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Join the #WorldRiverRun on 28 September 2025 to celebrate World Rivers Day!

For the first time, you can sign up through our brand new Run Blue platform! Create your profile, join or start a team, set your goals and track our collective progress in real time. ✍ Sign up for free and get your personalised race bib ➡ go.runblue.org #WorldRiverRun

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#WorldRiverRun 2025

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For 24 hours, people everywhere will run, walk or move for our rivers by taking one small action to protect them. Each action, shared across the world, will build into a powerful movement for the ecosystems that give us life. #WorldRiverRun

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Rivers are critical wetland ecosystems. They supply us with water for drinking and agriculture, provide livelihoods for over a billion people, and sustain diverse and endangered biodiversity. #WorldRiverRun

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📣💧🏃 Announcing the #WorldRiverRun 2025! 📣💧🏃‍ On 28 September, World Rivers Day, we’re partnering with @wetlandsint.bsky.social to bring back a #RunBlue classic: the #WorldRiverRun!

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If we are serious about water for climate action, we need stronger leadership. Bold goals, courage to do the hard things, and the cross-sector collaboration that will ultimately solve this crisis.

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But there are also gaps we can’t ignore: too few local voices, a lack of courageous leadership, not enough collaboration, and a tendency to lower expectations rather than rise together to meet them.

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There are reasons for hope: more countries signing onto the Freshwater Challenge, more young people stepping up, more innovation and engagement in trying to secure real progress.

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Leaving Stockholm after #WorldWaterWeek, I carried with me two feelings that don’t sit easily together: hope for what’s possible, and concern for where we are falling short.

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The best part is that don’t have to be in Stockholm to join! You can sign up for free and watch online here ➡️ 💧https://tinyurl.com/335m4b38

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Later today I’ll be speaking at the #FreshwaterChallenge event about why accelerating collective action on the ground is so important, and how this challenge is helping to make it happen.

Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Hello from Stockholm 👋 I’m here for #WorldWaterWeek, the biggest global gathering on water, where we come together to share ideas, challenges and solutions. This year’s theme is all about water and climate, and how we speed up action that tackles both.

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We all have the capacity to do hard things. And when we work together, those hard things become easier 💪💧

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I started all of this as just one crazy person running alone in the middle of the desert. Today, there are thousands of us behind #RunBlue. Never underestimate the impact you can make, or your ability to bring your community with you.

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Your marathon doesn't have to look like mine. Maybe yours is organising a clean-up at your local river. Maybe it's rethinking what you eat, wear, or throw away. Maybe it's simply reminding yourself every morning that you have the power to make change in your own life and the lives of others.

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But I do it because it takes me to the front lines of the water crisis. It lets me understand the challenges, and experience firsthand what it means to live and breathe this reality every single day. It shows people that we can do hard things, and why those hard things need to be done.

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

People often meet me and say, 'You must be an amazing runner.' I'm not. So far from it. I find it really hard and, to be honest, I don't really enjoy it.

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If you’ve ever questioned whether you can really make a difference, ask yourself this instead: If not me, then who? If not now, then when?

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Incredible scenes as the Seine opens for public swimming after 100 years. Just decades ago, this iconic river was declared functionally dead. Look at it now! 💙🏊‍♀️🇫🇷 #SeineRiverRun www.bbc.com/news/article...

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River Seine: Waters reopens to swimmers after century-long ban

For the first time in more than 100 years people will be able to swim legally in three sections of the river.

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#PlasticFreeJuly starts today! None of us can do everything, but all of us can do something. The 5Rs serve as a compass, helping us rethink our relationship with plastic: 🛑 Refuse what you don’t need ➖ Reduce what you do 🔁 Reuse what you can 🔧 Repurpose creatively ♻️ Recycle only as a last resort

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Word of the Day: Pluviophile 🌧️🌿 If you’ve ever smiled at the rain tapping on your roof, watched its droplets race down your window, or stepped outside just to breathe the air after it falls — this one’s for you 💧💙 #WaterIsLife

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to my awesome, beautiful, amazing Mama! Thank you for the endless love, the pep talks, the laughs, and the way you somehow always know exactly what I need (even before I do!) You’re my rock, my cheerleader, my heart. Love you always, Mama

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

On #WorldHealthDay, we’re reminded that health is about more than hospitals and medicines. It’s about the conditions that allow people to live with dignity and safety. Let’s make sure no one is left behind.

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

These aren’t just numbers. They’re daily realities for communities that are facing higher rates of disease, greater economic hardship, and fewer opportunities for education and work.

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Clean water, sanitation and hygiene are the foundation of public health, but they’re still out of reach for too many people. Over 1.5 billion people don’t have basic sanitation. Millions still defecate in the open. Nearly half of the world’s household wastewater flows untreated back into nature.

