Activating Our Faith & Hope

Earth is at a turning point, and water is critically threatened across the globe. We need to turn our faith into action in order to create the future we wish to see. Taking the actions below—whether sending an email, signing a petition, placing a phone call, or showing up in person—are ways of practicing active hope.

Waterspirit’s advocacy campaigns are guided by principles of integral ecology and environmental justice. Learn more about each of our major campaigns by clicking on the section headings below. Return to this page often for updated calls to action.

May our collective future be bright!

Join Us in Taking The following Actions

updated 4/28/24

Environmental Justice & Clean Water

• Click here to find your location on this USA Today interactive PFAS (forever chemical) Map

• Send a letter urging your representative support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act

• Send a postcard, Write a letter, to prevent the 4th dirty gas power plant in Newark; Call PVSC Executive Director: Gregory A. Tramontozzi, Esq. at 973-466-2915 or Email: gtramantozzi@pvsc.com Please tell Greg that Newark doesn’t want or need a 4th fossil fuel power plant! LET NEWARK BREATHE!

• Act NOW for a New Jersey Green Amendment SCR43/ACR119, which was just voted through the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, **SIGN this petition**, write a letter to the editor using an online portal put together by our friends at Green Amendments for the Generations. If you’re outside NJ, visit HERE Call them NOW using this easy script a Feel free share this campaign on social media using this kit.

• Help us continue to strengthen Clean Energy Standards being led by overburdened residents in the Ironbound section of Newark. Stay tuned here for updates.

• Tell NJ Governor Murphy to be a sincere climate leader and move off fossil fuels! Email his office and call him at 866-586-4069.

• Send a message to NJ Governor Murphy, NJ Transit, NJ Turnpike Authority to prevent unnecessary transit hikes, urge sensible investments

• Call Senate President Scutari TODAY at 1-866-872-5958 to tell him to hold his dangerous, costly, dirty gas bill (S2275/A1462) which would willingly contaminate sacred water. Thanks to our friends at Food & Water Watch for this easy 1 pager and call in number.

Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure

• Send a letter to Congress to pass the WATER Act

• Share this 2022 environmental justice and stormwater management webinar series with your municipality.

• Email us to book Waterspirit for a green infrastructure presentation today! We are proud to work with many in this space, namely Rutgers University Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program.

Renewable Energy & Climate Crisis

• Sign This Petition to pass S198, the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act, divest NJ’s state pension from deadly fossil fuel, see our volunteer campaign brief to get involved

• Send a letter to NJ Essex County Executive, Joe DiVincenzo, + all Essex County Commissioners to urge them to support a renewable energy alternative to the proposed dirty gas power plant slated for Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission! Essex County Commissioners Unanimously passed a resolution opposing the toxic plant proposed for PVSC. The Newark City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the proposed methane gas plant.

• Protect the critically endangered Atlantic Whale by signing this petition by our dear friends at Save Coastal Wildlife.

• Protect horseshoe crabs from abuse by signing this petition.

If you wish to learn more about how to get involved with Waterspirit’s current advocacy campaigns, sign up for our weekly mailers by filling out the “Get Involved” form below!