Since graduating from the MFA program at Wayne State I have been funneling most of my creative energy into work that supports watershed awareness and the protection of the Great Lakes. I got involved in that space in 2021, and I have felt my heart getting pulled deeper and deeper towards the water and those who stand for her. Historically, the bulk of efforts to curb pollution and extraction have been led by Indigenous water protectors, whose land and water is generally the first threatened, and who also suffer the deepest consequences (legal, financial and psychological) from engaging on the embattled frontlines. The goal of the groups I work with is to prevent things from getting to the point where physical resistance is necessary by taking a grassroots approach to information sharing and coalition-building. We are trying to build solidarity around the critical importance of access to clean water for everyone in the region, regarless of individual politics. To do this requires creativity and diplomacy, but also an appeal to the land itself to help us reach an understanding with others by speaking and connecting via the language of the heart. Water is a great teacher of this, as are plants, and I have been really enjoying bringing both to share with the public, along with literature and information of how to get involved in protecting our most precious resource.