Council of Canadians

By Claudia Campero Arena, Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Mexico City-based Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero Arena writes:

Since 2006, international water activists have been celebrating the annual Blue October campaign. Blue October is an international month of action to challenge the corporate control of water and to protect it as a human right and a shared natural resource available to all.

As Blue October approaches, we hope you’ll join us in this historic international month of action by organizing activities to draw attention to water issues in your community. Activities can range from the very small and local to national events.

You can help make Blue October 2011 a success by endorsing Blue October and by organizing an action or event, big or small!

How to join Blue October 2011?
•Visit www.blueoctobercampaign.org. See what has been done in previous years by many countries!
•Please organize an activity and share its details with Blue October organizers. You can fill out the information below and email it back to organizers. This will ensure that your activity details will be listed on the Blue October website.
•Post links from your organization’s website to the common Blue October Website. Join our Facebook group and like our page!
•Go ahead and download any resources posted on our website! The Blue October logos and templates are to be shared and they can be reproduced and customized according to your specific needs.
•Around the world, people are taking action throughout October. There are actions already being planned in Uruguay, Bolivia and Colombia and we will soon share these with you. Please add your actions to this list.

Backgrounder:

In solidarity with all who defend water justice around the world, Blue October was launched in 2006. October was chosen in honour of Uruguay’s historic constitutional amendment on the human right to water. On October 31, 2004, the people of Uruguay voted to amend their constitution to recognize this fundamental right. The Constitution now guarantees that piped water and sanitation is available to all Uruguayans, and it bans for-profit private water and sanitation services. Blue October calls on communities to challenge the corporate control of water through global action! In total, more than 40 countries have participated in the last 5 years and many more activities were organized.

If you are planning to join us in commemorating Blue October, please fill out the activity information and email it back to: Claudia Campero – claucamperoyahoo.com.

Answer the following questions as briefly as possible:
•Title and Brief Description of Activity:
•Date and time of Activity:
•Name of Organization or Group:
•Country:
•City:
•Organizational Website:
•Contact Name:
•Contact Email Address:
•Contact Telephone Number:

Water is a human right, not a commodity!

In solidarity,
Blue Planet Project
Coalición de Organizaciones Mexicanas por el Derecho al Agua
Comité en Defensa del Agua y de la Vida de Antoquia
Coordinadora en Defensa del Agua y de la Vida
Council of Canadians
CNDAV- FFOSE
Food and Water Watch
Fundación Abril
Fundación Solón
Red Vida