An 18,549 kilometer walk around the Great Lakes came through Ottawa on May 20th. The goal? To call attention to the sacred gift of water and to raise awareness about the need to care for it.

Anishnawbe women, as givers of life, are responsible for speaking for, protecting, and carrying the water, for 20 000 kilometers–a walk to protect that which we all rely upon.

This year’s Water Walk “unites all the waters of our Mother Earth. Water from the vast Pacific Ocean, from the Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Hudson Bay will be gathered in copper pails and carried by hand. (The walkers will converge on the shores of Lake Superior (on June 12).” Continue reading Project of Heart joins the Mother Earth Water Walk →