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Developing Water Soft Paths in Canadian Municipalities: A Guidebook for Municipal Staff

A practical introduction to water soft path (WSP) implementation, the guidebook describes the steps in water soft path planning for municipalities, illustrated with a case study.  This guidebook is the key resource for workshops with municipal planners interested in exploring what WSP offers for municipalities that want and need to go beyond efficiency and demand management.  WSP is an exciting concept that helps groups look into the future and design a pathway to reach that desirable future by looking at water in a holistic way.  WSP promotes matching water quality with water use, finding creative ways to conserve water and by asking why is water needed for a particular use, leads to opportunities for innovation, education and awareness building about the importance of water quality and quantity.

Information That Municipalities Should Bring to Water Soft Path. 

TO INQUIRE ABOUT HOLDING A WORKSHOP IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU CAN HELP US SPREAD THIS IMPORTANT TOOL FOR CANADA’S WATER FUTURE, CONTACT FOE AT  613 241-0085  or email foe@foecanada.org


 
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Update on legal challenges  

15 December 2009    Canada facing legal challenge for breaking federal global warming law  Read Media Release, Media Backgrounder, FOE's Application for leave to Supreme Court of Canada

Le 15 décembre 2009   Le Canada traîné en Cour pour dérogation à la loi fédérale sur le réchauffement climatique   Lire communique de press, Document d'information média



News  

(4 June 2009) Friends of the Earth Canada releases First Annual Score Card on Environmental Rights - On the eve of World Environment Day, Friends of the Earth Canada releases its first annual Score Card of Environmental Rights available in law to the people of Canada. Read Media Release, Lire communiqué de press, Score Card, Straight A Score CardDetailed Report, Campaign page

(2 June 2009) Grandfather calls on feds to investigate PCB contamination  - transformer casings, which have been dumped at the landfill site over the past 23 years, are leaching PCBs into the surrounding soil and water in concentrations that violate the federal regulations passed in September 2008. Read... Media Release, Application for Investigation, PCB Fact Sheet  Investigating PCB Contamination, Video Interview with Allan Williams

Celebrate Earth Day with FOE and RAFFI - Friends of the Earth Canada and its international network has joined singer/songwriter RAFFI in releasing his new single, ‘SustainABILITY’, in celebration of Earth Day April 22, 2009.  The song is available as a free download from FOE's website. Read more...

Notes for a statement to the Standing Committee on General Government by Beatrice Olivastri, CEO, Friends of the Earth on consideration of the proposed Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (OTTAWA, 2009-04-16) Read Statement

Whither (or Whether) Water Policy in Canada? - A paper presented by Dr. David Brooks to a meeting of the Canada United States Law Institute, April 3, 2009 in Cleveland Ohio.  Read Paper

U.S. and Canada Seek International Approval of Air Pollution Reduction Zone for Ships - Coastal Emission Control Area Would Be Boon to Public Health and the Environment; However Canadian and Alaskan Arctic Waters Not Included  Read Media Release

Government Squanders Opportunity to Hold Extractive Companies to Account Read Media Release

Le gouvernement rate une occasion d’obliger sociétès extractives à render des comptes Lire communiqué de press

G-20 Must Address Key Areas of Crises Impacting both North and South - Letter to Prime Minister Harper re forthcoming G-20 meeting on the global financial crisis - 26 March, 2009
Lettre au Premier Ministre sur le Prochain Sommet du G20 sur la crise financière internationale - le 26 mars, 2009 

Groups Challenge Nestlé’s Bottled Water Greenwashing - Meanwhile, Toronto votes on whether to Ban the Bottle Read Media Release, Background documents: Advertising Standards Complaint - Nestle Waters, Appendix A - Nestle Globe and Mail advertisement, Appendix B - Inside the bottle: an exposé of the bottled water industry, Appendix C - Nestle Corporate Citizenship Report, Appendix D - The Six Sins of Greenwashing

Des groupes contestent l’écoblanchiment de l’eau embouteillée de Nestlé - Entre-temps, Toronto vote sur l’interdiction des bouteilles Lire communiqué de press

Canada’s top court upholds right to launch environmental class action lawsuits Read Media Release

Le plus haut tribunal au Canada appuie le droit d’intenter des recours collectifs en matière d’environnement Lire communiqué de press

Canada's Valuable Fresh Water is Not For Dumping Toxic Wastes
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Government of Canada must deal with the Devil
Friends of the Earth Canada and the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce petition Canadian Auditor General for answers on Devils Lake Outlet, before permit to pollute is re-issued Read Media Release, AG Petition

New law gives Canadians legal right to healthy environment Cornerstone environmental legislation introduced by environmental groups   Read Media Release, Backgrounder, Summary 

Une nouvelle loi donne aux Canadiens le droit légal à un environnement sain - Les organismes environnementaux introduisent une législation environnementale pierre angulaire  Lire communiqué de press, dispositions et pronciples essentiels

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Focus On Water  

The Lexicon of Water Soft Path Knowledge is now available online!

This publication represents a collection of key written works of the Water Soft Path Project, research and knowledge to date.

Emerging and seasoned practitioners as well as planners, policy makers and government officials will find practical tools for implementation purposes and the results of three case studies showing how this approach can address water management challenges of today and tomorrow. More