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We Are The Riverkeepers
What if every river - no matter where you traveled - was clean enough to swim in, drink from, and sustain life?
We Are The Riverkeepers is a powerful new podcast dedicated to protecting and celebrating the world’s waterways. Created with Richmond Riverkeeper Association and hosted by Presenter, Author and Storyteller Mel Bampton, this series dives into the essential role rivers play - not just in our ecosystems, but in our lives, our stories, and our survival.
Through thorough conversations with environmentalists, scientists, Indigenous leaders, artists, and activists, we explore both the beauty and the urgency of river protection. From the tributaries of the Richmond River to the great arteries of the world, we ask:
If the rivers could speak, what would they say?
This podcast goes beyond environmentalism to reveal how the health of our rivers is deeply connected to our emotional, social, physical, and cultural well-being. Clean rivers support biodiversity, secure drinking water, food supply, recreation, and climate resilience. They also offer something more intangible: a sense of place, purpose, and spiritual connection.
In a world facing ecological crisis, We Are The Riverkeepers brings hope, action, and connection. We’re amplifying the voices of those on the front lines of river protection and inviting everyone - you included - to join us in the riverkeeping revolution.
You, me, We Are The Riverkeepers.
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This podcast has been made possible with support from the Australian Government through the Emergency Response Fund, administered by NSW Reconstruction Authority's Northern Rivers Recovery and Resilience Program 2022-23. Delivered by North Coast Regional Landcare Network through the Caring for Catchments project.
Let’s work together, to make rivers swimmable, fishable and drinkable, worldwide. You, me, We Are The Riverkeepers
We Are The Riverkeepers
Connect To Protect with Marc Yaggi
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Marc Yaggi is a man brimming with stories.
As the Chief Executive Officer of Waterkeeper Alliance, an organisation based in New York but with members and allies all over the globe, Marc serves as a leading voice for a global movement dedicated to securing clean, healthy, and abundant water for all people and the planet. He is connected to hundreds of people around the world doing extraordinary things and his connections, connects them all.
His commitment to environmental advocacy, is unwavering, he is calm, inspiring and on this mission. With a strong focus on the impact of the climate crisis on water quality and availability, Marc is committed to addressing the most significant issue of our time - climate change.
Waterkeeper Alliance has amassed monumental legal and advocacy victories, some of which you’ll hear about in this episode that will make your heart sing and hopefully further stoke your fire for action.
But every one of us had a starting point, somewhere that we connected emotionally to water, a relationship that drives us to advocate for change our own water story – our water WHY. I wonder, what is yours? Where did it begin for you? And how important is that WHY in the fight for rivers that are fishable, swimmable and drinkable?
For Marc Yaggi it began in Pensylvannia…
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This podcast has been made possible with support from the Australian Government through the Emergency Response Fund, administered by NSW Reconstruction Authority's Northern Rivers Recovery and Resilience Program 2022-23. Delivered by North Coast Regional Landcare Network through the Caring for Catchments project. Let’s work together, to make rivers swimmable, fishable and drinkable, worldwide. You, me, We Are The Riverkeepers