Following years of leadership in green infrastructure and water advocacy, Waterspirit’s Public Policy & Justice Organizer was invited by New Jersey Future to moderate a panel on Water Affordability at the annual Jersey Water Works member meeting. In addition to water quality, water affordability is a topic is one she has been educating and advocating about in the state, working ever closely with government and utilities, supported by coalition partners, including New Jersey Future.
Waterspirit was given information about a local water quality issue in Holmdel that could impact 300,000 residents in Monmouth County reliant upon local drinking water. Naturally we made time to attend the latest related convening, which was a Planning Board level hearing. Often we help translate complex water science into accessible understanding, empowering residents to ask informed questions and advocate effectively. Showing up is an act of collective care and show up, we did.
Reflect on the deeper meaning of the winter season at Saturday's Winter Solstice Celebration. Join us in person or online. Learn how to participate by reading this week's mailer. Click this link to see all of our upcoming events.
See all of our upcoming events in this week's mailer, and learn how to enter to win a free yoga session! CLICK HERE to read this week’s updates.
If NJ had a Green Amendment, agencies could no longer ignore climate and cumulative impacts of injustice as PVSC and NJDEP arguably have done in this instance. Pope Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si’, “There is an urgent need to develop policies so that, in the next few years, the emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gases can be drastically reduced, for example, substituting for fossil fuels and developing sources of renewable energy.”
Across sacred Earth, many faith and spiritual traditions—Indigenous, Earth-centered, interfaith—recognize water as sacred, as a gift of life entrusted to us, not for profit, but for care. In this moment, New Jersey is at a crossroads; will we respond with short-term conservation calls, or will we recognize water as what it truly is: a fundamental human and ecological right?
It's Giving Tuesday! Please help keep our water-protecting work going by making a meaningful gift today. Learn more about our annual appeal and see all of our upcoming events in this week's mailer. You can also see photos from our presentation at the Yale Divinity School symposium on water cosmology. Click here to read it all!
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-Our Annual Appeal
-Advocacy Updates
-Event Recaps, Upcoming Events
And More!
Northern Monmouth County, NJ- The newly formed Monmouth Watershed Alliance (NMWA) (www.monmouthwater.org) held its inaugural “Know Your Stream Day” on October 25, 2025, bringing together residents, municipal partners and watershed experts to take a closer look at the water systems that connect our communities from the hills to the shore. The event served as a timely reminder that the health of our streams and stormwater infrastructure is intimately linked to drought conditions, flood risk, ecosystem vitality and our collective responsibility to water.
