We have a crisis of polarization in the US and elsewhere with political logjams that exacerbate economic uncertainty insecurity and inaction. As a result, hunger and poverty are increasing again, wars are still raging and a range of environmental time bombs are ticking even faster. Those who control the most wealth and power are resisting calls for a more equitable system, while many others want fundamental change. We, The World is at a crucial point in our development. We have built up relationships and connections with the worlds largest organizations and networks, as well as thousands of smaller ones. Will you support our Vision (http://we.net/www.WE.net/vision)? Become a member at http://we.net/donate Thank you!

Together WE can do what we cannot do alone! If you think organizing for CHANGE is more important than ever, please become a member now! http://www.WE.net/donate

After the US elections, lets not make the same mistake as after 2008 - this time lets ORGANIZE! How best can we address continuing economic hardship, social injustice, militarism and the many environmental time bombs that are starting to explode? Many are calling for fundamental change, such as getting big money special interests out of politics. However, I dont believe that can happen with so much fragmentation of those working for peace, justice and sustainability. The goal of We, The World and our WE Campaign is a concerted proactive effort that raises awareness, shifts consciousness and engages the mainstream public in a mass movement for real change. We welcome your comments, participation and your support! http://we.net/donate

Lesson of Superstorm Sandy - Climate Change is just one of many critical issues not being adequately addressed. Our hearts and prayers go out to the millions of people whose lives have been disrupted (and in many cases devastated) because of this gigantic hurricane. While some scientists say that specific extreme weather events may not necessarily be "caused" by climate change, they do agree that global warming increases the likelihood of super storms "like" this one. Welcome to the future...

Unfortunately, Climate Change is only one of many interconnected crises that challenge all of humanity. And increasingly, people are seeing the danger were in. Our elected officials, corporate CEOs, the mainstream media, and others in power are not sufficiently addressing issues like global economic insecurity, the climate crisis, pollution, escalating militarism, freshwater scarcity, the mass extinction of species, and on and on...

More people than ever before in history are now speaking out to change humanity’s direction from self-destruction to a shared sustainable culture of peace, social justice and environmental stewardship. Connecting and coordinating these voices locally and globally so they can act collectively to create real and lasting change is the challenge of our time, and what the WE Campaign has already begun!

With your support - at http://www.WE.net/donate - WE can keep going and expand our efforts to achieve the Vision http://www.WE.net/vision of coordination and partnership between our network of 1000s of socially conscious groups and the worlds largest organizations and networks with whom we are connected (such as Amnesty International, MoveOn, 350.org, WiserEarth, Oxfam, etc.). Imagine them synchronizing calls to action and mobilizing their millions of members to create real and lasting change! Thank you for your support!

We have a crisis of polarization in the US and elsewhere with political logjams that exacerbate economic uncertainty, insecurity and inaction. As a result, hunger and poverty are increasing again, wars are still raging and a range of environmental time bombs are ticking even faster. Those who control the most wealth and power are resisting calls for a more equitable system, while many others want fundamental change. We, The World is at a crucial point in our development. We have built up relationships and connections with the worlds largest organizations and networks, as well as thousands of smaller ones. Will you support our Vision (http://we.net/www.WE.net/vision)? Go to http://we.net/donate Thank you!

Together WE can do what we cant do alone!

Please check out 11 Days of Global Unity as a shared platform for promoting the mission of your organization and the actions for the common good you would like people to take. Click on Current Campaign and youll see how to register.

Never before in history have so many people spoken out around the world on behalf of changing humanitys direction from one of potential self-destruction to one of building a shared peaceful, just and sustainable world. The challenge of our time is to coordinate all those voices so they can act collectively and achieve real and lasting change. That is the mission of the WE Campaign. Will you join us?

A message from Maude Barlow for World Water Day March 22 PART 1. Dear friends, today is World Water Day and a time to reflect on the gift of water that sustains all life on Earth. While many have access to clean safe drinking water, millions do not. We must come together this World Water Day to commit to a new relationship with water. We must conserve it, restore watersheds, protect source water from pollution – pollution must be viewed as a criminal act – and share it more equitably for all humans, for the future and for other species as well.

Maude Barlow Message PART 2. Modern humans see water as a great big resource for our pleasure, convenience and profit and not as the essential element of a living ecosystem that gives us all life – so we pollute it. We dump an amount of industrial and human waste into the watersheds every year equivalent to the combined weight of all humanity. We pump water from watersheds and rivers into mega cities where, if they are anywhere near the ocean, it is then dumped as waste – a major cause of rising oceans. We grow crops with flood irrigation in deserts. We poison water with mining, nuclear, fracking and tar sands production. We let water drain away from ancient rusting pipes because we have “run out of money” for public infrastructure.

Maude Barlow Message PART 3. The United Nations has recognized water and sanitation as a human right, which means that every government must now come up with a plan of action based on the “Obligation to Protect, Respect, and Fulfill” this right. We expect no less from the Harper government. The United Nations must also turn its attention to water conservation and watershed restoration, and to finding ways to make water a means of peace, not conflict.

Maude Barlow Message PART 4. We must also declare water to be a common heritage, a public trust and a public service, and we need to support the government of Bolivia in its new move to declare that water must be protected as a public right and not allowed to be delivered on a for-profit basis by the private sector. We need water for life. Water can teach us how to live in harmony with one another and more lightly on this Earth if we have eyes to see and ears to hear. - Maude Barlow National Chairperson, The Council of Canadians. March 22, 2011. To learn more about the Council of Canadians please go to http://www.canadians.org Sign up to receive Council of Canadians e-Newsletters and Action Alerts -- inquiries@canadians.org