The Blue Planet Project is part of a global movement that promotes the fundamental truth that “Water is life”, working to protect water for people and nature for generations to come. For more than two decades the BPP has fought for water justice based on the principles that water is a human right, a public trust, and part of the global commons
Water justice movements from around the world will gather at the People’s Water Forum 2024 in Bali, Indonesia, 21-23 May to challenge the corporate capture of global water governance at the World Water Forum, consolidate the global network of water justice movements and champion public and community water alternatives to realize water justice for all.
We invite you to become a part of the global movement for water justice by joining the Blue Communities Project, which provides communities with the tools to fight water privatization and promote the human right to water. Through the project, we work with local governments, community activists and water operators to ensure water justice for all.
We support grassroots struggles to protect democratic, public and community control of water, calling on governments everywhere to provide clean, safe water as required by the UN Human Right to Water and Sanitation resolution. Passed on July 10, 2010, the resolution recognizes access to clean water as “essential for the full enjoyment of the right to life.”
We believe that water should be viewed as part of a global commons – available to all and protected from misuse and harm to ensure its availability for future generations. Water must not been understood as a commodity that can be bought and sold on the market, but as a social and public good that no one owns, shared equitably for the public good.
