Water – Strangers Guide

Mexico City

Defending Water, Defending Life

The struggle over clean drinking water taps into a conflict at the heart of life in Mexico City

by Madeleine Wattenbarger

It’s a Friday evening in Coyoacán, Mexico City, and on the busy thoroughfare of Avenida Aztecas,...

Global

The Ocean’s Power to Heal

Wallace J. Nichols knew that for centuries man had believed in the healing power of the ocean. The problem was, nobody had done much...

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South Africa

“The memory of going to the beach every New Year’s eve Is one I share with...”

Readings

United States

“Black lake, black boat, two black, cut-paper people. Where do the black trees go that drink...”

Readings

England

Under the Yolk

An artist explores the cycles of life from a temporary home afloat

by Stephen Turner

The origins of the Exbury Egg emerged in 2011 when I got an email from an...

Africa

A City Afloat

Ganvié is a city on a lake. Literally on a lake. In fact, it’s the largest collection of lake dwellings on stilts in Africa,...

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Global

Seasteaders

In the face of rising sea levels and climate change, how do you future-proof man’s place on this planet? Floating islands. That’s the idea...

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United States

Service to Humanity

The worst flood in 19th-century America, the Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania was caused by a dam failure in 1889. Clara Barton, who had founded...

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England

Fishing Bestseller

In 1653, Englishman Izaak Walton published his first edition of The Compleat Angler, as much a meditation on fishing and enjoying time on the...

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