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We are excited to announce #OpenRivers Issue 27 | Prospect! This collection shows us how art, connection, and creativity can influence our environmental prospects. Read more at openrivers.lib.umn.edu @JoneeKBrigham @ShelleyCBuck @Owamniyomni @umnlib @IASatUofM @BlueGap5

Laura Rockhold, a Minnesota poet and visual artist, writes about how her experiences with Dakota leaders, culture, and language have shaped her artistic connection with Bdóte, the sacred meeting place of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/do-you… #umnproud

Vivek Ji shares the experience of his recent Narmada Parikrama, a storied pilgrimage around the Narmada River. He contrasts the river's spiritual and historical significance with the damage to the ancient basin from dams, deforestation, and climate change. openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/narmad…

Reviewing "All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis," Marceleen Mosher praises the work's breadth of voices, especially its perspectives from outside academic spaces. It's a "prescient read for all," she writes. #umnproud openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/all-we…

In #OpenRivers, Saloni Shokeen uses the Ganga River's dual identity as a holy river and a polluted site to explain eco-anxiety: the feeling when pollution and climate change turn comforting places strange and uncanny. Read more at: openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/the-ga… #ganga #ecoanxiety

Today is #GivingTuesday! Open Rivers works with authors to develop stories on water and environmental injustices. We are #umnproud to publish them all and ensure #OpenRivers remains free and open access. Will you help us reach our goal today? Give now at crowdfund.umn.edu/campaign/open-…

Looking for something to read over the long weekend that will leave you hopeful for the future of our environment? Download the PDFs for #OpenRivers Issue 27 | Prospect now available at openrivers.lib.umn.edu. #artistsbooks #earthsystemsjourney #owamniyomni #environmentalarts

From StoryMaps to drone essays, scholars from @uiowa share creative pieces that connect story with water quality data in #OpenRivers and on the Blue Green Action Platform. Read more at: openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/fluid-… #Iowawaterquality #nitratepollution #dataandstory @IowaEnglish

In #OpenRivers, @JoneeKBrigham brings art and science together through a camp at Big Stone Lake that makes the invisible infrastructures visible and helps people connect with the waters of their place. Read more at openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/big-st… #environmentaleducation #artandscience

In #OpenRivers, Sigma Colón and Juli Clarkson show us how humanist work and visual art like #artistsbooks can move us toward seeing rivers as creative and co-creators of our ecologies, histories, and futures. Read more at openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/rivers… @LawrenceUni #KlamathRiver

"Owámniyomni: Still We Gather" discusses how Owámniyomni is being transformed back to an Indigenous place through the leadership of @Owamniyomni. Read more at: openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/owamni… #OpenRivers #nationalamericanindianheritagemonth #mississippiriver @UMNEnglish @LandH2OPlaceUMN

The deadline to apply for the Open Rivers Graduate Student Committee has been extended to Monday, September 16, 2024! Join us to explore public scholarship and develop skills for publishing. Learn more at openrivers.lib.umn.edu/gsc. @IowaWaterCenter @MinnesotaWater @PPEHLab

Grad students: join the #OpenRivers Grad Student Committee! Work with our team and connect with other students who care about our water futures. Applications due 9/9/2024. More info at openrivers.lib.umn.edu/gsc/ @MinnesotaWater @uwche @IowaWaterCenter @PPEHLab @envhum_umn

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This conference attracts a range of interesting perspectives and might be worth putting on your radar, @OpenRiversUMN . @tfallon13 , @MinnesotaWater are good sources of info.

Call for Submissions: Sustainable Publishing Special Issue Deadline: 15 October 2024 Organized by The Goose Journal, @ImaginationsJ, & @engagedscholarj niche-canada.org/2024/07/26/cal… #envhist #sustainability #academicpublishing #academicchatter

How do we demonstrate commitment to water? In #OpenRivers, folks share their practices and compel us to consider our own commitments to water. Read more at openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/center… @1_Mississippi @angiehongwater @BrittGangeness @BoyceUpholt @saflumn @CoosaRiverkeepr @gregseitz

In #OpenRivers, Caroline Doenmez reviews "In Our Backyard: Keeyask and the Legacy of Hydroelectric Development," an anthology that records Indigenous dissent and commitment to place amidst dam construction in Manitoba. openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/storie… #keeyaskdam @MSUanthropology

Looking for some quality reading before the weekend? Check out #OpenRivers Issue 26 | Commitment! PDFs are now available! Read more at openrivers.lib.umn.edu #publicscholarship #commitment #environmentalchange #LakeSuperior #SDGs #stlouisrivermn #indigenousplacenames

What can we learn from the #riverconservation efforts on the #WillametteRiver? In #OpenRivers, Chris O'Brien of @FreshwaterSoc shares insights from a #freshwatersillustrated documentary, UPRIVER. Learn more at openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/reflec… #cleanwater @Waterkeeper @MinnesotaWater

What is the indigenous name for the Baptism River? The Onion River? In #OpenRivers, Erik Redix restores the Ojibwe place-names to rivers on Lake Superior's North Shore. openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/rivers… @LandH2OPlaceUMN @NiCHE_Canada @wearewatermn @Yellowhead_ #indigenousplacenames