Open Rivers

The Mississippi River is ranked #1 in this year's list of most endangered rivers from American Rivers. Check out some of the ways people along the full length of the river work to inspire connection and engagement with people and place in the latest issue of at openrivers.lib.umn.edu.

🔊 America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025 report is here!

From Alaska to New Jersey, and from extreme weather like drought, logging, mining, and flooding, these 10 rivers all have one thing in common: they are all at a tipping point, facing an urgent decision in the coming months.

The threats facing are imminent, but not inevitable. Take action today and speak up for greater investment in rivers and clean water.

🔗 Take action: https://mostendangeredrivers.org/?utm_campaign=MER&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1744812044

Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community welcomes participants from any university and any graduate program to join its Graduate Student Committee. Members will gain practical professional experience in digital media, editing, and publishing while exploring public scholarship in their own practice. Participants will gain skills that serve both academic and non-academic career paths. Learn more at https://openrivers.lib.umn.edu/gsc/.

In his introduction to the issue and the Mississippi River Open School, guest editor John Kim explains the power of solidarity programs to help people reconnect with each other and with other-than-humans. Based on his experiences with these kinds of programs, Kim argues for transformations in educational practices to respond to and resist the challenges of the Anthropocene and what he argues is "the geosocial disaster that unfolds around us." Read more at: https://openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/action-camps-everywhere/
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