MNÍ WIČÓNI
WATER IS LIFE;
WATER IS ALIVE
TÓ ÉÍ ÍÍŃÁ ÁT’É
“Water is life. We know its power in many forms — waterfalls and rain, mists and streams, rivers and oceans.”
— from Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen (the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address)
“A bay is a noun only if water is dead. When bay is a noun, it is defined by humans, trapped between its shores and contained by the word. But the verb wiikwegamaa — to be a bay — releases the water from bondage and lets it live.”
“As if the Pacific Ocean isn’t the largest body living today, beating the loudest heart, the reason why land has a pulse in the first place.”
DAR SI HMAD
The world’s largest operational fog-harvesting project provides water for Amazigh families in Southwest Morocco. Participatory approaches to sustainable development have led to a number of spinoff projects supporting women’s empowerment, youth capacity-building, and environmental diplomacy.
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NAVAJO WATER PROJECT
Navajo people are sixty-seven times more likely than other Americans to not have a working toilet in their home. An Indigenous-led project is working to change that, bringing clean water to the one-in-three Diné families living without running water on the United States’ largest Native American reservation.
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KUWAIT DIVE TEAM
In the wake of the 1990-91 Gulf War, a group of divers learned underwater salvage and coral restoration techniques in order to rebuild coastal habitats. Today, they’re one of the world’s most active ocean protection charities, championing marine ecosystems that are particularly vulnerable to climate change.