Sustainability/Earth Day: WATER IS LOVE: RIPPLES OF REGENERATION with Dr. Natalie Kruse

This inspiring documentary is comprised of stories from people around the world who not only find themselves on the front line of the climate crisis, but who are also trying to do something about it by employing regenerative ecosystem designs and creating more-effective systems of water retention in communities and regions across the globe. The insights expressed in the film detail the science about how water effects our climate and the urgency of making a strong effort to restore water cycles that have been disrupted by human-induced phenomena. You’ll see successful projects in countries like India, Kenya, and Portugal, where activists cultivate the necessary dialogue and take part in fixing our broken approach to combating the climate crisis. Water Is Love: Ripples of Regeneration demonstrates that the solution to one of the biggest problems to ever face humanity may lie in coming together as a community to take up the responsibility for managing our own water needs and revitalizing the world one village at a time.

About the speaker

Dr. Natalie Kruse is a Professor and Director of the Environmental Studies Program in the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University in Athens, OH. Her research focus is on water quality impairment from legacy mining and oil and gas operations, the impact of climate induced hydrologic change on water quality, watershed scale characterization and management, and data-rich approaches to environmental problem solving. She is the recipient of numerous awards for leadership and scholarship and is a member of the Manasseh Cutler Scholars Program Internal Steering Committee and a frequent chair of Cutler Scholars Interview Committees. Dr. Kruse serves as the director of the District 12 Science Day and the Southeast Ohio Regional Science Fair. She sits on the Ohio Academy of Science Junior Academy Council.

Special thanks to the following sponsor organizations: Ohio University Libraries, Office of Sustainability, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service, and Honors Tutorial College.