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)