Save Our Rivers Society - Water and Hydro in British Columbia
“Save Our Rivers Society was founded to protect BC rivers from private hydropower contracts and for our future generations.
Climate change has everything to do with our rivers and newly invented private power projects. Please join with us to regain public control and oversight over our electric energy assets and our rivers which are being swept away from us. Secret private contracts resulting in foreign control over BC’s most important river environments, precious water and water power must be exposed and reversed.
Visit Hydro Facts for more details.”
The Council of Canadians
The Council of Canadians water campaign is calling for a national water policy that protects Canadas water from bulk exports and privatization.
Water is vital to peoples health and livelihoods. In Canada, there is no national strategy to address urgent water issues and no federal leadership to conserve and protect our water. Our freshwater faces crises including contamination, shortages and pressure to export water to the United States through pipelines and diversions.
The Council of Canadians has also initiated the Blue Planet Project which is a global initiative with partners around the globe to achieve the goal of water justice now. Water justice is based on the right to water and on the principles that water is a public trust and part of the global commons.
David Suzuki Foundation
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas “ oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation.
Without water, life on Earth is not possible. And when our water systems are unhealthy, human beings suffer. Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers are our lifelines, providing us with food, recreation and great beauty. But overfishing, pollution and habitat loss are weakening these aquatic ecosystems. Staff biologists and researchers working on our oceans program focus on habitat conservation, fisheries management and sustainable aquaculture to conserve our precious water resources for future generations.
Ecojustice Canada (Sierra Legal)
The drinking water tragedy in Walkerton, Ontario in May 2000 has brought water issues to the forefront of public discussion in Canada. It highlighted the grave importance of protecting our water resources and the need for strong legislation to protect human health and the environment. Ecojustice Canada is ensuring that our streams, rivers and oceans are protected for future generations.