People Stories

The Curse of Plastic Ocean Waste Now Part of the Cure

Much of the natural beauty around it remains intact but the town of Santa Teresa is no longer the undiscovered…

7 years ago

Meet the teenager who solved his First Nation’s drinking water problems

A 19-year-old from North Spirit Lake First Nation is the key to solving a boil water advisory in place in…

7 years ago

Ojibwe Grandmother has walked 17,000 km to raise consciousness about water

A First Nations elder who has "walked the equivalent of half the earth's circumference" to build awareness about pollution, laws,…

7 years ago

Long-time protector of Ottawa River, Patricia Tait, offers tips on how to preserve local water resources

How can an ordinary person become a change maker? One step at a time. Check out these tips: A river…

7 years ago

Researcher crusades for policies to protect water: Dr. Deborah Swackhamer

An Agate Original (link below) | Dr. Deborah Swackhamer It’s March, and Deb Swackhamer recently returned to Minnesota from the…

7 years ago

This is amazing – Eva got the clean water she demanded!

Eva Tolage, a young activist from Tanzania, launched Stand With Eva back in February 2015 and since then has been…

7 years ago

Animation, Storytelling Chronicle the Yellow Quill First Nation’s Water Struggles

University of Saskatchewan research group interviewed 22 elders from First Nation community Animation might not be the first thing you…

7 years ago

Meet the visionary who restored 5,500 acres of wrecked Texas land to paradise

Fifty years ago, the wildly inspiring David Bamberger bought the worst land he could find with the aim of bringing…

7 years ago

Mahlagha Mallah: Mother of Iran’s Environment

Mahlagha Mallah, known as the “mother of Iran’s environment,” has devoted her life to raising awareness of environmental issues in…

7 years ago

Watergrabbing — A Story of Water

WATERGRABBING: HOW YOU CAN SAVE THE PLANET AND HELP THE ONES DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHT TO WATER — The expression…

7 years ago