Water is Life series with ARA + partners!

Published 5/25/2021  |  Alabama Rivers Alliance

We invite you to join us each Tuesday from noon – 1 pm for the Water is Life Zoom Talk series! We highlight the role that water plays in our lives throughout Alabama and we share how you can participate in the efforts to protect water. You’ll hear from our partners across the state, and leading experts in water protection. We even have a few river and Alabama history lessons thrown in!

As we look around us in the midst of a global pandemic, our slogan, Water is Life, has taken on a whole new meaning, as having plenty of clean water to wash our hands becomes a life-saving ritual.  The Alabama Rivers Alliance and our partners are always thinking about clean water and we know it means many things to many people in Alabama, that’s why we launched our new Water is Life webinar series on Rivers of Alabama Day in 2020!

UPCOMING WATER IS LIFE ZOOM TALKS

Tuesday May 25 – Youth + Climate with Ankur Shah (Sunrise Movement) and Ruby Krasnow (Alabama Environmental Youth Council)

As we continue talking climate in May, we must amplify and learn from the voices of the generations who will inherit the mistakes the older generations have made before them. We will hear from two powerful voices of the youth climate movement here in Alabama. Learn more about the Sunrise Movement and their accomplishments and hear about the new Alabama Environmental Youth Council and how to engage the youth in your current work. We’ll also hear their ideas for how to address the climate issues we are all facing. You won’t want to miss this insightful discussion with the next generation of environmental protectors!

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Tuesday, June 1 –  Water is Life: In The Netherlands with James Lowery

The Netherlands is a fascinating country that must deal daily with living below the level of the North Sea. It has dealt with water control and removal since the 1200s and has learned to live with water instead of against it.  At the same time, the country depends on waterways for living, commerce and travel. The Netherlands is a wonderful combination of old and new; past and future; rural and urban. Join us for a general discussion about The Netherlands, including but unique ideas that we in the United States can learn from The Netherlands and how they handle their water.

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Tuesday, June 8 – Water is Life: TBA

Tuesday, June 15 – Water is Life: TBA

Tuesday, June 22 – Water is Life: TBA

Tuesday, June 29Water is Life: Coal Mining in Alabama with Black Warrior Riverkeeper’s Nelson Brooke

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PAST ZOOM DISCUSSIONS

Tuesday, April 14 – Water is Life:  Intro to the Series 

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Tuesday, April 21 – Water is Life: On the Black Warrior River

with Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Friends of the Locust Fork River, and Friends of Hurricane Creek.

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Tuesday, April 28 – Water is Life: On the Coosa River

with Coosa Riverkeeper. Learn the latest on fish consumption advisories and Swim Guide!

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Tuesday, May 5 -Water is Life: On the Tallapoosa River

with Alabama Rivers Alliance, Save Our Saugahatchee (SOS), and Lake Watch of Lake Martin.

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Tuesday, May 12 – Water is Life: On the Cahaba River

with Cahaba River Society, Cahaba Riverkeeper and Friends of Shades Creek.

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Tuesday, May 19 – Water is Life: On Mobile Bay

with Mobile Baykeeper

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Tuesday, May 26 – Water is Life: On the Choctawhatchee River

with Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper

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Tuesday, June 2 – Water is Life: On the Alabama River

POSTPONED. Read more by clicking here.

Tuesday, June 9 – Water is Life: On the Tennessee River with Tennessee Riverkeeper, Huntsville Canoe Club and WELP

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Tuesday, June 16 – Water is Life: In the Sipsey Wilderness with Wild South

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Tuesday, June 23 – Water is Life:  On the Alabama River with Bill Finch, Finch Conservation and Jason Throneberry, The Nature Conservancy in Alabama.

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Tuesday, June 30 – Water is Life:  On the Chattahoochee River with Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and ACFS (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Stakeholders).

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Tuesday, July 7 – Water is Life:  In the Great Outdoors with Land Trust of North Alabama, Alabama State Parks and the Nature Conservancy in Alabama

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Tuesday, July 14 – Water is Life:  Climate + Justice with Gulf Coast Law and Policy Center and Gasp

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Tuesday, July 21 – Water is Life:  On Little River with Little River Waterkeeper

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Tuesday, July 28 – Water is Life:  Energy with SELC and Energy Alabama

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Tuesday, August 4 – Water is Life: Environmental Education with EEAA, Camp McDowell and Cahaba River Society

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Tuesday, August 11 – Water is Life:  Environmental Justice in Alabama and Beyond with Catherine Flowers

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Tuesday, August 18 -Water is Life: Water Resource Centers with Alabama Water Institute (University of Alabama), Auburn Water Resource Center (Auburn University) and Center for Water Resource Economics (Troy University).

