News & Resources: ‘Water’
How clean water is changing lives in one Indian village
Apr 3, 2013
With a glimmer of satisfaction in his eye, the village elder stood stoically on the large concrete box that protects Tilwari, India’s water supply. But there was more than just happiness in the village elder’s eye. There was pride. Pride that his community built the water system itself.
Read moreA 250-mile Paddling Trek for the Wild Farm River Watershed
Aug 23, 2012
From August 24 to September 7, a team of paddlers from the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Indigenous Nation will venture 250 mi from their remote fly-in community to Hudson’s Bay. The message: “Respect our protection before this sacred landscape is poisoned by the diamond, gold, and metals mining companies who have set their sights on it.”
Read moreWhat’s a Bund? Innovative water conservation in India
Apr 30, 2012
In rural India, small stone dams, known as bunds, help conserve soil and water and enable families to grow two crops of rice and chickpeas each planting season instead of one.
Read moreLocal action for clean water, with the help of Aveda
Apr 30, 2012
Local groups can be the most powerful advocates for change, from protecting our rivers, lakes, and water tables to changing wasteful and polluting practices to improving access for poor and rural families.
Read moreWorking Towards Water Justice
Mar 22, 2012
Millions live without the safe, accessible water they need for drinking and food production. Improving this reality is no easy task, and protecting and improving access to clean water requires a holistic approach. The answer: local action.
Read moreThe Abuse of Ogoniland
Oct 24, 2011
The Ogoni People of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria have suffered massive environmental injustice from oil activities for decades. Recent reports show the extent of those injustices go further than anyone could have imagined.
Read moreBulletins from Bolivia: A Community Rallies to Protect Their Land
Jul 13, 2011
A gold mine threatens a farming town in western Bolivia. Grassroots groups are pulling out all the stops to keep it from happening. Public opinion is shifting…and there is hope.
Read morePatagonia’s Wildest Rivers Protected, For Now
Jun 24, 2011
A Chilean appeals court has temporarily blocked the massive HidroAysen project, which would construct five dams on two of the worlds purest free-flowing rivers.
Read morePersistent Activism Safeguards Peruvian Amazon from Hydroelectric Dam
Jun 22, 2011
Precedent-setting decision requires that all future proposed projects in the Inambari Basin must be subjected to prior consultation with local communities.
Read moreA Community of Action in the High Plains of Bolivia
May 13, 2011
Three groups in Bolivia are changing the face of the local environmental movement. On a most basic level, they share office space. But it’s the dynamic of a centralized community of activists that seems to hold promise in “the fight for our future.”
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