In 2017 & 2018, Cape Town went through one of the worst water crises in the city’s history. As the city approached ‘Day Zero’, when it would effectively run out of water, many residents experienced the danger of climate change induced drought on a massive scale....
For many Indigenous Americans, water is a sacred, necessary aspect of their culture. However, today, many tribes are having to wrestle with increasingly polluted waterways due to poor or misguided government regulations. In this talk, Indigenous American legal scholar...
Many First Nations communities in Canada have gone for years without clean drinking water, in what have been described as “Third-World conditions in a First-World country.” Justin Trudeau came to power in 2015 promising to fix this grave inequity. However, while some...
For at least 60,000 years, Indigenous Australians have sustainably managed Australia’s environment and water. However, contemporary water management strategies leave Indigenous communities at risk. In this video, published by the CSIRO and narrated by traditional...
In this film by American Rivers and Swiftwater Films, Indigenous leaders share why removing four dams to restore a healthy Klamath River is critical for clean water, food sovereignty and justice. “This river is our umbilical cord. What feeds us, what nurtures us. This...
A story 65,000-plus years in the making — the Nyikina Dreaming of Woonyoomboo — has been created in an interactive multimedia e-book for Nyikina young people before some locations are potentially damaged by development.Gooniyandi woman Helen Malo and Walmajarri man...
First Nations communities in Canada pursue clean drinking water through the courts. Find out more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-first-nations-communities-pursue-clean-drinking-water-through-the/ Photo by Global Water Forum’s Flickr WARNINGS: These...
Meet the Aboriginal family fighting to save the Murray-Darling Basin. Watch the video on SBS: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1820071491897/meet-the-aboriginal-family-fighting-to-save-the-murray-darling-basin Source: SBS WARNINGS: These stories may contain...
Learn the Martuwarra Fitzroy River’s stories, from its First Nation’s People. There are nine stories to watch including Selina’s story and Hozaus’s story. Selina reflects on the importance of protecting the Martuwarra Fitzroy River for future generations and Hozaus...
The Grassy Narrows people in Canada have a special relationship to the river. However, the Indigenous community has been devastated by mercury poisoning in the river system. Fish and tap water were contaminated with extremely high levels of mercury, causing...