💧 603 clots pulled from Earth's arteries ~ plus 33% off everything for my birthday ~ And a Shift in Perspective on Water Rights
Well friends, We're all coming off the heels of an eclipse that closes a chapter on an 18-month cycle, and I hope you're feeling the blessing of that shift in energy. As a virgo sun / pisces moon woman myself, I'm very relieved the nodes are shifting to a new axis now! And I'm spending this Friday compiling these goodies for you and looking forward to some girltime at the magical waters of Bacalar, the lake of seven colors, this weekend. I know how dreary and disheartening it can be to witness the state of the world lately. So from now on, newsletters open with Water WINS: uplifting, genuinely good news about Water, along with the calls to action that let us be part of those good changes ourselves. And, of course, your inside scoop on deals, discounts, and events. Without further ado, let's dive in.
🩸 603 Clots Just Got Pulled From Earth's ArteriesEurope pulled 603 clots out of Earth's circulatory system last year. A record 603 river barriers were removed across 21 countries in 2025, the highest number ever recorded, reconnecting more than 3,740 km (2,324 miles) of river. That beats 2024's 542 by 11%, and it's a sixfold increase since the first continental count in 2020. Sweden led for the first time with at least 173 removals, followed by Finland and Spain. Iceland and North Macedonia removed their first river barriers ever, bringing participating countries to 29. (Dam Removal Europe Annual Report 2025) A dam is an arterial clot. That's not a metaphor. The waters within are mirrored in the waters without, and a river carries sediment, nutrients, temperature, and living beings through a body the same way your blood carries oxygen and minerals and immune cells and microbiome through yours. Block the artery and everything downstream starves while everything upstream stagnates and floods, same as in a body. Pull the clot and circulation returns. Every single dam removal is a healing for the body of the Earth, and 603 of them happened in one year. Celebrate every one.
Plus...🩵 Residents beat a $1 billion Google data center. They're not too big to stop. Google's billion-dollar water-guzzling data center was shut down by the residents of Indianapolis. Ordinary people, organized, against one of the largest companies on Earth, and the people won. 🩵In fact, over $130 Billion in AI data centers have been blocked or delayed in 2026. 🩵French Polynesia gave its highest level of protection to 1,086 million km² of ocean, nearly twice the size of France, off limits to mining, trawling, and industrial fishing. 🩵And researchers found 165,000 square kilometers of coral reef that can survive warming seas, three times more than anyone expected.
My birthday gift to you is 33% off everything I've made. My birthday is on the 4th, and I'm offering 33% off anything and everything at waterislife.academy from now until September 5th. So if you've had your eye on any of the workbooks, classes, or courses, or even the 1-on-1 hydration consultation, now's the time to accept my birthday gift to you, and it will also be a gift to me ;) win-win! Use code HAPPYBDAY Might I recommend a few of my recent favorites:
🎙️ The Water is Life Podcast New Season Kicks Off MondayNew season. New episode every two weeks. Starts Monday. The Water is Life Podcast's new season kicks off on Monday. Mark your calendars for the YouTube premiere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9bBJT2LyMU New episode every two weeks from here on out. We open with Zach Weiss on the land design secrets that heal drought. His work is the practical answer to almost everything in the rest of this letter, so read the next few sections and then come to Monday's premiere knowing exactly why it matters.
🏜️ Lake Mead and Lake Powell Just Hit Their Lowest Levels Ever RecordedAmerica's two biggest reservoirs are at their lowest levels since the day they were filled. In August 2026 the nation's two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both on the Colorado River, hit their lowest levels since they first began to be filled in 1936 and 1963. The federal government and the seven Colorado River basin states have been unable to reach an agreement about who should reduce water usage by how much to avoid catastrophic declines in lake levels. (Sarah Porter, Water Online, Aug 27 2026) And this is crucial, because if the states can't reach an agreement, then the notoriously nature-destroying regime of convicted felon Donald Trump will step in federally to impose a 10-year management plan by October 1, 2026. One can assume this plan will be entirely crafted around extracting as much profit as possible for corporate interests, with little regard for the water, the people, or the land that rely on those waters. Meanwhile the Interior Department has finalized its plans for 2027-2028 Colorado River operations. The operating rules are being set while the allocation fight remains unresolved. Corpus Christi, Texas is on track to become the first modern US city to run out of water. The city has roughly one year of water in storage, and its water emergency declaration was pushed to fall 2028 only because storm floodwater happened to refill some reservoirs. A desalination plant has been discussed since 2017 and remains tangled in red tape and funding fights. (Texas Tribune · Circle of Blue) Of course, the Trump regime has been cutting back the programs that monitor and protect water quality ever since he first took office a couple lifetimes ago.
