Solon Foundation launches global campaign for the water called "Blue October"
(Solon Foundation Press Release. Tuesday, 30 September). As a prelude to what will be the great social movement which takes place in Bolivia and in many countries around the world during the month of October to raise awareness and politicians about the importance of this resource for living species on the planet, Solon Foundation is scheduled for this Thursday's screening of the video "The blood of Mother Earth," an enlightening documentary about the water problem in the highlands.
This documentary has caused a positive impact at international level and has been an extraordinary tool to inform the public about the danger posed by the export of groundwater in mountainous communities in Bolivia, Peru and Chile, who suffer desertification processes.
Solon Foundation, promoter and organizer of the "Blue October" in Bolivia since 2006, has been scheduled for This year a series of cultural, educational and informative, as well as panel discussions, debates, conferences, exhibitions and video projections, among other activities relating to the defense of water as a human right and encouraging their wise use and sustainable.
The official launch of the campaign for water will be in next Tuesday Oct. 7 at a press conference to be held in the premises of the Palace Chico, where he also will present the slogan of the campaign materials produced on the subject such as posters, information leaflets, reports, publications, visual resources and schedule of activities developed during the October, not only in La Paz, but in other cities.
Solon Foundation wants to remember that water is a vital resource for human beings and nature, indispensable to life and the maintenance of ecological systems around the world, and therefore a strategic value and long-awaited appeal by multinational companies that sought to control this resource and incorporate it into the logic of commodification, to get him handsome profits.
all know that water is essential for life, but still 1,000 million people worldwide still lack access to clean water. In Bolivia only 63 percent of its population is supplied potable water through pipe network, the rest is done by means of wells, shallow wells, rivers, streams, lakes, curichis, tanks or standpipes. The United States leads the list of countries that consume more water per capita, about 500 liters / day, followed by Europe with 250-300 liters / day, contrary to what happens for example in Kenya where people can only consume 5 liters / day / person.
The concept of "living well", the views of the water and its management is based on the ability to recover to a respectful and friendly to nature and society, where the water should be a factor in relationships, harmony , and integration.
The month of October is a time of enormous significance to organizations and individuals who defend water as a human right and an indispensable resource for life, precisely because a similar date in 2004 the Uruguayan people got through In a referendum, constitutionalize water access as a human right and it does not commodified.
In line with this momentous fact, environmental organizations and water advocates also mobilized in the United States to denounce the multinational Nestle for misuse of water sources in different parts of the world and the consequent damage to the environment and local communities. These demonstrations were directed against the headquarters of the North American subsidiary of Swiss-old company, located in the town of Greenwich, in the northeastern U.S. state of Connecticut to demand "respect the right of local communities to exercise democratic control in the use of water resources. "
From this event, political leaders and activists from various regions of the world, including Solon Foundation, promote and organize a series of activities designed to generate a current favorable political leaders and governments to take the world's emerging awareness of water problem in the world, promoting policies to protect this resource by encouraging rational use, and preventing water scarcity will affect us much.
More than 8 million people die annually in the world for not having water to drink and eight thousand children die from eating only dirty water Bolivia what other events have to occur to take action?
Against this background our institution, in coordination with over 50 governmental and nongovernmental organizations, has set out to do a critique of the development model being primarily responsible for the environmental crisis. To do so, has scheduled the following activities:
thematic panels: "Women in Blue October" workshop "Knowledge originating and adaptations to urban sustainability Water, "" business model and social control of water "," Constituent Assembly / Climate Change "and" Pollution / International Waters. "And" weaving course with recycled material.
Similarly, the panel will develop on Biofuels, animation workshops and video screenings on the theme of water and the blue in October. But undoubtedly, the Water Fair, scheduled for Sunday October 26 will be the main event where all institutions and organizations in the country, will present several studies and proposals on how we should deal with water issues.
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