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To the rest of us watching: These floods remind us that water waits for no one. It moves in extremes, shaping economies and industries. Just as quickly as it arrives, it can also dry up. The time to invest in our water crisis is now 🌎💧⌛️

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This is what the global water crisis looks like. It’s not just about scarcity – it’s about water arriving in the wrong places, at the wrong times. To the communities impacted by these floods, we feel for you as you navigate this unprecedented challenge.

I remember reading about the Birdsville Track as a kid. It had this air of mystery, an endless road into the Outback. I imagined the dust, the heat, the legendary Birdsville Hotel standing against the elements. What I never imagined was how quickly this landscape could shift from drought to flood.

While this region is no stranger to floods, the sheer scale of this event is unprecedented. Some places have seen a year’s worth of rain in just days, cutting off towns and isolating communities.

‘Inland lakes’ as Queensland’s western outback drenched with a year’s worth of rain

Now, most of the roads to and from Birdsville are closed due to flooding. Parts of western Queensland are underwater after days of relentless rain, with floodwaters expected to take weeks to drain. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Flood waters are expected to take weeks to flow into Lake Eyre and north-east South Australia after widespread wet weather

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Almost exactly three years ago, I ran through Birdsville as part of our #RunBlue campaign. Back then, it was red desert – dry, hot, stretching endlessly in every direction. The town hadn’t seen rain in a while.

Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Wow. Just wow. It’s been a few days, and we're still in awe of the #WorldWaterRelay and our extraordinary community that made it happen. Stay tuned. Our final video is coming soon, and we can’t wait to share it with you all! 🏞️🏃‍♀️🎥

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

That’s a WRAP on the #WorldWaterRelay! 🌍💧🏃‍♀️ For 24 hours, you passed the baton across continents, time zones, and communities, showing the world that together, we are unstoppable. Stay tuned for our EPIC #WorldWaterRelay video next week, featuring all of you, passing the baton across the world 💙

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Final stretch of the #WorldWaterRelay, let’s go! 🌎💧🏃🏼‍♀️

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Thousands of people around the world are giving their #HourForEarth by running the #WorldWaterRelay - taking 60 minutes of action for our planet’s most precious resource. How are you celebrating #EarthHour? 🌍💧

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🔴 The #WorldWaterRelay is LIVE! 🏃‍♀️ As the sun rises in New Zealand, we’re kicking off the biggest global relay for water in honour of #WorldWaterDay Runners across the world are uniting to shine a spotlight on the global water crisis. Let’s show the world what we can do when we come together 🌍🤝💧

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Just ONE DAY until the #WorldWaterRelay! 🌍👟💧 On Saturday, March 22, people across the world will unite for 24 hours, running for a future where water is protected and plentiful. And there's still time to sign up! Just head over to runblue.org ⬅️🔗

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Water pollution tops global concerns as companies urged to invest in collective action to addre

This report offers a critical roadmap for businesses, governments, and individuals. To see where we go from here, I highly recommend checking it out ➡️ wwf.panda.org?13784966/Wat...

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Water pollution is top environmental issue in survey of 30,000 people across 31 countries and territories by Globescan and WWF

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One key takeaway for me: it's time to ditch the jargon and start telling the stories that matter. The lived experiences of those on the frontlines of the water crisis need to be heard and understood. Only then will we drive the change that’s needed to protect our most precious resource.

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

WWF and GlobeScan's Future Water Agenda Report is live! 🌍💧 With input from over 30,000 people across 31 countries and 350+ global experts, the findings are clear: water risks are rising, and current efforts are falling short. To address this, we need bold, collective action and real accountability.

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Looking forward to participating in this upcoming webinar on The Future Water Agenda Program!💧 I’ll be joining an incredible panel to explore fresh insights from WWF and GlobeScan's groundbreaking research, which is driving collective action on global water challenges.

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Mina Guli @minaguli.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Just 5 DAYS until the #WorldWaterRelay kicks off! 🌍🏃‍♂️💧 24 hours. 1 global relay. A wave of people running for water, from sunrise to sunset. Are you in? Get involved at runblue.org ⬅️

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On this #DayOfActionForRivers, let’s remember: River restoration isn’t a dream - it’s a necessity. And it starts with all of us 🏞️💧💙

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Today, the Vjosa has been declared a Wild River National Park - a huge win for nature, people, and climate resilience and a testament to what’s possible when we work together.

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Through collective action, NGOs like WWF, EuroNatur, and EcoAlbania joined forces with the local community to defend the Vjosa. Even private stakeholders like Patagonia stepped in to use their global reach and influence to help save the river.

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