🦠 A Data Center Contaminated a City's Water System and Got Permanently BannedA rare bacteria hit Cheyenne's water. Officials traced it to a data center. A rare bacterium, Cupriavidus gilardii, was detected in part of Cheyenne, Wyoming's water system, prompting an investigation into its source. Officials traced the contamination to a Meta data center's cooling system, that sent used cooling water into the city's sanitary sewer. Cheyenne's Board of Public Utilities permanently terminated Meta's discharge privileges and adopted a new policy prohibiting wastewater discharges from data centers using closed-loop and fill-and-flush cooling. (Wyoming Tribune Eagle · Fortune) A city caught it, named it, and banned it. That's what vigilance looks like.
💰 Who Profits From Water Scarcity?Everyone's talking about AI and water. Nobody's talking about who profits. Researchers estimate that AI used between 312.5 and 764.6 billion liters of water this year, as much as the worldwide consumption of bottled water. And yes, the data center question is important, but it's largely a misdirection. Everyone's talking about AI and no one's talking about AGRICULTURE, which uses vastly more water. Roughly 70 percent of all freshwater withdrawals worldwide go to agriculture, and most of that runs through outdated flood and furrow irrigation methods, which lose around half of every drop applied to runoff, seepage, and evaporation before it ever reaches a root. (FAO · efficiency figures per Penn State GEOG) And no one seems to be asking whether these data centers really need to suck our lifeblood dry like evil robot vampires in the first place. Do these giant operations really have to be malignant ticks feasting on our water supply at all? Or are they being operated that way on purpose, by choice, by the billionaire who stand to gain unfathomable profits from water scarcity? So when you consider that China is FAR ahead of the US when it comes to AI, yet only has 450 data centers, whereas the US has 5,381, and they're guzzling water, we have to ask ourselves: Who profits from water scarcity? Who stands to gain the most from looming water wars? How does a water crisis fit into Agenda 2030? And why do the corporate players in water privatization, who have been quietly moving all their chess pieces in place for the last 50 years to ensure that when the United States reaches the level of water shortage that the US's own economic policies have been forcing upon other countries in the south (in other words, when karma inevitably comes home to thirstily roost), stand to profit more from this disaster than any other Hegelian dialectic scenario that has been implemented in their dystopian pipe dream so far? Because blue gold is the new black gold. We don't need gold to survive every day, but we do need Water, which means that (in a world where water is privatized) scarce Water becomes the most valuable asset on Earth. Those of us who were born since the 80s (where my fellow millenials at? hey 👋🏼) grew up in a world where paying for water is normal. And because school doesn't teach real history, we have very little context for realizing that this is a VERY NEW norm. For nearly all of human history, nearly everywhere on Earth, water was recognized as a commons, meaning it belongs to everyone. And the equitable resource management and distribution of that water was the very first reason for, and most enduring lesson in diplomacy that humanity has ever shared, teaching us how to communicate and create conditions of peace and egalitarianism from one riverbank to another, from upstream to tributary. And the most dangerous cartels on Earth aren't selling guns or drugs. They're privatizing water. Suez. Bechtel. Veolia. RWE Thames. The billionaires see Water as the next gold rush. They get off on the same headlines that terrify us, because they've been securing their private freshwater assets for decades, and their value just keeps increasing. So we can continue preventing each and every individual data center, or we can follow the money and recognize the root of the issue is a much broader and more deeply entrenched system of corruption which needs to be uprooted. And that system is capitalism itself. The only way to keep profitmongering out of our rivers and our bloodstreams is by reclaiming water as a public commons. Which means that we recognize that the water they are bastardizing is not their water. It's OUR water. It's the EARTH'S water. It belongs to us all. They are not heroes, for having extracted enough from the Earth to have become wealthy, they are merely thieves of humanity's inheritance. If you believe that Water is a right, then you must protect it. Because rights that are not protected are seized. There is a maxim of equity (equity being the system of natural law that underlies and supersedes the legal system) which says: "Equity aids the vigilant, not those who slumber on their rights." In other words, if you delay in asserting your rights, you may lose the opportunity to enforce them. Unfortunately the boomers have been Rip Van Winkle on our rights and our public commons. So it's time for this generation to wake up and speak truth to power.
