Take a meditative walk, led by experienced naturalist Anne Price. Each unique walk inspires mindful connections with the natural elements for a range of healthful benefits. Mindfulness practices and deepening our connection to nature can help reduce stress, reduce anxiety, and heighten our consciousness. Join us as we open our hearts and minds to the wonder and sacredness of the natural world. Ages: 18+ Cost: $10 per person.

Please join us at the Monmouth County Faith & Ecology Meetup! This is an informal, interfaith gathering for people of faith working on environmental issues in our county. Let's meet each other and learn what we are working on in our faith communities! What issues are inspiring us? What challenges are we facing? Let's grow and learn together at this fun networking event. Refreshments will be provided.

The event will engage folks from all life backgrounds in a day of programming that educates, inspires, and gives them opportunities to get involved in organized actions and strategic campaigns for clean energy, climate and environmental justice. REGISTER HERE

The movement for a rapid and just transition from fossil fuels is growing after some big victories in recent months, such as the cancellations of gas power plants in Woodbridge and Kearny, but we need to activate more people to build the kind of mass movement that is necessary to win these critical fights for our future.  This event will be a chance to share skills and knowledge, learn about how to win campaigns, build community with one another, and step into action.

This event will be held in person on the Rutgers University campus with an option to join via zoom.  We intend to offer food and childcare to all participants, as well as transportation to and from the train station and Spanish language translation for any attendees who request it. (Here’s the website in Spanish) Transportation information HERE.

Waterspirit continues a legacy of advocating for clean and safe water for all, hearing the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor. Honing in on skills for organizers both seasoned and new alike is always a good idea. While Waterspirit is not speaking this year, we are sponsoring and will be tabling at this event so stop on by! REGISTER HERE

The NJ Grassroots Organizing Conference (NJGOC) is a networking and training event for student and community organizers across the state of New Jersey.

Trainings will focus on the principles of core organizing skills, in a way that’s applicable across the board (not issue-specific) 

Briefings will dive into the details of a specific issue, ongoing or recently-won campaigns, insights on how to succeed in campaigning on that issue, and opportunities for action

The GOC will take place Saturday April 6th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Rutgers Labor Education Center (50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick, NJ 08901). Check out the Speakers List here and let us know if you have any questions.

PARKING questions? Please follow the link to register your vehicle beforehand here.

Join us on Wednesday March 20 at 11:30 am as we monitor the beaches of Snug Harbor in Highlands, NJ for Microplastics. Plastic pollution continues to enter our coastal waters and the list of wild animals affected by plastic debris is growing to include not only sea turtles, whales and seabirds, but shellfish and planktonic fish. Participants will join Waterspirit’s program manager, Anne Price, as she collects samples from the beach near the Highlands Borough Community Center to be studied for microplastics. We will discuss what we are looking for, why we are monitoring, and what is done with the data. Registration required

Daylight is lengthening, temperatures are warming, trees are blooming and we are celebrating. Join Waterspirit on March 19 as we celebrate the arrival of Spring with music, movement, poetry and contemplation. The Spring Equinox is a time to reflect on the freshness and excitement of the rebirth of nature. We look forward to the April showers which will water our gardens and bring forth new life.

Bring your family and friends to Waterspirit and join in the celebration. The program will be celebrated in person and livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

Waterspirit is pleased to announce our Public Policy & Justice Organizer, Rachel Dawn Davis, will be speaking at this environmental justice focused Green Amendment webinar!

Join host Terrance L. Bankston, Environmental Justice (EJ) & Green Amendment advocate, as he leads a team of advocates and EJ leaders in exploring the campaign for a NJ Green Amendment, where we are now and what is needed, how critical the amendment is for EJ communities throughout the state, and the importance of EJ leaders and organizations state-wide getting more engaged and leading in the call for the protection of their environmental rights, NOW!

