THOUGHTS ON PILGRIMAGE By Justine Epstein and Kate Bunney Humans have the capacity for generosity and destruction. What do we humans ideally want for ourselves, each other and our shared planet? How might generosity be encouraged and the capacity for destruction be acknowledged as part of our collective healing?  We

NEWS FROM OTEPIC KENYA PEACE PROJECT By Philip Munyasia With a population of 53 million, 15 percent of Kenyans rely on unimproved water sources, such as ponds, shallow wells and rivers, while 41 percent of Kenyans lack access to basic sanitation solutions. These challenges are especially evident in rural areas

GIFTS FOR WOUNDED WATERS By Trebbe Johnson Lisa Chipkin loved the ocean—and for years she had been avoiding it. Although her California home was just a few miles from the Pacific coast, the ocean made her sad. She had stopped eating fish after she learned about the mercury and other

MAKING REFLECTION ... By Emmett Brennan Six years ago I walked 200 miles through Payahuunadu (the Owens Valley, Eastern Sierras, California). I was participating in the second year of Walking Water. What a reverent group that was! Such a deep and shared care for water. I ended up learning a lot

UPDATE ON STOP LINE 3 CAMPAIGN By Marian Moore & Simone Senogles By Keri Pickett Since we last shared about Line 3, the dirty tar sands pipeline project of the Canadian Corporation Enbridge (in the March issue), the resistance has grown exponentially. The rivers, lakes, and wetlands of

TESTIMONY OF KATHY BANCROFT BEFORE THE ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES OVERSIGHT HEARING ON MINING REFORM By Kathy Bancroft Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and Members of the Subcommittee, Nüümü yadoha Thank you for the opportunity to testify about reforms to the Federal Government’s mining laws and

STREET POETS INC - LIVE FROM TURTLE ISLAND - CALL FOR WATER Street Poets Inc - Live From Turtle Island - Call For Water For more info on Street Poets Inc, go here.

WATER BACK MANIFESTO Inspired by Pubelo Action Alliance, Crystal Cavalier-Keck, citizen of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation in Burlington, North Carolina, US haS created a Water Back Manifesto for our Siouan relatives in North Carolina.  Water Back Manifesto This manifesto declares a Yesah perspective of how our water should be managed now and

VIEWS AND LESSONS FROM THE CRAGGY CLIFFS OF CONGLOMERATE MESA By Bryan Hatchell, Desert Policy Associate, Friends of the Inyo From the right angle on the southern slopes of Conglomerate Mesa, one can see the fractured polygons of the southern end of the Owens Lake beaming in translucent pinks, sunburst

 KEEP LONG VALLEY GREEN CAMPAIGN - WORKING FOR EQUITABLE WATER SHARING IN THE EASTERN SIERRA By Wendy Schneider, Executive Director, Friends of the Inyo Brief History In the 1940’s as part of its construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system (LAA), the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)