World Water Day | March 22

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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The 2021 theme for World Water Day is valuing water, and sharing how important it is.

Teachers: Visit the free MY HERO Lesson Plan for World Water Day, Sustainable Development Goal #6 and Sustainable Development Goal #14. Includes discussion guide and learning outcomes.

Films | These short films feature communities coming together to celebrate and protect water.

Water Song

Produced by:Will Parrinello | Executive Producer: Goldman Environmental Prize

Máxima Acuña, a subsistence farmer in Peru’s northern highlands, stood up to Newmont Mining Corporation!

Water Is Sacred

Produced by:Mentors: Tiana and Wakinyan LaPointe

2020 MHIFF Ocean Conservation Award student winner: When we pray with water, it helps our bodies and the earth, and we say Wopila Tanka (Immeasurable Thanks) for its medicine.

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Avery Bazan

A collaboration between Oceans Unmanned and DJI utilizing drones to help entangled humpback whales.

Looking After Our Environment: James Price Point

Produced by:Mark Pearce

Mark Jones speaks out against a gas development complex that spells doomsday for some species living around James Price Point.

Conserving water

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Waterheart and Her Friends

Tianna Bluebird

A cut-out animation short about a mythical character, Waterheart, and the friends that help her to clean up her polluted home: Earth.

Water Crisis in our community

Produced by:Abdulai Bangura

Running for Water

Produced by:Polly Green

Jin Zedell started a worldwide movement for runners to raise funds for clean drinking water.

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Stories of Present-Day Water Conservation Heroes

Alexandra Cousteau

By: Mina Al Saddawi

Alexandra Cousteau is a visionary and trailblazer who pushes the boundaries of discovery, adventure, and global problem solving.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

By: Wendy Jewell

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an eco-warrior defending the earth for future generations.

Jon Rose - Humanitarian Hero

Produced by:Tom Aiello

Humanitarian Jon Rose brings clean water to the people of Haiti.

Trash Heroes

By: Elias Amador

Trash Heroes is an international, volunteer-led organization that mobilizes youth in over 12 countries to clean and prevent plastic waste in their communities.