The Water Hub’s topline summary of water impacts for the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
Water Hub Blog
Water Hub Blog
Infrastructure messaging that’s close to home and heart
How water infrastructure polling data can help us develop messages that tap into people’s values.
Frame, Tone, Messenger: How we can adapt communications to reach different audiences
Recap of our training on how we can modify the frame, tone, and messenger of our communications to reach different audiences.
The future is accessible: Inclusive communications and digital best practices
Takeaways from the Water Hub’s Digital Accessibility Guide and River Network’s new Inclusive Communications Guide including accessible website and graphic design, ethical storytelling practices, SEO as an accessibility tool, and more.
Rippling effects: Water affordability advocates bring their stories to Capitol Hill
A recap on the Water Equity & Climate Resilience (WECR) Caucus’ panel on water affordability and the need for a federal low-income water assistance program, held on Capitol Hill.
From ivory tower to real world: Collaborating with influencers to drive policy awareness
How to generate excitement and awareness for water and climate policy issues by partnering with social media influencers and content creators.
Issue Brief: Are Inflation Reduction Act drought dollars funding resilience?
In this issue briefing, we look back at one year of the Inflation Reduction Act and how local leaders hope to shape investments in Western water.
Water Hub Staff Q&A: Zakiyaa Taylor
New Water Hub Communications Manager Zakiyaa dives into her roots and history with environmental justice work.
Flood justice for frontline communities
With billions in federal dollars available to help communities prepare for rising seas and stronger storms, we asked national and community leaders to share their work building flood resilience in frontline communities.
How to use the power of images to enhance your organization’s storytelling
Learn photo and video tips including general principles and technical guidelines to help strengthen your visual storytelling skills.
Memes and GIFs and graphics, oh my! 5 creative ways to tell your story.
How to reach different audiences using content like GIFs and memes and get creative with culture.
Groundwater: The unsung hero
It’s Groundwater Awareness Week! In this blog, we dive into the invisible water source beneath our feet.
Forecasting the year’s hottest water stories
We put on our looking glasses to predict some of the hottest themes we expect (and hope) to see covered in water media this year.
What’s up in Western water news?
We look back on the media conversation around Western water supply, safety, and access in this year’s scan of water news.
Rising Voices: New nonprofit Minnow combats the inextricable link between land, water, and justice
In this issue of the Maven’s Notebook Rising Voices column, Water Hub checks in with Javier Román-Nieves, Director of Strategic Storytelling at Minnow, about discriminatory land and water laws in California and advocating for small farmers in the Bay Area and Northern California.
Learning how to tell your organization’s story
Telling your organization’s story: A discussion on how to get noticed, be heard, and elevate your story as an organization.
Multi-solving with nature in the Colorado River Basin
Recap of our recent media briefing on Colorado River solutions that work with nature and provide multiple benefits to the watershed and communities.
Continuing the conversation on water words
Briget Arndell recaps a recent Water Hub workshop that discussed the the impact and importance of using water words that connect.
The language of One Water
Nicole Lampe reflects on her experience at the One Water Summit, and the ways the language we use to talk about water can connect or exclude.
Building Water Trust: Nuestra Casa Tackles Water Justice in the Bay Area
In this issue of the Maven’s Notebook Rising Voices column, the Water Hub checks in with Water Justice Program Coordinator at Nuestra Casa, Rosa Nelson about water equity in East Palo Alto and the Greater Bay Area.