Raleigh Latham is filmmaker, storyteller, and fierce advocate of ecosystem restoration.  With a background in ecology education, filmmaking, marketing, Raleigh brings a varied skillset to the Water Stories team. He dedicates his efforts to creating inspiring, actionable stories and courses that can show anyone how they can restore their water landscapes.

Peter is a creative programmer who specializes in creating complex web applications and digital products. He brings his broad technical expertise to the Water Stories team to build and maintain our educational app and websites - which are the core components of how we share the Water Stories message and deliver our offerings to you!

Apollo lives to be in service. Finding ways to be in service to the homeostasis of this planet has led him to obtain skills and experiences in the fields of permaculture, natural building, ecovillage design, alternative governance and videography. Apollo is a Water Cycle professional practitioner, having spent years working with Zach pond building and spring tapping with Elemental Ecosystems. He is a film production specialist at Water Stories

Brian is an animator, illustrator and VFX artist. He has worked on diverse projects such as documentaries, music videos, commercials and independent films. He lives in Patagonia, Argentina.With life long experience in drawing, painting and animating. He has developed skills in diverse media, specializing in 3D animation and digital painting. His artwork is inspired by nature, water and the mysterious dance between life and consciousness, depicting a variety of textures, landscapes and movement.

Megan is dedicated to regenerating landscapes with a focus on rehydrating our landscapes, soil health, biodiversity, and the decentralization of fresh water sources. After studying Geology and Geophysics and working in an extractive industry, she shifted her professional focus to conservation, followed by farming. She began working as a Restoration Ecologist for Elemental Ecosystems, building water retention features on projects across the world. Megan works as the Event Organizer and Operations Assistant Manager at Water Stories.

Nick is extremely passionate about water cycle restoration and growing more with less work. After an MBA in innovation and entrepreneurship, he has shifted his focus to land regeneration with a strong focus on water. He has spent the last decade educating and working with farmers and land owners on the creation of future-proof landscapes. As a Water Stories certified professional, Nick is working as a teacher and business strategist.

With a background in public speaking and writing, Julia turned to plants about ten years ago while living in the deep woods of Washington state. By incorporating Advocate Certification from the Water Stories Core Course with her knowledge of native plants of the Pacific Northwest, she developed a deep understanding of the natural systems around us. She now greatly enjoys helping both her clients and the Water Stories students discover those same magical truths hiding just under the topsoil.

A visionary in the fields of working with water and nature, Sepp Holzer is an Austrian Mountain farmer who defied convention to create model farms and projects around the world. By creating dozens of water bodies on his steep mountain farm, and planting thousands of trees, Sepp created one of the most diverse, ecological wonderlands in Europe. Sepp’s work has transformed countless communities across the earth, who have modeled his decentralized water retention features to reverse drought, and bring abundant water supplies back to their land. Working with Sepp from 2012 to 2015 had a foundational impact on Zach Weiss and Water Stories, serving as the backbone in many ways to the approach and techniques shared here.

While tending to his drought-stricken impoverished community as a medical doctor, an interaction with a patient shifted his focus to restoring water.. Starting alone with a shovel, his work grew into a movement of tens of thousands of villagers, building water retention spaces that captured the rain, lowered the temperature, and brought back water to more than a million people in Rajasthan. Meeting Rajendra at the Global Earth Repair Conference in 2019 was eye opening for Zach with regards to initiating community movements for water and earth repair. Visiting his projects in India later that year for another foundational event leading to the creation of Water Stories.