Aqua fons vitae, “Water is a source of life”.
This year, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published Aqua fons vitae, “Water is a source of life”. They looked at...
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CSJ Blue Community
Aug 10, 20202 min read
A People's Campaign for Water Justice -- Part 3: Privatization
On July 14, the Wellington Water Watchers hosted a webinar about water privatization in Europe and Canada as part of the People's Water...
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CSJ Blue Community
Aug 10, 20202 min read
A People's Campaign for Water Justice -- Part 2: Nestlé
On July 13th, the Wellington Water Watchers hosted a talk about the current changes in Nestlé's operations in Canada. This is part of the...
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CSJ Blue Community
Aug 10, 20202 min read
A People's Campaign for Water Justice -- Part 1: Plastics
This Summer and Fall, the Wellington Water Watchers are hosting a series of talks and gatherings to expand and deepen a unified voice for...
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CSJ Blue Community
Jul 14, 20204 min read
Submit Your Comments About Bottled Water
Water is for life, not for profit. Share your thoughts before August 2nd. The Ontario Provincial government is seeking your comments...
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CSJ Blue Community
Jun 2, 20202 min read
On a Mission for the Ocean.
If you saw a child falling from on high, how would you respond? This is the intensity that Dr. Sylvia Earle brings to her lifelong work...
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CSJ Blue Community
May 11, 20202 min read
I Thirst – A Painting During COVID-19
By Sister Betty Lou Knox Respecting no boundaries, the Coronavirus arrived in Canada! Upon returning to Toronto from California on March...
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CSJ Blue Community
Mar 19, 20202 min read
Public Health and the Right to Clean Water
The recent spread of COVID-19 across the world shows the gaps in our collective preparedness and many systemic and social inequalities....
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CSJ Blue Community
Mar 2, 20203 min read
Saving Water from Commercial Bottling at Queen's Park
From Sister Anne Karges: As a Blue Community we have the opportunity for forming many partnerships around our concern for water justice....
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CSJ Blue Community
Feb 18, 20206 min read
Being Salmon, Being Human : from enlightenment to enlivenment
From January 26 to February 4th, 2020, the Norwegian-based Being Salmon, Being Human performance traveled between five Great Lakes...
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CSJ Blue Community
Dec 9, 20193 min read
Selling Our Story: a lesson in engagement
When telling a new person about this Blue Community project, you likely only have a minute or two before they either “get it” and want to...
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CSJ Blue Community
Oct 4, 20193 min read
I Am Water: introduce yourself with water
One question I get as the CSJ Blue Community coordinator is "what actions can I take to live this water pledge?" Many of the actions we...
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CSJ Blue Community
Oct 4, 20192 min read
Going International To Stop Nestlé Locally
By Mike Balkwill, Wellington Water Watchers I am writing with an update on the Say No To Nestlé campaign of the Wellington Water...
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CSJ Blue Community
Aug 27, 20193 min read
Indigenous Legal Systems to Protect Water
In 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) after 2 decades of...
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CSJ Blue Community
Jul 5, 20192 min read
Inside the Say No to Nestlé Campaign
By Mike Balkwill, Wellington Water Watchers I work as the Campaign Director for the Wellington Water Watchers. Paul Baines, (CSJ Blue...
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CSJ Blue Community
Jul 4, 20197 min read
Honouring the Lands & Waters
You may have noticed more and more events and organizations are creating and announcing 'land acknowledgements' to name the Indigenous /...
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CSJ Blue Community
Jun 17, 20192 min read
Refilling Our Water Bottles
with a contribution from Shirley Favot (CSJ Associate in Sudbury) I took the photo on the left at the filling station at Bell Park on a...
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CSJ Blue Community
May 31, 20194 min read
Place Matters -- decolonizing blue communities at the JEM event
On May 23, our CSJ Blue Community project was invited to speak on a panel as part of the Joint Ecological Ministry's event called:...
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CSJ Blue Community
May 30, 20193 min read
Looking for a Water Friendship
Catholic and Public schools in Guelph invited us into four of their Grade 8 classrooms in May as part of their H2awesome annual water...
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CSJ Blue Community
May 1, 20194 min read
Catholic Women In A League Of Their Own
The Blue Community project was invited to speak at two Catholic Women's League events this April. This adds to a recent presentation Sr....
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