Future For Water

Britain’s rivers are in crisis. Sewage pollution, failing infrastructure, rising bills and growing public anger have pushed water firmly into the national spotlight. But how did we get here? And, more importantly, how do we fix it? In this powerful and frank conversation, Dave Wallace and Claire Zambuni sit down with Ash Smith — one of the UK’s most influential grassroots campaigners fighting for...

In this episode, Dave and Claire are joined by freshwater filmmaker Mark (Beneath British Waters) Barrow, a man who has spent over 35 years documenting life beneath the surface of the UK’s rivers. What begins as a conversation about filmmaking quickly becomes something more urgent: a first-hand account of how dramatically our rivers have changed—and not for the better. Mark shares how his early ex...

In this inaugural episode of the Future for Water podcast, Dave Wallace is joined by Claire Zambuni, founder of Future for Water, and Chris Szweda, environmental scientist and citizen scientist, to explore how a grassroots idea has evolved into a growing national movement. From an impromptu river festival in the Pyrenees to the UK River Summit and now the River Summit & Festival in Henley-on-T...