🤖 That Viral Bill Gates Water Clip Is AI. So Is the "Influencer."Bill Gates never said that. And that influencer isn't real. Within this ever shifting water landscape, it's very important to be discerning, because there's a lot of blue-washing out there. I keep seeing all these reels and shorts circulating of Bill Gates saying: "Water shortage that we're about to see will kill billions. It will be the largest mass mortality event we have seen since the Black Plague. The only way to be 100% safe is by being invested in the United States water supply." And then in all of the videos, there's an "influencer" who talks about the "whole new economy" that's about to be created based on water, and how we all need to invest in the tokens for the US water supply. But the thing is: Gates never said that. And those VERY human-looking influencers are just AI. And every one of these viral reels is using the same script. So they used our fear, our justifiable fear of losing our water supply and our sovereignty, to try and sell shares in your water supply, to sell you tokens of your own water system. I'm imploring you to have more social media savvy than to repost clips like this, encouraging people to buy shares in our own extinction.
🙋🏽♀️ Would You Want a Masterclass on Water Guardianship & The Geopolitics of Water Rights?I've taught in-person workshops on the geopolitics of water before, and I created the Water Guardianship workbook with the intention for you to step into your activist era in the most fun way possible... How many folks would be interested in a masterclass on that topic? 🙋🏽♀️ It takes me aaages to put these (often 5 hour long) masterclasses together, usually at the expense of other projects (like newsletter, podcast, videos, etc.) so I want to make sure there's enough interest before I create that. Hit reply and let me know.
💙 Water Organizations I TrustBy special request of a dear patron, here is a list (in no particular order) of some of the water organizations that I admire and support. And a reminder that the it's always best to start local, with your own local watershed association, or supporting your nearest indigenous community's #waterback initiatives.
And a very close runner up would be www.blueplanetproject.net, because I adore the legacy of water activist Maude Barlow, she's an absolute legend and a heroine of mine. However, unfortunately this organisation is closely affiliated with the UN, globalist agendas, their so-called "sustainable development goals" which are quite nefarious if you really look into them. Speaking of Earth Law Center, they're currently in Clallam County Superior Court challenging Washington DNR's approval of timber sales that would clear-cut nearly 400 acres of century-old legacy forest in the Elwha River watershed, alongside the Center for Whale Research and Orca Network. The Elwha is the site of one of the largest dam removals in US history. This is a fight over whether a river we already freed gets to keep its forest. Show them your support in this court case!
🌱 A New Movement Towards A Unique SolutionNot one country has achieved a good life within Earth's limits. Not one. A new-ish initiative that I strongly support is a growing movement for a post-growth future. Basically, it's a strategic plan for humanity to stop behaving like a cancer cell, which prioritises growth for the sake of growth as the ultimate aim, even at the expense of survival. A recently published paper exposes some controversial truths about our economic system. According to the paper, the truth is that no country, literally not one country, has achieved high standards of living while staying within the ecological limits of our planet. In other words, all these rich countries over here are pushing the planet beyond the limits of what it can sustain. But here's where it gets interesting: The research in this paper shows that all this unsustainable growth isn't actually improving people's lives. Studies show that after about fifteen thousand dollars in per capita GDP, more growth barely improves key measures of wellbeing, like less poverty, less hunger, better health, and better education. So if growth doesn't improve those things, then what does make life better? According to their survey of the research, the things that actually improve wellbeing are full employment, strong social safety nets, free public services, and most importantly, human relationships (and, I would add, clean water and drinkable rivers). And the nice thing about these actual drivers of wellbeing is they don't require endless economic growth, which is why the authors have come together to advocate for a post-growth economic system, which would take the goal of increasing GDP and replace it with a new goal of improving human wellbeing within planetary boundaries. And in this post-growth future, we wouldn't have to choose between prosperity and sustainability. We could have both, but only if we reimagine and redesign our economy to focus on building community and public wealth instead of the private financial wealth that harms the planet and mostly benefits the one percent. For a slightly more radical perspective on what that might look like (take it or leave it, just a hot take) mark your calendar for the Watershed Democracy podcast episode, set to air in two weeks!
