The Living Water webinar series explores our connection to water. Like all life on Earth, we depend upon water; indeed, 60-70% of our body weight is water. We are, in many ways, living water—water that thinks, walks, and breaths. Not only is water essential for our physical health, it also nourishes our spirits. Water refreshes, revives, inspires, and heals us.

Yet, we know billions of people lack access to clean, safe drinking water and that droughts and floods are becoming more frequent as the climate crisis deepens. Even in a wealthy nation like Canada, many communities—particularly Indigenous communities—lack access to safe, clean drinking water. At the same time, pollution threatens much of the Earth’s fresh water and oceans and sources of freshwater are rapidly being depleted.

Living Water is an opportunity to reflect upon these realities. Out of a deepened awareness of our intimate relationship with water, can we find the inspiration, creativity, and energy we need to work together to defend and protect water—even restoring watersheds—and ensuring adequate access for all?

In the first webinar, focusing on the Spiritual Ecology of Water, join the Forum in dialogue with Jesse Cardinal (Keepers of the Water), Lina Azeez (Watershed Watch Salmon Society), Joanie and Gary McGuffin (Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy) as we explore the following questions:

How are we connected to water, physically and spiritually? How does water nurture us and how do we experience this?

What do spiritual traditions teach us about the importance of water and how can we connect more deeply with it? What do they teach us about the need to defend and protect water?

From an ecological perspective, how is water currently under threat? (ex. deforestation, climate change, mining, pipelines, etc.) What are the implications of those threats for the well-being of all living creatures?

What is calling us to a change of heart (or “ecological conversion”) and concrete action?

Registration is free, but we suggest that you donate $10 to help cover the cost of the event if you are able to.