Veins Of An Island
Teurumereariki Hinano Murphy explains the traditional Polynesian perspective on water: water is life. It rains down into freshwater springs that weave through the island of Mo’orea, French Polynesia, just like blood through our veins, eventually bubbling up from the ground, and flowing onto fringing coral reef ecosystems.
This is a natural process–but something is now happening to this water, threatening the health of the reefs and the island residents’ drinking water. “Veins of an Island” follows Dr. Nyssa Silbiger, who is working with her students and Mo’orean residents to better understand why this is happening, and how we can stop it.