In this episode, we talk to Luke Sekera-Flanders and Nicki Sekera about the importance of protecting our water resources. Luke is the co-founder and Youth Lead of Community Water Justice, a statewide network of frontline communities fighting against water privatization and working to ensure sustainable access to clean water for all.
Nickie Sekera is a water rights advocate and co-founder of Community Water Justice. She is also a founding board member of the Saco Headwaters Alliance, a journalist with the Sunlight Media Collective, and a mentor and adviser to several youth-led and grassroots leadership projects. She has served and represented the public on the Commission to Study The Role Of Water As A Resource In The State of Maine.
Redefining Conservation is written, edited, and produced by the staff and volunteers of Sierra Club Maine, including Nyalat Biliew, Matthew Cannon, Nasreen Sheikh-Yousef, Anna Siegal, Philip Mathieu, Grace Deng, Minot Weld. It was recorded at WMPG in Portland, ME. Our theme music was composed by Nathan Kroms Davis.
Head to sierraclub.org/maine to learn more about how you can get involved with environmental activism in your community. Questions or comments? Submit them here or email us at maine.chapter@sierraclub.org.
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