World Water Day | March 22

World Water Day 2025 will focus on the theme, 'Glacier Preservation,' to highlight the critical role of glaciers in sustaining life and the water cycle. Glaciers, mountain run-off, and snowmelt provide nearly two billion people with water for drinking, agriculture, and energy production.

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 for Life (Trailer)

By: Maria Jose Calderon, Rick Tejada-Flores

Water For Life explores the collision of water rights, Indigenous beliefs, and resource extraction through the lives of three Latin American community leaders.

Ko (Aqua) By Lila Downs & Daniela Millaleo

By: Maria Jose Calderon

Theme song from the feature documentary "Water For Life." National PBS broadcast premiere as Earth Month Special. Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS app www.waterforlife.film

Water Flows Together

By: Palmer Morse, Taylor Graham, Matt Mikkelsen

Water Flows Together elevates the importance of acknowledging Indigenous land in outdoor recreation through the voice of Colleen Cooley.

Spear. Spatula. Submarine

By: Shannon Morrall

In this short documentary about sustainability and activism, a community of passionate Floridians use creative removal methods to save the waters they love.

SLINGSHOT

Produced by:Paul Lazarus

Best known for his Segway Personal Transporter, inventor Dean Kamen is taking on great challenges one invention at a time. SlingShot is the story of Kamen, his water purification technology, and his innovative approach to the safe water crisis.

Protecting Coral Reefs

By: NOAA Ocean Today

NOAA and the National Park Service are creating a geo-referenced coral reef base map to better understand coral reefs

Ocean Guardians

By: Selket A Kaufman

Visionary creates grassroots social enterprise to prevent whale extinction.

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.

freeFLY

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.

Stories of Present-Day Water Conservation Heroes

Colleen Cooley

By: Naomi Gledhill

Read about Colleen Cooley, a San Juan River guide featured in one of the winning films at the 20th Annual MY HERO International Film Festival.

Alexandra Cousteau

By: Mina Al Saddawi

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

Charity: Water

By: Naomi Gledhill

Read this story about Charity: Water, the non-profit providing access to clean water to people across the globe.

Dorcas Lukwesa’s Mobile, Sustainable Farms

By: Abigail Richardson

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.