Speakers include: Maya van Rossum, Founder of the Green Amendment for The Generations Movement; Jamal Littles, Non-Profit Leader for Youth and Young Adults; Regina Townes, Retired Longshoreman of Port Authority, Newark & Ports Organizer for the South Ward Environmental Alliance; Rachel Davis, Public Policy & Justice Organizer for Waterspirit; Erica Beverett, Community Organizer, Parents Engaging Parents; Student Leaders and Union Members, and more in this virtual presentation on our NJ Green Amendment campaigning efforts.

Register to join here: bit.ly/NJGAEJ 

Introducing 40 Weeks of Action as part of the Poor People’s Campaign National Call for Moral Revival. We will come together in fusion coalition and gather in Trenton to ensure the voices of poor people are heard. We will be part of simultaneous actions across the land. Hear about it on the C-SPAN broadcast of the Poor People’s Campaign Press Conference from February 5, 2024

Stay tuned for updates and keep these key dates in mind:

Become a partner with the NJ Poor People’s Campaign: REGISTER HERE

Monday February 20th, 2024 - [38 weeks out]- Press conference in Trenton 12PM ET at the WWII Memorial email newjersey@poorpeoplescampaign.org for the media advisory - Livestream on Facebook 2/20 12PM

Saturday March 2nd, 2024- Nationally coordinated, simultaneous statehouse assemblies across the country. REGISTER HERE FOR THE RALLY IN TRENTON - RAIN LOCATION: Turning Point Methodist Church 15 S Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08608- see event registration link above for details

Monday, March 4th, 2024- [35 weeks out]- A diverse state delegation delivers our demands to every door / elected official in their statehouse.

Any questions? Email newjersey@poorpeoplescampaign.org

Join Waterspirit’s Book Club for our Feb 26 meeting as we discuss the book SAND TALK: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World By Tyson Yunkaporta

A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living.

As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?

In this thoughtful, culturally rich, mind-expanding book, he provides answers. Yunkaporta’s writing process begins with images. Honoring indigenous traditions, he makes carvings of what he wants to say, channeling his thoughts through symbols and diagrams rather than words. He yarns with people, looking for ways to connect images and stories with place and relationship to create a coherent world view, and he uses sand talk, the Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge.

In Sand Talk, he provides a new model for our everyday lives. Rich in ideas and inspiration, it explains how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everyone and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.

Most of all it’s about a very special way of thinking, of learning to see from a native perspective, one that is spiritually and physically tied to the earth around us, and how it can save our world.

Join Waterspirit as we celebrate 26 years of service to protecting sacred waters with a Water Ceremony by the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. The ceremony will include poetry readings, a candle-lit labyrinth on the sand and watching the full moon rise. Join us at Sandy Hook Parking Area C and share this special moment with us. *This is a fair-weather event. All registered participants will be notified via email if we need to cancel due to inclement weather.

Join Waterspirit’s program manager, Anne Price, as she monitors seals at Sandy Hook.

Did you know there are several species of seal which visit NJ? The Seals feed and then haul out to rest and digest. Save Coastal Wildlife and has been recruiting and training volunteers to monitor these seasonal populations. Our own Anne Price has been trained as a volunteer. She is inviting the public to join her at Sandy Hook to see the seals in person. We will watch the seals and record data to report. While we are there, we will discuss all of the wildlife around us.

Registration is required for this free event.

We will meet near the restrooms in parking area D in Sandy Hook. So grab your binoculars, your spotting scope and your camera, and come join us.

Dress for the weather. There is no protection from the elements. The seals don't mind wind and rain, so we have to be prepared as well.

In the U.S., all marine mammals, including seals, are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Please be respectful. Whether with us or on your own, please view and photograph seals from a distance of at least a 150 feet away (half a football field). Further is better! For the seals’ sake, please do not bring pets to this event.

Joining us is free, but spaces are limited and registration is required.

Waterspirit is co-sponsoring this event.

The BTS Center, in partnership with The Many, invite you to Lament with Earth — five seasonal events which will include original music, poetry, rituals, images, scripture and videos to reflect different seasons of loss through the liturgical year. These events are free and interactive, inviting you to pray and sing along and to bring your own sense of loss and sadness into this communal space. The first event will take place on November 1, 2023, with following events held in December, February, May, and June.

