Waterkeeper Alliance isn’t a movement that just identifies problems; we also solve them. And that’s what Waterkeeper groups around the world are doing in the face of climate change — growing oysters in Hawaii, preserving carbon sinks in Cambodia, restoring mangroves in Vietnam, stopping fossil fuel infrastructure projects in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and addressing water security in Southern California.
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper is restoring shorelines along the Buffalo and Niagara rivers to stop erosion, restore wildlife habitat, and filter certain types of pollution — like lawn fertilizer and pet waste — before they reach waterways.
Read Now: Australia’s Government Heeds the Yarra River’s Call of the Wild
Read Now: Native Oysters Return to Their Namesake Waters: Pearl Harbor
Preservation
You Will Not Dam This Holy River
Nepal’s Karnali River is one of the longest undammed rivers on Earth, and Karnali Riverkeeper Megh Ale has devoted his life to making sure it stays that way.
Read Now: Rio Mapacho Waterkeeper Makes a Stand for Peru’s Majestic Glaciers
Read Now: New Hope for Climate Protection on the Hudson — and Beyond
Education & Leadership
Greening China’s Test-Frenzied Classrooms
Qiantang River Waterkeeper’s River Angels program, one of the first of its kind, offers China’s schoolchildren a chance to get involved in the country’s efforts to improve its air, water, soil, and ecology.
Read Now: Putting People and Nature First in Texas’s Petrochemical Corridor
Read Now: Ending the Dangerous Folly of Nuclear Power in South Florida
Read Now: Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change in the Heartland
Innovation
Turning a Water Crisis into a Path to Peace
Letter from the Executive Director
In a movement of problem solvers, EcoPeace Middle East, home to the three Jordan River Waterkeeper groups in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, is pursuing a plan so visionary and audacious that it offers all of us a paradigm for tackling climate change.
Waterkeeper Magazine puts readers on the front lines of the planetary environmental crisis with more than 350 local Waterkeeper groups on six continents fighting for their rivers, lakes, and coastal waters—and for the planet. These amazing advocates have dedicated their lives to protecting clean water and the irreplaceable water sources for nearly a billion people.
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