CONFLUENCE: WEAVING RIVERS AND THEIR GUARDIANS

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Confluence is a project organized by a core team of Weave News and Talking Rivers editors and storytellers. It is a platform for all those who want to listen to the waters that flow by and through them. Together we are honoring the rights of the rivers, streams, lakes, oceans, seas, aquifers, and all the waters that make up this tapestry of life. Water doesn't follow our human laws and schemes, but we have the responsibility to protect their rights, for they deserve a just and equitable relationship with us, humans.

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Against the Current: A Mexican Town Reclaims Its River
Against the Current: A Mexican Town Reclaims Its River

Alexandra Rauscher explores how Vive Río San Juan and Tequisquiapan Verde are working against the current of constant economic growth, creating a grassroots coalition to protect the river that brings life to their community.

Ancient Voices: The Call Against Contamination of Mayan Cenotes
Ancient Voices: The Call Against Contamination of Mayan Cenotes

The light of the sun finds its way through the small hole in the ceiling, turning the water bright and blue. A sharp contrast to the otherwise dark cave, with limestone walls that seem to enclose you in a tight, cold grip. Stalactites have formed over thousands of years, and plants have started to grow from the opening of the cave, cascading into the water. The air is damp with the earthy scent of rock and minerals, it pulls you in.

Owámniyomni: Waters Speak
Owámniyomni: Waters Speak

I barely remember what I was before this, before the monotonous concrete slope you designed. I slide down it as hard as I can, still spraying and twisting and foaming with a neverending hissing roar as I land in the waters below me, but I sense that something has been lost.

Community Gardens in a War Zone: A Call for Solidarity
Community Gardens in a War Zone: A Call for Solidarity

How do you take care of community gardens in a war zone? How do you educate communities about the importance of protecting non-human animal rights while you hear machine guns firing in the distance? For those who live in countries that have the privilege of peace, these conditions might be hard to imagine. However, the Initiative pour le Progrès et la Protection de l'Environnement (IPPE), or the Initiative for Environmental Progress and Protection, has become all too familiar with realities of running an environmental nonprofit amidst waves of mineral extraction-fueled wars.

Great Salt Lake and the Uinta Basin: An Intertwined History
Great Salt Lake and the Uinta Basin: An Intertwined History

I live in Salt Lake City, which lies between the Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake, on the ancestral lands of the Ute, Goshute, and Shoshone peoples. My ancestors are Mormon settlers who colonized the Salt Lake Valley in the 1800s. Like many here, I became concerned in the last few years about the drying of Great Salt Lake.

Sustainable Food Systems and Animal Rights in War-Torn North Kivu, DRC
Sustainable Food Systems and Animal Rights in War-Torn North Kivu, DRC

The province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is home to a vibrant tapestry of mountain rain forests and savannas, woven together by the rivers that feed Lake Edwards and Lake Kivu. It is also a region that is torn apart by war. The interests of neighboring countries and international economic forces have fueled the violence that has displaced more than 2.8 million people and is devastating the local ecosystems. Amidst the ongoing chaos, however, water and earth guardians continue to work to create a better future for their communities and their more-than-human neighbors. One of these brave humans is Justin Lumoo Paluku, who works with the Initiative pour le Progrès et la Protection de l'Environnement (IPPE), or the Initiative for Environmental Progress and Protection.

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