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Tuesday, August 25 – Water is Life: Litter in our Waterways with River Network and Freshwater Land Trust

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Tuesday, September 1 Water is Life: Water Infrastructure with Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and Black Warrior Riverkeeper.

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Tuesday, September 8 Water is Life: Make Your Voice Count! with Alabama Arise, League of Women Voters of Greater Birmingham and Conservation Alabama.

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Tuesday, September 29 – Water is Life: Coal Ash with Mobile Baykeeper.

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Tuesday, October 6 – Water is Life: Birding in Alabama with Alabama Audubon

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Tuesday, October 13 – Water is Life: With Your Legislators with Senator Andrew Jones (R-10) and Representative Neil Rafferty (D-54)

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Tuesday, October 20Water is Life: Biosolids with Julie Lay (impacted community member) and Barry Brock, Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)

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Tuesday, October 27 – Water is Life: Hydropower with Sarah Stokes (SELC) and Colleen McNally-Murphy (Hydro Reform Coalition). Moderated by Jack West (Alabama Rivers Alliance).

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Tuesday, November 3 – BYE WEEK for Election Day.

Tuesday, November 10 – Turtles of Alabama! with Dr. Andy Coleman (Urban Turtle Project) and Sierra Stiles (Turtle Point Science Center)

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Tuesday, November 17 – Water is Life: A Post-Election Conversation with Earthjustice and River Network

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Tuesday, December 1Water is Life: Magnificent Mussels with Dr. Paul Johnson (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) and Dr. Randy Haddock (Newly Retired from Cahaba River Society!)

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Tuesday, December 8 – Water is Life: Responsible Retail with Jason Priest (REI) and more!

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Tuesday, December 15 – Water is Life with Ben Raines, author of the new book, Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System. 

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Tuesday, January 5 – Water is Life: Year in Review + Look Ahead with Cindy Lowry

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Water is Life: Why Government Matters with Dr. Akhlaque Haque (professor, UAB Department of Political Science and Public Administration) & Evan Milligan (Alabama Forward)

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Water is Life: Groundwater in Alabama with Bennett Bearden and Greg Guthrie (both of Geological Survey of Alabama)

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Prisons, People and Pollution with Carla Crowder (Alabama Appleseed), LaTonya Tate (Alabama Justice Initiative) and Morgan Duckett (Alabama Students Against Prisons).

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Water is Life: Caves and Quarries featuring Michael Ray Taylor (author, Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves) and Vicki Carroll (Neighborhood Preservation Coalition)

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Water is Life: Protecting and Promoting Native Fish with Matt Lewis (Native Fish Coalition, Alabama Chapter), Bob Mallard (Native Fish Coalition) and Emily Bastian (Native Fish Coalition).

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Water is Life: With the Sierra Club with Stephen Stetson and Steven DeCaprio

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Water is Life: Dynamite Hill-Smithfield Community Land Trust with Majadi Baruti and Susan Diane Mitchell

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Water is Life: Riparian Forests with Friends of Shades Creek

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Water is Life: Whitewater Paddling in Alabama with Alabama Cup Racing Association, Birmingham Canoe Club, Friends of the Locust Fork River and Stream Beam.

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Water is Life: Energy, Water & Weather with SELC and Energy Alabama

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Water is Life: Office of Water Resources

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Water is Life: Restoring Watersheds Using Regenerative Design with Alan Booker

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Water is Life: Rivers of Alabama Day: Telling Your Story with Glenny Brock (amazing writer and professor), Dr. Bill Deutsch (retired, Auburn University and Alabama Water Watch) and Cleo Stubbs (WELP, Wetlands Environmental Learning Projects).

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Water is Life: Swim Guide with Coosa Riverkeeper, Cahaba Riverkeeper and Mobile Baykeeper

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Water is Life: The Water Wars with Georgia Ackerman (Apalachicola Riverkeeper), Brad Moore (ACF Stakeholders) and Gil Rogers (SELC).

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Water is Life: A Green New Deal with GASP’s Michael Hansen and Nina Morgan

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Water is Life: Climate Impacts to Southeastern Rivers with Scot Duncan 

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Tuesday May 18 – Citizens’ Climate Lobby with John Northrop, Dr. Kenya Goodson and Debbie Chang

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Would you or your group like to be featured as a part of this series? Let us know today! Email Kelly Marshall at kmarshall@alabamarivers.org to learn more.

ABOUT RIVERS OF ALABAMA DAY

Supported by both houses of the legislature, the purpose of this day is to recognize the many valuable assets rivers bring to the State of Alabama. According to the resolution, Alabama’s rivers are a blessing to the state since they provide habitat to high quality freshwater fish, mussel, snail, and crawfish species; supply the water essential to agriculture and industry; and support the state’s multimillion dollar tourism industry. Read more about Rivers of Alabama Day by clicking here.