WATER SHUT OFF'S DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC By We the People of Detroit The coronavirus pandemic has brought an already questionable policy front and center As the coronavirus ravages the City of Detroit, The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has not done its residents any favors. In 2014, the city of Detroit began, shutting off the water to residential

WATERWAYS - A PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI JOURNEY By the Waterways Team Our initiative was born out of a 3-year project called “Water Matters” which took place between 2016-2019, supported by USAID and led by the Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Israel Holy Land Trust, Palestine and Integrated Green Solutions, Jordan. This transboundary framework included Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian; youth, tourism entrepreneurs

WATERGEN - BRINGING CLEAN WATER TO GAZA By Shira Kronich The lack of clean drinking water in Gaza has become extremely severe in recent years. Gaza’s main source of water is its coastal aquifer. Unfortunately, its water supply has been rapidly depleting over the last several decades due to over-extraction and as a consequence of the continued blockade on Gaza.

WATER FOR ROJAVA: An Ecological Society in the Middle East By Martin Winiecki In the region of North-East Syria, also known by its Kurdish name Rojava, a democratic self-administration system has been built up since 2012 – a system of “democratic confederalism” based on grassroots democracy, ecology and women's liberation, in which different ethnic and religious communities live together on

MOTHER I'M SORRY A song inspired and created during the Standing Rock Movement. 3 years after the camps were closed, we walked in honor of all the water protectors who stood up and protected Mother Earth. By Teena Pugliese - filmmaker and media for Sacred Stone 2017 - 2019.

WATER JUSTICE IN THE TIME OF C19: VALPARAISO, DETROIT AND SOUTH AFRICA The Blue Planet Project is deeply concerned about our friends on the frontlines of water justice struggles who are now dealing with the additional challenges of the Covid 19 pandemic. In the wake of a global lockdown aimed at protecting vulnerable populations from the rapid spread of this