# @fromthebowseat on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2Qfq1HmWP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73154965-fromthebowseat-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-25T16:05:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs 🪸 (@fromthebowseat) — https://gondola.cc/fromthebowseat

## Caption

How we personally relate to water matters. So does taking a look at the bigger pic 🖼️ When we step back to take a l👀k at the patterns, we can spot the larger, systemic issues we need to tackle.

A new, 6-month investigation 👓 from the guardian looking at 5 yrs of Environmental Protection Agency epagov data shows that “millions of people in the U.S. are drinking water that fails to meet federal health standards, including by violating limits for dangerous contaminants,” and that “Latinos are disproportionately exposed.”🚰

The investigation adds to a whole body of research 📚 highlighting how “access to clean drinking water is highly unequal in the US, based on race, income and geography.”

Read the article via the 🔗 in our bio.

📸🎨 by Ricardo Santos dat.rs and maxwhittaker

This #WorldWaterWeek, dive right into global water issues with us 💧 as we explore the prompts of our 2021 Ocean Awareness Contest: WATER RISING through resources and inspo. This year’s Contest challenges you to explore and understand your connection to water, and to speak up 📣 for our blue 🌎 through the arts.

Prompt number 3 asks: How is water a lens through which we can understand and fight for justice? Consider water as a mirror of our society—it reflects back to us who we are. What do you see in the mirror?
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#OceanAwarenessContest #2021OceanAwarenessContest #artcontest #water #environmentaljustice #envirojustice #intersectionalenvironmentalism #waterjustice #socialjustice #waterquality #cleanwaterforall #waterconservation #waterislife #waterstories #steameducation

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waterquality, 2021oceanawarenesscontest, waterislife, artcontest, environmentaljustice, envirojustice, waterconservation, socialjustice, waterjustice, cleanwaterforall, steameducation, worldwaterweek, oceanawarenesscontest, intersectionalenvironmentalism, water, waterstories

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