Episode #1: Flowers on the hidden sanitation access problem in the rural U.S. — 2020 MacArthur Fellow and activist Catherine Coleman Flowers on just how antiquated wastewater systems are in the rural U.S. South, why we need a new approach to the problem, and why urban water access issues get all the attention. Listen to the full episode here or on your favorite podcast…

Episode #2: Becker on solving the water equity crisis in Navajo Nation — Navajo Nation native and associate attorney for the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Bidtah Becker on how the pandemic has highlighted water inequity on the reservation, the difference between a values vs. a solutions focus for increasing water equity, and how COVID could eventually drive increased water equity for the Navajo…

Episode #3: Fleck on why doom-and-gloom narratives about water aren’t accurate — John Fleck, director of the University of New Mexico’s Water Resources Program and author of the book Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths about Water in the West, on why our narratives about water are so gloomy, why water isn’t inevitably for fighting over (or destined to be…

Bold conversations about how we can bring about a future of water abundance for everyone — When most experts talk about water, they talk in terms of scarcity, risk, and blame — a doom-and-gloom future that we can’t escape. Here’s what almost none of the experts talk about: the growing opportunities we now have to create a world of water abundance for everyone — even in…

Scholar and activist Amy Lesen shares how the region’s most vulnerable communities view Ida as the most destructive in their lifetime — Remember Hurricane Ida? It hit Louisiana in late August, knocking out power and water to more than a million people for weeks — and then fell out of the national news. …

What I’m Learning as I Help Set Science-Based Targets for Cities & Corporations — Carbon’s hard. But water’s harder. Hang on — I’ll prove it. One of the most exciting initiatives I’m part of is the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN), a group of experts from more than 45 NGOs, business associations and consultancies that are collectively defining science-based targets (SBTs) for sustainability —…

Tulane’s Mead Allison tells John future coastal urban protection will have to be both built and natural — I stayed in New Orleans for the landfall of Hurricane Ida — and I was impressed by the power of the storm, which didn’t flood the city as Katrina did but still knocked out electricity to more than 1 million people. But I’m new to the area and to hurricanes…

New opportunity to push the boundaries of what’s possible for creating water abundance — Industrial and agricultural pollution. Equity of access to drinking water and sanitation. Sea level rise and coastal resilience. These are among the most pressing water issues facing the United States. It’s time to get serious about addressing them — which means finding solutions at scales that matter. That’s why I’m…

It’s time for an approach to water stewardship that will move the needle on a scale that matters — In the past 10 years corporations have stepped up in unprecedented ways as stewards of water. But to date they’ve primarily taken a “within-the-four-walls” approach, prioritizing typical corporate responsibility outreach and internal efficiency gains. And in cases when companies do move water stewardship efforts beyond their four walls, the work…