I Drink Living Water · curated by Glen Kerby

True stories of water accesswhen the pipe fails.

Three currents — Access, Innovation, Health. Every story is sourced to a live outside publication and carries the reason Glen Kerby chose it. Nothing here is for sale.

Open the library

01 Three currents

Choose a current.

One piece, one current. The library holds every page; the doors are the way in.

All 49 pages

Access

Pipes, drought cities, reuse. Water as a right, not a commodity.

Start with The Spring - Charity: Water Documentary

24 sourced stories →02

Innovation

Named builders of tools that create or save water.

Start with University of Waterloo Water Institute

6 sourced stories →03

Health

What is in the tap, and what a household can do after the story.

Start with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha: Data-Driven Advocacy

19 sourced stories →

02 On the current · this week

What Glen is amplifying now.

Posted this week, each card the way to its page: the story, the reason it was chosen, and the publication it sends you back to.

Access01

Dr. Dawn Martin-Hill: Ohneganos and Community-Led Water Research

I chose Dawn Martin-Hill because she lives the question she studies. She has said that when your water runs out, everything stops, and she built research where Elders and young people help lead, not just take part. The turtle story is the one I keep coming back to: the knowledge was already there, and science had to listen.

Sourced · ohneganos.comRead

Access02

John Pomeroy: Snow, Glaciers and the Water the Prairies Live On

When we talk about clean water, most of us start at the tap. John Pomeroy starts much higher, with the snow on a prairie field and the glaciers at the head of our rivers. He has spent decades measuring where that water comes from and how fast it is changing, and he still believes people can manage it well.

Sourced · water.usask.caRead

AccessGlen’s pick03

Ocean Cleanup Project by Boyan Slat

New technology speeding up the reclamation of plastics from massive ocean areas. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch alone holds more than 100 million kilograms of floating plastic, by The Ocean Cleanup's own count. A good news story about innovation fighting back — should be paired with 4Ocean, which is working on the same problem from a different angle.

Sourced · theoceancleanup.comRead

HealthGlen’s pick04

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha: Data-Driven Advocacy

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is the pediatrician and scientist who blew the whistle on the Flint water crisis. Her data-driven advocacy is the defining example of how a single scientist can force a government to act on water contamination. Essential viewing for understanding the intersection of water, public health, and justice.

Sourced · youtube.comRead

Access05

Rajendra Singh: The Waterman of India and the Johads of Rajasthan

I chose Rajendra Singh because he listened first. He came to open clinics, the villagers asked for water, and he helped them rebuild what their ancestors already knew how to build. A river running again in summer is living water in the most literal sense.

Sourced · stockholmwaterfoundation.orgRead

AccessGlen’s pick06

4ocean | Our Mission to Remove Plastic + Trash from Our Oceans

Doing incredible work teaching people about what's happening in the oceans and making a real dent in plastic buildup. Runs beach cleanups, water diking programs, and ocean harvesting initiatives. Should be paired with Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup Project — both are essential voices working on the same problem from different angles.

Sourced · 4ocean.comRead

AccessGlen’s pick07

The Spring - Charity: Water Documentary

An extraordinary charity that has completely changed the way charities run — 100% of donations go directly to the cause, with staff salaries paid by patrons who believe in the mission. Not just a documentary, but proof that integrity-led organizations can change the world while setting a new standard for how giving should work.

Sourced · youtube.comRead

Innovation08

University of Waterloo Water Institute

Incredible focus on water issues that are ground breaking.

Sourced · uwaterloo.caRead

AccessGlen’s pick09

Water.org

Uses microloans and grassroots solutions to give families in the developing world access to water that can financially transform their lives — enabling livestock, agriculture, and economic change. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, doing meaningful work where it's needed most.

Sourced · water.orgRead

Innovation10

Dalhousie Water RESILIENCE Lab — $552M Federal Funding

This is an example of active exploration and funding options and research in the middle of a water crisis that needs to reach deeper for answers.

Sourced · dal.caRead

Everything on the current

03 Sourced, every one

Nothing on this site cites itself.

A page enters the library only with a live outside source and the curator’s reasoning. Everything else waits, reachable but unlisted, until it earns its place.

The library

49pagesin the library, each with a live source checked.

41publicationsthe stories send you back to — journals, broadcasters, the builders themselves.

3currentsAccess, Innovation, Health. One piece, one current.

0things for saleon any story page. The household kit lives after the story, never before it.

4ocean.com
avivaromm.com
bluemind.org
brookings.edu
brusselstimes.com
cdc.gov
cnn.com
dal.ca
doi.org
earth.com
eastleighvoice.co.ke
eesi.org
eli.org
epa.gov
ewg.org
futura-sciences.com
healthypets.mercola.com
hsph.harvard.edu
hubermanlab.com
jamanetwork.com
mamavation.com
michiganpublic.org
msn.com
nature.com
nixonpeabody.com
ohneganos.com
planetpaws.ca
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
and 13 more

The list one note, no campaigns

A note when a new voice is on a current.

Nothing else. No asks, no offers. Leaving takes one reply.

04 Where the stories are

Real places, real sources. Every point is a page.

10 pages on the map. Hover a point for the page; open it for the source.

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