http://www.GreatLakesCommons.org (1,223 views from our 1st version of this video) TIme for a new story on how we honour the Great Lakes. A water-commons ethic and practice sees these waters as sacred, bioregional, a gift from the past, and a duty to protect into the future. Join this Great Lakes Commons today.

www.GreatLakesCommons.org http://greatlakescommonsmap.org/reports/view/230 www.WaterWalkersUnited.com Since 2003, Grandmother Josephine Mandamin has been walking the shores of Great Lakes as a ceremony of care. She has inspired a continental network of of water-walkers with every step also being a prayer to honour the waters, the creator, and generations from the past, present, and future.

A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of two very different Michigan communities-picturesque, small town Evart and gritty, industrial Flint- who have found their futures inextricably linked by a threat to the one thing that all life requires: water.

Maude Barlow is the Chair of the Council of Canadians and a global water activist and mentor. Great Lakes Commons Map talked to Maude on the evening of her book launch "Blue Future: protecting water for people and the planet forever".

Alexa Bradely talks about the Great Lakes Commons initiative. The work emerges from the recognition that current governance is failing to protect and care for our waters and communities. Decades of effort on behalf of the Great Lakes have not achieved their thriving future.

Robert Lovelace, Professor at Queens University and former Chief, presents a contrast between the dominant market paradigm and Indigenous governance, offering deep insight into the work needed to decolonize and reindigenize our minds, behaviors and the commons.

About this Speaker: Carolyn Raffensperger is executive director of the Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN). After a career as an archaeologist, she worked for the Sierra Club, addressing an array of environmental issues.

The Turtle Lodge is sharing this original song for Nibi - the Water. The song was gifted to the Turtle Lodge by Zoongi Gabowi Ozawa Kinew Ikwe (Strong Standing Golden Eagle Woman), Anishnabe Nation, Crane Clan (Ojijak), who received the song in a dream. It is for all to learn and please share widely.

Charity Hicks reviews our Gathering Agreements, and Ron Plain of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation presents the stark reality his community faces in Sarnia, the most toxic place in the Great Lakes basin.

Professor Leo Burke, University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business Professor, offers a mini-lesson in understanding the commons. His presentation uses five words to explain the commons.

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Commons Connections: how a 'commons-approach' can grow your outreach and engagement with all those who care about water. Paul Baines of Great Lakes Commons interviewed by Raj Gill of the Freshwater Alliance. Do we limit deeper and broader public engagement when we talk about water too narrowly? Join us for this noon hour conversation with Paul Baines from the Great Lakes Commons as we look more closely at some of the familiar ways we frame our relationship to water and how it shapes our actions. Hear more about the work of the Great Lakes Commons and what a commons framing of freshwater has to offer. This webinar was originally aired by the Canadian Freshwater Alliance on Thursday May 21st, 2015 https://www.freshwateralliance.ca/

The son of an American woman of Dutch heritage and a Navajo man, Mark Charles offers a unique perspective on three of the most misinterpreted words in American History.

Indigenous peoples have long held robust, relationship-driven legal orders that take all aspects of life into account. As Aimée Craft - an Indigenous lawyer (Anishinaabe-Métis) and assistant professor at the Faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa - explains in this video, Anishinaabe spiritual, natural, customary and human legal structures are connected, and must be meaningfully considered in decisions related to water.