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Run For Water San Francisco
We are partnering with
East Meets West Foundation, and Project Well as a "Cause To Run" team for the SF Marathon July 26, '09 More Details>>
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The Daemen College Water Project's DC*5K*4*H2O
Braving the cold in Buffalo, hundreds took to the street to support the college's fundraising and educational program. More Details>>
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Raleigh middle schoolers circle Moore Square to help Tanzania schools
Lansing Brewer leads Exploris students on 90 laps for 30-Mile Challenge.
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Dean Karnazes and The North Face support the cause
Karno's Desert Grand Slam helps tell the water story.
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Katie Spotz Swims Entire Allegheny
for Safe Water
Becomes the first person to swim the 325-miles
across PA.
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Help us win funding
from American Express
Nominate our Water Is Life- Pass It On
for AmEx' Members Project. More Info>> |
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African Women
and Water Conference
Blue Planet Run Foundation taps into the deeper
running issues African women face when they lack access to water. First Report >> |
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Celebrating
Our Grassroots Heroes
Some of the ways people all over the country,
of all ages and interests, are supporting our cause. More Details>> |
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The 2007
Commemorative Package
In honor of the anniversary of the Blue Planet
Run 2007, the first ever non-stop around-the-world relay, we have
the goods. More Details >> |
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Book "Most
Likely to Save the Planet"
Earth Aware Editions and the Blue Planet Run Foundation
are thrilled to accept the IPPY Gold Award. More Details >> |
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Blue
Planet Run Ann Arbor raises $4,000 for water projects
Despite snow, 150 people hit the Huron River
Trail for 6 K fundraiser organized by U Michigan Student Kristen
Shenk. More Details>> |
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Mainstream:
Blue Planet Run in the Media
EPA Announces Safe Drinking Water Research
awarding $3.6 million in research grants to four universities, one non-profit, and one research institute to improve the detection of known and emerging drinking water contaminants;
Water World | Read>>
Officials Work to Reduce Environmental Health Threats
Diseases caused by environmental change are responsible for many deaths in Africa.
Calibre Macro World | Read>>
Planet
Earth Hung Out to Dry
World Water Crisis and Droplets of Hope. On
A Ledge/Progressive Kid | Read >>
Safe
drinking water gets harder to tap
Kai Ryssdal talked with author and photographer Rick
Smolan about how so much of the water we do have is polluted and unusable.
Marketplace | Listen >>
ABC
News Nature's Edge explores the book
Take a tour of "Blue Planet Run" with Mike Cerre, news correspondent and
editorial director of the book project. Watch the Video >>
Blue
Planet Run 24 kicks off in North Carolina
Will Harlan helped raise nearly $25,000 toward water sustainability
projects through his Run for Africa last year. Asheville
Citizen-Times >>
Around the World in 95 Days
Mary Chervenak's excellent summer adventure started on June 1 at the United Nations... ABC News >>
Around the World in 95 Days
How far do you walk every day for a glass of water? A few feet to the kitchen? Down the block to the supermarket? ...Marie Claire >>
A Look at the World’s Water Crisis
Blue Planet Run is not your ordinary coffee table travel book. In fact, it isn’t even a travel book. ...Travel Muse >>
Celebrities Support the Cause
Hilary Swank, Ben Harper, Courteney Cox, Rosie O'Donnell and many more ...Look to the Stars >> |