Blue Community Schools

Blue Community Schools is a program that provides educational resources for schools, teachers, and organizations in Canada and across the globe to learn about the human right to water and empower schools to take action to protect our waters. This program grew out of the Blue Communities network, which has more than 200 cities, towns, universities, churches, and other community groups around the world committed to recognizing the human right to water, protecting public water infrastructure, and ending the sale of bottled water in their facilities. Now, schools can be certified as a Blue Community School if they do three things: educate about water and the need to protect it; recognize the human right to clean, safe water and sanitation; and end the sale of bottled water at their school where clean water is available. The Council of Canadians has developed and launched this program with the support of its founder and former chair, Maude Barlow. Her decades of work to protect water as a human right are informing this program and motivating a new generation of water defenders. To learn how to turn your school Blue, visit: bluecommunityschools.org