Take Action!

All over the world, people are fighting to protect their rivers and their communities from new dams. They are demanding compensation for problems caused by old dams. And they are proposing better solutions to meet their water and energy needs. Your help is critical for their struggles to succeed!

Please take action and make your voice heard!

The Colombian government and EMGESA should respect the will of the people.

El Quimbo Dam on the Magdalena River would flood some of the most productive land of Huila State in Colombia. Hundreds of fishermen, coffee and tobacco laborers, small miners, and transport workers depend on the Magdalena for jobs and food. They've been protesting since 2008 because El Quimbo threatens their way of life.

The Magdalena River is scheduled to be diverted - a first step in construction of El Quimbo Dam - on February 8.

Take action now in support of the affected people of Colombia by signing a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Sustainable Development, requesting a suspension of the river diversion.

Dear World Bank – Invest in Truly Renewable Energy, Not Big Dams!

In today's changing climate, we need decentralized and diversified water and energy solutions that can best respond to increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. What we're getting instead is a push for more large dams.

But the World Bank's Draft Energy Strategy recommends an increase in funding for large dams, including the world's largest proposed hydropower scheme - the controversial Grand Inga Dam on the Congo River.

Tell the World Bank – we want investment in decentralized, truly renewable energy solutions such as wind, solar and off-grid projects that will expand access to electricity, reduce poverty and strengthen resilience to climate change at the same time!

Demand democracy and sustainable development for Chile!

On May 9th, 2011 the Environmental Impact Assessment for the destructive HidroAysén project in Patagonia was approved, despite flaws and irregularities in the entire process.

In response, Chileans held massive demonstrations throughout Chile and around the world calling for a Patagonia Sin Represas (Patagonia Without Dams). Thousands of people protested in the streets of Chile, with solidarity actions in other cities in Europe, Latin America, the US, Canada and Australia.

Please join this amazing movement for democracy and truly sustainable development by sending a letter to the Chilean Embassy now.

Call a Brazilian consulate or embassy to stop the illegal Belo Monte Dam!

Tribal leaders march against Belo Monte Dam in Altamira, Pará (Antoine Bonsorte/Amazon Watch)

On January 27, 2011 the Brazilian government illegally gave the green light for construction of the Belo Monte Dam.

Brazilians - including mainstream media personalities - are furious and are publicly demanding their government stop this disastrous, expensive, and unnecessary project.

The Federal Public Prosecutor in Brazil has filed 10 lawsuits against this project, in defense of the environmental procedures in Brazil's Constitution.