This funding will enable Freshwater Future to continue supporting grassroots and community organizations across the region with small grants, capacity building, technical expertise, collaboration, and policy engagement, helping local groups and leaders protect waterways and drinking water in their own communities.
United by Our Shared Voices
Freshwater Future recognizes all our local heroes who stand up daily in their neighborhoods and for their neighbors to say our voices will not be silenced.
Statement on MLK Jr Day and Renee Good
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”― Martin Luther King Jr. Freshwater Future’s Statement on Renee Good’s Tragic…
For Immediate Release: Affordable Water Now Package Would Raise Living Standards for All
Affordable water protects health and dignity for every Michigan family
Freshwater Future Weekly: July 11, 2025
This Week: July 31 at 11:30 am ET – Mindfulness and Meditation; Yes, Our Voices Improved Congress’ Big, Ugly Bill; Landback Victory for Four Anishinaabe First Nations in Western Ontario; Illinois Adds More High-Risk Communities to Universal Childhood Lead Testing List
Freshwater Future Weekly: July 3, 2025
This Week: Victory in Wisconsin: State Supreme Court Affirms that Polluters Pay for Spills; Win! Toronto Passes Road Salt Ordinance to Protect Water and Ecosystems; Save the Date: Water Is Life Festival – August 30, 2025
Freshwater Future Weekly: June 13, 2025
This Week: Big Step Forward for Water Affordability in Michigan; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Welcome, 2025 Summer Fellows!
Welcome, 2025 Summer Fellows!
Freshwater Future is proud to host two graduate students, Angelique Willis and Katelyn Connelly, this summer from the Environmental Fellows Program at the Yale School of the Environment.
Freshwater Future Applauds Michigan’s New Water Affordability Now Bill
Michigan Representative Emily Dievendorf (D-Lansing) has introduced the Water Affordability and Shutoff Protections Act, House Bill 4555, the first bill in a number to make up the Affordable Water Now legislative package.
Freshwater Future Weekly: May 2, 2025
This Week: Using Community Power to Address Flooding in Detroit; Join Our Monthly Mindfulness + Movement Practice for Water Protectors; Syracuse, NY Water System Under Review by U.S. EPA; Duluth’s $3 Million Lake Superior Shoreline Project