In the first episode of the Great Futures Podcast featuring Environmental Justice Voices, I speak with Sasha Lewis-Norelle, a youth change-maker in the Twin Cities. We talk about fossil fuels, divestment, and water. Enjoy!

Are you interested in learning more? Check out the following resources!

• Equitable & Just National Climate Platform: https://ajustclimate.org/
  
• Clean Water Action Website: https://www.cleanwateraction.org/
  
• The United States Water Crisis: thewatercrisis.us/
  
• Water Inequality by Nat’l Geo: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/water-inequality/
  
• Water Access + Gender Inequality: https://www.cfr.org/blog/water-access-gender-equality-issue
  
• Water + Class Inequity: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/a-problem:-water-and-inequality
  

Sources:

Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan. 2020. "U.S. Water Supply and Distribution Factsheet." Pub. No. CSS05-17.

“Future Widespread Water Shortage Likely in U.S.” Science in the News, Harvard University - The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 20 Mar. 2019, sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/widespread-water-shortage-likely-in-u-s-caused-by-population-growth-and-climate-change/.

Gleick, Peter H. “A Way Forward?” Last Call at the Oasis, edited by Karl Weber, Public Affairs, 2012, pp. 85–102.

Levinson, Andrew. The United States Water Crisis, May 2019, thewatercrisis.us/.

Rivera-Diaz, Victor. “Widespread Water Inequality Across the United States.” Savethewater.org, Save the Water, 29 Mar. 2021, savethewater.org/widespread-water-inequality-across-the-united-states/.

Schulte, Peter. “Defining Water Scarcity, Water Stress, and Water Risk.” Pacific Institute, 4 Feb. 2014, pacinst.org/water-definitions/.

“The Pillars of Water Equity.” US Water Alliance, US Water Alliance, 2021, uswateralliance.org/wec/framework.

Music: “Awakening Instrumental” by Wataboi from pixbay.