Water: A sacred gift
Water is a sacred gift and a necessity of life that we often take for granted. But global demand is beginning to outstrip supply and climate change is shrinking glaciers and shifting rainfall. The result: water conflicts are on the rise. We believe water must be maintained as a human right and a common good, and that we all have a responsibility to protect water supplies and watersheds.
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News and articles
- How Big is the BP Oil Slick? Bringing the Scale of the Disaster Home
To gain some sense of the magnitude of the BP oil spill, an interactive map provided by the Toronto...
- Filed in: Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Ecology, Kairos Times, Mining, Oil and conflict, Opinion and Analysis, Water | Jun 14, 2010
- World Peoples’ Summit On Climate Change And The Rights Of Mother Earth
Summary of the Final Declaration
From April 19-22, 2010 forty thousand people – NGOs, Indigenous...
- Tar Sands Delegation Statement: A call for responsibility and sustainability
KAIROS Ecumenical Delegation to the Athabasca Tar Sands, May 21-27, 2009
- Filed in: Indigenous Rights, Campaign, Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Ecology, Water, Kairos Times | Jun 11, 2009
KAIROS letters and statements on water
- Tar Sands Delegation Statement: A call for responsibility and sustainability (Jun 11, 2009)
- African Church Leaders’ Statement on climate change and water (Jun 1, 2008)
- Renewing the call to recognize the right to water (PDF Format) (Jun 9, 2006)
- The Movements in Defense of Water: Joint Declaration (Mar 19, 2006)
- Canada needs to support water as a human right (Feb 10, 2006)
- Water: Life Before Profit! (PDF Format) (Oct 6, 2005)
