40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River and Now it’s Drying Up

The first-ever official shortage on the Colorado River is expected to be announced on Monday, Aug. 16. A shortage will mean mandatory cutbacks to some users in the Southwest and offers a stark warning of what’s to come if conditions don’t improve.

I will not waste water.

Declaration of Ma’at

As African people traversing the world in search of new homelands or evaluating where we currently live; may we be mindful of the western mindset in to control and dominate nature. Rather than live respectfully in harmony with nature they seek to plunder it for profit at the expense of our survival. Let us navigate these man made environmental challenges with age old wisdom to sustain and repair home, Asase Ya. (Akan word for “Earth”)