4 de noviembre Lugar: Museo Nacional de Antropología Hora: 8:30 am Contacto: comunicacion@cdc.org.sv http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=221 Integrated Community Managed Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Improvement project in Komaboga in Nangabo Parish. Date of activity: January 1st, 2010 Activities/topics include: 5 water development committees will be formed and educated on safe water and why their contribution is important. Promoting rain harvesting in schools Participatory monitoring and evaluation Dialogue meetings on fee for service strategy Health ... http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=213 FB.init("162029110c14f63aceb444200c3147ba"); Blue October Campaign on Facebook http://www.blueoctobercampaign.org/wordpress/?p=212