Equity In Every Drop

About Equity In Every Drop

Hosted by Thomas Hynes, Waterkeeper Alliance This podcast brings together the diverse voices, experiences, and perspectives of Waterkeeper groups around the world, alongside impacted communities and leading experts. Through meaningful conversations, Equity in Every Drop explores the critical issues threatening our waters—and the actions and solutions needed to protect everyone’s right to clean water. Across its first four seasons, the series has tackled some of the most urgent challenges facing our waterways—from climate change and water scarcity to factory farms and industrial agriculture, plastic pollution, toxic chemicals, and the degradation of wetlands. Along the way, it has highlighted the real-world impacts on communities, as well as the advocates, scientists, and changemakers working to drive progress at local, national, and global levels. Season 5 builds on this foundation, revealing how water advocacy is constantly evolving. As new threats emerge, Waterkeepers adapt on the ground—responding to shifting realities, protecting their communities, and continuing the fight for clean water. Whether you're a seasoned advocate or new to the movement, join us to listen, learn, and help amplify the demand for equity in every drop. To learn about our global water movement and how to get involved, visit waterkeeper.org.

Publisher

Waterkeeper Alliance

Category

business · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Mar 2024

Latest episode

20 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Rights of Nature

   Patricio Chambers serves as the Guayllabamba Waterkeeper in Ecuador, taking over leadership from his father, Rafael Chambers. Rooted in the Andean worldview that humans and nature are part of one unified reality, Patricio mobilizes communities across Metropolitan Quito through Mingas, a form of traditional indigenous collective cleanup celebrations. His team is also preparing to host the upcoming Waterkeeper Alliance global conference. His work represents a unique multi-generational commitment, engaging four generations of his family, down to his four-year-old grandson. This conversation focuses on Ecuador’s historic 2008 constitutional recognition of the Rights of Nature (Pachamama). As the first country in the world to establish a biocentric legal framework, Ecuador legally grants rivers and ecosystems the inherent right to exist, persist, and regenerate. Local advocates successfully leveraged this constitutional foundation to declare Quito’s polluted Monjas River a subject of rights. Patricio addresses the practical gap between written constitutional law and field enforcement, demonstrating why legal protections must be matched with continuous community action to restore living watersheds.

2. 

   23 Jul 2026

   Nature-Based Solutions

   In this episode of Equity in Every Drop, host Thomas Hynes sits down with Jill Jedlicka, Executive Director of Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper. Since joining the organization in 2003, Jill has helped secure over $150 million in investments to revitalize Western New York’s freshwater coast. Jill shares insights into her team’s nature-based shoreline solutions, the vital role of corporate partnerships like HSBC in engaging community volunteer capital, and the region's transition away from its heavy industrial legacy. From the unique wave energy of Lake Erie to youth education programs that build generational equity, this conversation highlights why Mother Nature remains the ultimate engineer.

3. 

   18 Jun 2026

   A Fisherwoman's Fight for Environmental Justice

   In this episode of Equity in Every Drop, host Thomas Hynes sits down with the legendary Diane Wilson—a fourth-generation fisherwoman, author, San Antonio Bay Waterkeeper, and winner of the prestigious 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize. Diane shares her incredible 38-year journey fighting massive petrochemical plants on the Texas Gulf Coast. Discover how an introverted boat captain led a team of volunteers to document systemic plastic pollution, ultimately securing a $50 million settlement against Formosa Plastics—the largest citizen-led Clean Water Act recovery in U.S. history. Diane also pulls back the curtain on her current battle against Dow Chemical and explains why relentless persistence is the ultimate tool for environmental justice.

Who has been a guest on Equity In Every Drop

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Brent Walls
• Luis Cruz
• Dr. Christopher D. Heaney, Ph.D.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

273,471

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

97

YouTube

86

Engagement

60

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