Clean Water for the Navajo Nation

10/03/2017

The story of Permaculutre is having international success. This is what we are doing in the Navajo Nation!

“The wind and the water eroded all the fine earth that should serve as a sponge for the rainwater,” says Mueller. “We started to manipulate the situation so these places retain the rainwater falling on them. Then you start to build structures like swales, which fill with rainwater and slowly filter into the earth.”

Tamera’s ecology experts transformed an area at risk of desertification – and say they can do the same anywhere in the world

09/02/2017

News is starting to spread about the work we're doing for the Navajo Nation, but our work isn't done yet. Help us continue to raise funds and implement positive change on the reservation by telling everyone you know to like us on Facebook and visit our page at http://www.depaulnavah2o.myevent.com/3/donate.htm to donate.

http://www.depaulnewsline.com/features/depaul-alums-journey-aid-navajo-nation-1

Kevin Sofen has been working to provide access to fresh drinking water and local food production for members of the Navajo Nation since 2015. What started as an assignment for a class project has now morphed into one of his deepest passions.

03/02/2017

Small donations can go a long way to educate Navajo youth on the benefits of Permaculture. See your contributions in action and please help support future permaculture projects at: http://www.depaulnavah2o.myevent.com/3/donate.htm

08/12/2016

Depaul Students see the impact on the Reservation!
Last year, Depaul students raised over $12,000 to go towards various water projects. Due to our efforts, 4 acres of land were transformed into Permaculture food forests! We are now hungry for more! It is now our goal to convert 25 acres of desert land into lush food forest on the Reservation! Please visit our funding page to continue the amazing work http://www.depaulnavah2o.myevent.com/3/donate.htm

Learn more and help join the effort to give fresh food to the Navajo Nation

08/12/2016

Depaul Students see the impact on the Reservation. Over the last few months, students raised over $12,000 to go towards various water projects. Even after the project is completed, we are now committed to raise an additional $12,000 to implement 20 more Permaculture food farms! Please visit our funding page to continue the amazing work http://www.depaulnavah2o.myevent.com/3/donate.htm

09/11/2016

Progress. http://www.takepart.com/feature/2016/04/22/native-american-water-settlements

A third of tribe members lack clean water while cities thrive on rivers running through reservations. New deals are enabling them to take some of what's theirs.

29/04/2016

One step at a time. Let's keep working for progress. http://fronterasdesk.org/content/10293/navajo-nation-approves-150-million-bill-fund-water-agricultural-projects

Navajo Speaker LoRenzo Bates said at a signing ceremony the projects would create more than 400 jobs and bring in as much as $7 million in tax revenue for the tribe.

24/03/2016

Hello!
Thank you all for the continued support. After our first round of efforts, together we raised over $12,000 to support clean water efforts in the Navajo Nation. Also see the attached letter that we received from an anonymous person! This is an amazing gesture that motivates us to do something amazing.

Over the next few weeks we will keep you informed as to how these projects are developing.

At the current moment we are taking two approaches. 1) Working directly with the Navajo Nation government to provide water treatment and water storage options on the reservation. 2) Working with the Permaculture Provision Project to bring sustainable farming to new land on the Reservation.

Thank you all for the support. We will continue to work diligently to bring clean water solutions to the Navajo Nation. Please reach out if you have further comments or questions.

01/02/2016

The news out of Flint, Michigan brought the issue of contaminated drinking water into sharp focus, as it was revealed that officials at every level—local, state and federal—knew about lead-poisoned water for months but did nothing to address the problem. Under state-run systems like utilities and ro…

03/11/2015

Help encourage sustainable Permaculture farming opportunities within the Navajo Nation. Permaculture offers a low cost solution to rehydrate freshwater springs and create perennial fresh food sources that yield high quality produce.

https://youtu.be/ywoVj4z4doE

Donate at
http://depaulnavah2o.myevent.com/

See the whole movie at http://www.geofflawton.com Geoff Lawton discovers an oasis in the middle of the Sonoran desert in Arizona. The system was created 80 y...

21/10/2015

If you're in the Chicago area today and tomorrow between 11-3, come visit our table on the 2nd floor of the DePaul University Lincoln Park Student Center for some baked goods and education on our cause. 100% of the proceeds will go to Water is Life to help provide clean water for the Navajo Nation. If you can't make it out, please feel free to donate on our myevent page below. We can't wait to see you there!

http://www.depaulnavah2o.myevent.com/3/donate.htm

19/10/2015

“It’s a third world country in the middle of the wealthiest country in the world.”-Halter

This article that dates back to December of 2013 shows how little has been done thus far to fix the water crisis in the Navajo Nation. Please donate to help us make a difference in the effort to provide the Navajo Nation with clean, safe water.

http://www.depaulnavah2o.myevent.com/3/donate.htm

http://www.fronterasdesk.org/content/9375/water-poverty-crisis-navajo-communities

During the season of giving we hear a lot about the small gifts that can help people in third world countries. Buy a goat, feed family in Nepal. Donate money for tree seedlings, help farmers in India. But a new effort focuses this kind of development help closer to home, in this country, where many…