🏡 Your Home Water System Is an Act of Watershed RestorationYour under-sink filter is doing more than you think. It's contributing to healing your watershed. Post-growth ideology is closely tied to our relationship with Water. How can our relationship to this liquid source of life be less extractive and more collaborative, co-creative? This is the topic I explore in my most recent blog post: Beyond Personal Hydration: How Living Water Systems Heal Your Body, Your Home, and the Watershed Simultaneously The core argument: when we install systems in our homes designed to restore Water to her natural coherent state, we are not simply purchasing a health intervention for ourselves. We are participating in the healing of the hydrological cycle itself. That Water flows through our bodies, through our gardens, through our municipal pipes, and eventually back into the rivers and aquifers and oceans that connect all life on Earth in one vast circulatory system that recognizes no boundary between self and other. It also draws the distinction that matters most to me when navigating any water product: biomimicry, not machinery. A system that requires no electricity and mimics the way Water matures through a mountain stream is a fundamentally different proposition from a machine imposing human will on passive matter. As Gina puts it, installing a regenerative water system is almost philanthropic, because the water flowing out of your home carries its coherence into your neighborhood's pipes and eventually into the watershed that receives it. The SpringAqua range:
🧠 The External Drought Is Mirrored By the One Inside You1% dehydration costs you 12% of your working memory. Which brings us from the ecological and collective to the personal. Research in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience found that mild intracellular dehydration in brain tissue reduced working memory performance by 12% and increased reaction times by 14%. Your brain is roughly 75% water, and neurons are exceptionally sensitive to hydration status. Mitochondria require adequate intracellular water to maintain the proton gradient that drives ATP synthesis. Dehydrated cells produce less ATP, and that shows up as fatigue, brain fog, and reduced endurance. We need all cylinders firing. Or perhaps better stated, we need all tributaries flowing. So please take care of your own hydration, because what we do for our inner waters, we do for the waters of the Earth, and vice versa. The external drought is mirrored by the dehydration epidemic we are facing. We must do what we can to affect one, because it does energetically affect the other. If brain fog is your particular symptom, Litewater sent a good piece this week on exactly this. Deuterium-depleted water addresses cellular energy at the mitochondrial level, and the clarity you've been missing may well be in your water.
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🇳🇱 Hydrogen as Medicine, Amsterdam, October 10A full congress on hydrogen as medicine. Amsterdam, October 10. Congres Waterstof als Medicijn (Congress Hydrogen as Medicine) October 10, 2026 · 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Podium Nassau, De Wittenstraat 114, Amsterdam Hydrogen therapy is gaining traction worldwide as a complementary therapy alongside conventional treatment, with research suggesting molecular hydrogen reduces oxidative stress and inflammation and supports mitochondrial function. If you're anywhere near the Netherlands in October, this is worth the trip. (World Water Community events) 🌿 In ClosingIn a late-stage capitalist, increasingly fascist world, the rights that you do not vigilantly safeguard will be seized for profit, until you have to buy back what was once rightfully free. Everything in this transmission comes down to one question: are we managing Water, or are we in relationship with her? Lake Mead and Lake Powell are what eighty years of allocation-fighting produces. The 603 barriers Europe pulled out of its rivers, the Elwha suit, the residents of Indianapolis who beat Google, and French Polynesia protecting an ocean the size of a country are what relationship produces. Equity aids the vigilant, not those who slumber on their rights. So this week, pick one. Reply and tell me whether you want a geopolitics and guardianship masterclass. Give to one of the organizations above. Or take Monday morning to sit with Zach Weiss and I in our podcast chat and learn what it looks like to design from a relationship with water so that the land heals drought instead of deepening it.
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