Interesting Initiatives
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Learn about groups and initiatives championing water stewardship around the world...
Canadian
- The Blue W
- The Canadian Columbia River Forum
- The Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships
- The Canadian Environmental Law Association
- The Canadian Rivers Institute (University of New Brunswick)
- The Canadian Water Network
- The Canadian Water Resources Association
- The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association
- The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
- CHF (formerly Canadian Hunger Foundation)
- The Children’s Water Education Council
- The Council of Canadians – Blue Planet Project
- The Council of Canadians - Water Campaign
- The Council of Great Lakes Governors
- The David Suzuki Foundation
- Design with Dialogue (Toronto)
- Environment Canada - The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
- Environment Canada - Water Page
- Environment Canada - Water Efficiency and Conservation
- The Environmental Law Centre (Alberta)
- Friends of the Earth Canada
- Freshwater Summit 2010: Recommendations
- The Government of Canada's Freshwater Website
- Great Lakes United
- Health Canada - Drinking Water
- H2onour Earth
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Water Management Homepage
- The International Development Research Centre
- The International Joint Commission (Canada and the United States)
- Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
- The Living By Water Project
- McGill School of the Environment
- The National Film Board of Canada: Waterlife Website
- The National Watershed Stewardship Coalition
- The Natural Step Canada
- OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- Okanagan Basin Water Board
- Okanagan Waterwise
- The Polaris Institute
- The Polis Project on Ecological Governance
- The Polis Water Sustainability Project
- RBC Blue Water Project
- REAP Calgary (association of businesses in the area that are concerned with sustainability)
- The Red River Basin Commission
- Safe Drinking Water Foundation
- United Nations Water for Life
- Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy
- Urban Agriculture Notes: Composting toilets
- WaterCan/EauVive
- Water Conservation Tips (Government of Canada)
- Waterhole - A source for information on water protection
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- Waterkeepers Canada
- Walkerton Healthy Community Initiative
- Water Matters (Alberta)
- Wetland Alliance: The Ecological Response
International
USA:
- Audubon International
- The Institute for Water and Watersheds (Oregon State University)
- The Pacific Institute
- The Sierra Club
- Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (Oregon State University)
EU:
- EAWAG: Aquatic Research
- The EU Water Directive
- KAOSPilot
- The Public Services International Research Unit
- The Stockholm International Water Institute
- WaterAid
- The Water Research Centre, Delft
Global:
- The 4th World Water Forum—Mexico City, 2006
- The 5th World Water Forum—Istanbul 2009
- The 6th World Water Forum—Marseille 2012
- Dmoz – Open Directory on Water
- The Global Nature Fund
- The Global Water Partnership
- The Living Lakes International Network
- Pioneers of Change
- Reos Partners
- The Trade Observatory's Water Observatory
- UNESCO - Water
- The United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2009
- The Water Page
- World Economic Forum: Water Initiative
- The World Water Council
- World Water Day
- The World's Water (Pacific Institute)
