In this issue briefing on the impacts and health concerns of toxic algae, we also dig into the climate connection and available solutions.
Category: Spotlights
Archive of Water Hub spotlights including features about people, places and partners. Includes staff spotlights, partner features and Rising Voices column in Maven’s Notebook.
Water, food, soil, and California’s need for holistic climate policy
Arohi Sharma shares the importance of soil health, soil’s relationship to water quality, and key takeaways from NRDC’s latest regenerative agriculture report.
Water Hub Staff Spotlight Q&A: José Aranda
I draw from past experiences, and incorporate new learnings, to help uplift underrepresented voices in water through the Color of Water initiative. Advancing water equity is at the center of my work.
Envisioning Central Valley 2040
A panel discussion with local environmental justice leaders highlights practices and policies that can build drought resilience and address long standing climate challenges from groundwater to infrastructure and more!
Photo essay: Eyes on the Colorado River
In this photo essay, we toured water infrastructure, restoration projects, Tribal lands, and agricultural areas along the Colorado River.
Rising Voices: Where does it go? Water allocations & algae blooms in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary
In this March Maven’s Notebook column, we spoke with Restore the Delta’s Science Coordinator, Spencer Fern, and Policy Analyst, Tim Stroshane, about the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, and how water gets moved around (or not) in California.
11 Women Making History in the Water Justice Movement
In the United States, unfair water laws and outdated water infrastructure have created inequity in many communities. Despite these challenges, there are women who dedicate their lives to water justice to fight for the protection of our rivers and access to clean water and sanitation. Which is why this Women’s History Month we’re lifting up these women in the water movement: Director [...]
Continue ReadingRising Voices: Water, power and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
We spoke with Kameron Hurt about drought impacts in LA, the importance of water and power as a human right, and how Repower LA is working to protect Los Angeleans from the burden of utility debt.
2021 recap: Color of Water greatest hits
How our Color of Water diverse speakers bureau shined in water media and online in 2021.
Rising Voices: LA Compost on healthy soil for healthy waters and community
As the global community meets in Glasgow for the latest UN climate talks, we spoke with the Union of Concerned Scientists’s Dr. José Pablo Ortiz Partida about climate change in California.
Rising Voices: California adapts to water change
As the global community meets in Glasgow for the latest UN climate talks, we spoke with the Union of Concerned Scientists’s Dr. José Pablo Ortiz Partida about climate change in California.
Rising Voices: Water affordability and shrinking wells
In our October Maven’s Notebook column, we check in with Clean Water Action’s Program Associate, Cristal Gonzalez & California Director, Jennifer Clary, about how the state and it’s communities are responding to a shrinking water supply.
Rising Voices: Realizing the human right to water
In this September issue, we spoke with Community Water Center’s Senior Policy Advocate, Uriel Saldivar, about the expiration of California’s water shut off moratorium, water debt and protecting the human right to water.
Water Hub Staff Q&A: Briget Arndell
New Water Hub Communications Associate Briget Arndell shares her journey and connection to environmental justice work.
Water Hub Staff Q&A: Sade Moore
New Water Hub Communications Associate Sade Moore shares her experiences and passions for environmental justice and storytelling. What’s your name, pronouns, and title? Sade Moore, She/Her/Hers, Communications Associate Where do you call home? Richmond, Virginia What brought you to this work and why does water matter to you? I’m a city girl who wasn’t always passionate about the environment. As a poet, [...]
Continue ReadingRising Voices: Pacoima Beautiful, water and heat in the San Fernando Valley
Rising Voices is a column the Water Hub pens for Maven’s Notebook listening to advocates and organizers in California talk about water issues impacting local communities. This month, as we’ve seen as extreme heat radiates across the West, we checked in with Pacoima Beautiful’s policy director, Andres Ramirez, and lead project planner, Dora Frietze-Armenta, to talk about what’s going on in Los [...]
Continue ReadingStaff spotlight: Jessica Jewell
Hi there. Jessica here, the Water Hub’s new digital director. I’m incredibly humbled to introduce myself and to have the opportunity to be of service to folks fighting for water justice in the West and to support them to tell their stories. I’ve always been deeply passionate about the protection of the Earth and other living things whom we share our wild [...]
Continue ReadingThe future of water infrastructure
With Congress considering billions of dollars in infrastructure funding to help rebuild the economy, we worked with WaterNow Alliance on a video making the case that the next wave of water investments should focus on green and localized infrastructure. From green streets to stormwater parks and on-site water recycling systems, we are seeing communities across the country embrace solutions designed to make wiser use [...]
Continue ReadingWater justice in a warming world
I joined the Water Hub team a few weeks ago and am excited to introduce myself to our community of western water communicators, advocates and partners. Hello! ? While I now call Denver, Colorado home, my love of water and the outdoors goes back to growing up on the east coast in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In elementary school, I spray-painted “Chesapeake [...]
Continue ReadingRelating with COVID-19 and the frank 2020 gathering
Once upon a time in a land far far away, I hopped on two planes to head to Gainesville, Florida for the frank gathering. This was in early February of this year, but why does it feel like 80 years ago because of COVID-19? What an innocent time it was indeed. As I reflect on my experience at frank, the content feels even [...]
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