Meet the “Waterkeeper Warriors,” clean-water activists who have fought and won significant court battles in sites around the world
Jill Jedlicka, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. For decades, Jedlicka has fought to repair waterways contaminated by industrial pollution on the U.S.-Canada border. Photo: Mark Schäfer for Culture Trip Featuring voice recordings from celebrities like Lupita Nyong’o and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an online photo gallery published today profiles 20 clean-water activists who have fought and won significant court battles in sites around the world.
“Our Waterkeepers are grassroots activists who are fighting horrific acts of pollution and environmental injustice every day,” the Waterkeeper Alliance’s deputy director, Mary Beth Postman, said in a press release. “Through the Waterkeeper Warriors project, Culture Trip’s photographers have captured their perseverance through a new lens and prove that heroes walk among us every day.” Scroll for a preview of the gallery, which you can view in full here.
Rashema Ingraham, the Bahamas. Ingraham works to implement better law enforcement to protect the coral reefs and islands of the Bahamas. Photo: Peyton Fulford for Culture Trip Sejal Choksi-Chugh, San Francisco Bay. She works to protect the bay from pollution, suing companies that spill toxins in the water to curb repeat offenses. Photo: Chloe Aftel for Culture Trip Rachel Silverstein, Miami. Silverstein works to protect Miami and the only nearshore coral reef in the U.S.
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