Welcoming Winter with Waterspirit

On Saturday, December 20, Waterspirit welcomed winter with music, poetry, contemplation, and movement. Doug Jay helped us sing along to his original songs inspired by nature. Angel Tener led us through gentle yoga-inspired movements to move our bodies into the new season. Waterspirit’s staff and special guest readers helped us tap into the beauty and depth of winter’s generative dark while welcoming the return of the light. Thank you to all of our volunteers and participants, both online and in person!

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Water Affordability 2025 & Beyond

Water Affordability 2025 & Beyond

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.

From Knowledge to Protection: Community as a Caregiver

From Knowledge to Protection: Community as a Caregiver

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.

How a NJ Green Amendment Could Have Blocked the PVSC Dirty Methane/Hydrogen Plant

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.”

When Wells Run Low, NJ's Drought Must Revive Our Sharing Spirit

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?