Please join us for our 2024 kickoff Statewide Zoom on Tues, Feb. 13, at 7:00pm! REGISTER HERE: (or scan the QR code)

We’ll be taking “on-the-spot actions” & discuss our campaign to get the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill passed in the NJ Senate! #TimeToDivestNJ

Waterspirit is supporting education and outreach about the NJ Fossil Fuel Divestment Act and remains steadfast in the lived proof that non-extractive investments may fare out well economically, environmentally and socially. Waterspirit acts to understand the root cause so we may remedy it if need be, rather than merely treating the symptoms. To effectively address the issues of fossil fuel dependence, it is crucial we cut consumption off at the source.

The NJ Green Amendment amends the NJ constitution, granting everyone in the state the right to pure water, clean air, a stable climate & healthy environment.

Hear from local advocates, including Waterspirit’s Public Policy & Justice Organizer, who has been training and expanding upon the need for a green amendment, the impacts similar legislation has had in other states, and…. how NJ community members (like you) can join the fight today!

Hosted by League of Women Voters, Camden County, Waterspirit, and League of Women Voters, NJ, Featuring the NJ Student Sustainability Coalition and Green Amendments for the Generations! REGISER HERE

Join Waterspirit’s program manager, Anne Price, as she monitors seals at Sandy Hook.

Did you know there are several species of seal which visit NJ? The Seals feed and then haul out to rest and digest. Save Coastal Wildlife and has been recruiting and training volunteers to monitor these seasonal populations. Our own Anne Price has been trained as a volunteer. She is inviting the public to join her at Sandy Hook to see the seals in person. We will watch the seals and record data to report. While we are there, we will discuss all of the wildlife around us.

Registration is required for this free event.

We will meet near the restrooms in parking area C in Sandy Hook. So grab your binoculars, your spotting scope and your camera, and come join us.

Dress for the weather. There is no protection from the elements. The seals don't mind wind and rain, so we have to be prepared as well.

In the U.S., all marine mammals, including seals, are federally protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Please be respectful. Whether with us or on your own, please view and photograph seals from a distance of at least a 150 feet away (half a football field). Further is better! For the seals’ sake, please do not bring pets to this event.

Joining us is free, but spaces are limited and registration is required.

Waterspirit is asking you to come out in the cold to help us protect the sacred waters. We will be conducting our next scheduled beach clean-up at Sandy Hook on 1/27/24 from 10 am - noon. Please join us. Together we can make a difference. Registration required.

Please bring gloves. Wear clothes that can get dirty. Please wear boots or old shoes that can get muddy. We need lots of people to help remove lots of trash!

Please join us at the Monmouth County Faith & Ecology Meetup! This is an informal, interfaith gathering for people of faith working on environmental issues in our county. Let's meet each other and learn what we are working on in our faith communities! What issues are inspiring us? What challenges are we facing? Let's grow and learn together at this fun networking event. Refreshments will be provided.

Waterspirit’s Executive Director will be preaching at the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson. The sermon title is “Faithful People of the Water”. Jesus’ ministry on the shores of Galilee suggests how we can create holy relationships with water. Reading: Jonah 3:1-5,10 ; Mark 1:14-20.

All are welcome to attend this service in person, or watch online on the church’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.

Waterspirit has grown involved in supporting the current New Jersey Poor People's Campaign over the past 3 years. As we enter into 2024, conditions of inequality have grown perpetually worse, according to Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, ALICE figures and recent state fact sheets sourced by the Poor People's Campaign. The PPC addresses systemic injustices that perpetuate water scarcity, contamination, and unaffordability in poor, low-income communities of color. Waterspirit hopes a focus on water justice will uplift voices of marginalized communities to advocate for their right to access a fundamental resource necessary for human dignity and well-being. 

