Find Inspiration!
Read more about folks who've taken their passion for water and turned it into programs and projects that benefit us, the quality of critical water sources and habitats, and the planet.
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Jonathan Waterman
He's paddled the Colorado River from its headwaters to the delta, in an effort to bring awareness to this mighty river at risk.
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Zeb Hogan
Zeb travels to the most endangered freshwater ecosystems striving to save critically endangered fish.
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Sandra Postel
Sandra is a leading authority on international freshwater issues and is spearheading our global freshwater efforts.
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Alexandra Cousteau
Alexandra has been an advocate for water issues most of her life—from field work in Panama to leading global water expeditions.
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Kenny Broad
Through a unique combination of underwater cave exploration and environmental anthropology, Kenny probes controversial problems ranging from climate change to inequity in natural resource management, focusing most recently on Blue Holes in the Bahamas.
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Tsetsegee Munkhbayar
Tsetsegee Munkhbayar spent his childhood herding yaks on the banks of the Onggi, one of Mongolia's largest rivers. But in the early 1990s this essential life source began shrinking, grew contaminated, and by 2001 its waters had vanished. Tsetsegee has started a movement to bring the river back.
Explore Freshwater
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Help Save the Colorado River
NG's new Change the Course campaign launches. When individuals pledge to use less water in their own lives, our partners carry out restoration work in the Colorado River Basin.
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Water Grabbers: A Global Rush on Freshwater
A special series on how grabbing water from poor people and future generations threatens global food security, environmental sustainability, and local cultures.
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Visualizing Our Global Water Footprint
You might be surprised to see how the daily choices you make affect critical watersheds.
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How Much Water Per Pound?
How much water does it take to put beef, pork, wheat, and more on your plate? Explore our water footprint interactive and find out.
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What is Your Water Footprint?
Find out with our footprint calculator, then pledge to cut it!
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Water Is Life
Explore the pages of National Geographic magazine's special issue devoted to water.
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Why Care About Water?
The National Geographic Society’s freshwater initiative is a multi-year global effort to inspire and empower individuals and communities to conserve freshwater and preserve the extraordinary diversity of life that rivers, lakes, and wetlands sustain.
Freshwater Advocates
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Sandra Postel
Sandra is a leading authority on international freshwater issues and is spearheading our global freshwater efforts.
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Jonathan Waterman
He's paddled the Colorado River from its headwaters to the delta, in an effort to bring awareness to this mighty river at risk.
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Osvel Hinojosa Huerta
For more than 15 years, Osvel Hinojosa Huerta has been resurrecting Mexico's Colorado River Delta wetlands.
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Steady Hands and Fins
Photographer David Doubilet photographs stingrays, sharks, and more.
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Survival Guide: Dodging Locusts
Swarm behaviorist Iain Couzin has a toxic reaction to a locust at the same time his team runs out of food.
Freshwater Advocates
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Sandra Postel
Sandra is a leading authority on international freshwater issues and is spearheading our global freshwater efforts.
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Jonathan Waterman
He's paddled the Colorado River from its headwaters to the delta, in an effort to bring awareness to this mighty river at risk.
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Osvel Hinojosa Huerta
For more than 15 years, Osvel Hinojosa Huerta has been resurrecting Mexico's Colorado River Delta wetlands.
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Manatees Pictures
The Florida manatee is thriving in Kings Bay, and so is tourism. Therein lies the problem.
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New Photos: Red Gold
Inside the Amazon's rush on mahogany, a threatened tree.
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The New Oil Landscape
The fracking frenzy in North Dakota has boosted the U.S. fuel supply—but at what cost?