Gather together with us at the Reformed Church of Highland Park and view the film “On the Case” the 1968 footage of the initial Poor People’s Campaign. We will bring together history and the present struggles in New Jersey and across the land. The New Jersey Poor People’s Campaign Coordinating Committee members are glad to invite you to support the NJ Poor People’s Campaign starting with the multi-state mass assemblies taking place March 2nd. To RSVP, click HERE. To register to receive alerts from NJ Poor People’s Campaign, fill out the form here: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/new-jersey/ or email newjersey@poorpeoplescampaign.org

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with Waterspirit and friends as we commemorate the deeper meaning of the winter season with reflections, contemplation, music, and movement.

Join Waterspirit and friends as we commemorate the deeper meaning of the winter season with reflections, contemplation, music, and movement. The winter solstice is the longest night, when we are tipped as far away from the sun as we will get this year. The official start to the cold winter season is marked by the sun seeming to stand still in the sky. We huddle up against the cold and seek the comfort of our hearth fires and heart-fires. Celebrate this longest night as we welcome the return of the longer days.

We are honored to have the musical talents of the amazing Patty Cronheim and friends for your listening pleasure. Patty is not only an amazing volunteer and dedicated environmentalist. Patty is also a talented singer, songwriter and musician. We are truly looking forward to her amazing performance. If you’d like a preview of some of Patty’s music, visit her website www.pattycronheim.com

Great Mother Earth, bless us with true understanding of the cycles of your seasons!

This event will be held in-person at our headquarters at 4 E. River Rd. Rumson. It will also be livestreamed to our YouTube channel. We are looking forward to welcoming Winter with you!

All in-person participants are joyfully invited to join us after the celebration for refreshments and fellowship.

Waterspirit is co-sponsoring this event.

The BTS Center, in partnership with The Many, invite you to Lament with Earth — five seasonal events which will include original music, poetry, rituals, images, scripture and videos to reflect different seasons of loss through the liturgical year. These events are free and interactive, inviting you to pray and sing along and to bring your own sense of loss and sadness into this communal space. The first event will take place on November 1, 2023, with following events held in December, February, May, and June.

Take a meditative walk, led by experienced naturalist Anne Price. Each unique walk inspires mindful connections with the natural elements for a range of healthful benefits. Mindfulness practices and deepening our connection to nature can help reduce stress, reduce anxiety, and heighten our consciousness. Join us as we open our hearts and minds to the wonder and sacredness of the natural world.

Ages: 18+

Cost: $20

Each year on November 30 people all around the world take time to remember plants and animals that have gone extinct in our lifetime. Waterspirit has assembled a group of caring people who have dedicated their lives to protecting nature to discuss what we have lost and what we can do to protect species remaining in peril. Join Pat Heaney from The Watershed Institute, Jenna Reynolds from Save Coastal Wildlife, Larissa Smith from the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ and Anne Price from Waterspirit as we mourn what we have lost, contemplate what we can do and offer support and hope for all creation. Together we can make a difference.

The program will take place on Zoom. Links to the meeting will arrive via confirmation email after completing registration.

On the day when most Americans are heading to the mall, we are heading to the beach and we want you to join us.

We begin by exploring the maritime forest. We share a few mindfulness practices and learn more about this unique habitat. At the end of the walk we exit the forest and walk onto the sandy beach. We will enjoy a small water ceremony before returning to the parking area.

Please join us for a screening of "The Letter”, produced by Oscar-winning Off the Fence Productions in collaboration with Laudato Si’ Movement and the Vatican, followed by discussion and supper. The film brings to life the transformative vision of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on the environment, to inspire lasting action for our common home. Co-sponsored by the Green Ministries of St. Anselm Church, St. George Greek Orthodox Church and Waterspirit. All are welcome! The film lends itself to family discussion, so middle and high school students are invited to attend with a parent.

Waterspirit is co-sponsoring this event.

The BTS Center, in partnership with The Many, invite you to Lament with Earth — five seasonal events which will include original music, poetry, rituals, images, scripture and videos to reflect different seasons of loss through the liturgical year. These events are free and interactive, inviting you to pray and sing along and to bring your own sense of loss and sadness into this communal space. The first event will take place on November 1, 2023, with following events held in December, February, May, and June.