In late 2020, Nalgene Outdoor partnered with Diné designer Jaden Redhair to create a limited-edition “Tó éí iiná” (Water is Life) bottle, from which $5 of every sale was committed to raise money for solutions to help resolve the water crisis across the Navajo Nation. After record sales and multiple rounds of reprints, the Nalgene Water Fund is pleased to announce that it will donate an additional $36,000 between two nonprofit partners on the Navajo Nation, DigDeep and Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment (COPE), bringing the growing total over two years to nearly $80,000 in support.

World Water Day, held on March 22 every year since 1993, raises awareness for the 2.2 billion people worldwide living without access to safe water and advocates for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6: Sustainable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for all by 2030.

If you look at the objects that are around you right now, many of them probably traveled an incredibly long way before they finally made it into your hands. That’s because thanks to the global supply chain, we have easy access to products from all over the world. While this sort of access can be incredible, and has transformed the planet, it can also carry some major downsides, especially for the environment.

This World Water Day, when much of the world is reflecting on water challenges overseas, the Nalgene Water Fund (NWF) will continue to focus its efforts on helping the more than two million Americans that lack access to running water, indoor plumbing, or wastewater services.

Five dollars from every sale will go toward future water efforts to provide additional resources for Navajo Nation residents. The bottles are available to purchase at Nalgene.com for $15.

Jaden did some graphic design work in 2018 for a nonprofit here on the Navajo Nation called Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment program (COPE). He made some posters for them that they hung up around the Navajo Nation that encouraged drinking water

Hydrated people are happy people — and this special edition Nalgene Outdoor water bottle supports an important cause, too.

“Doing something I like and getting paid for it while also helping people — it’s pretty crazy!” said the 20-year-old graphic designer and engineering student. “I didn’t expect it to take off the way it has.”

The Navajo Nation, America’s largest indigenous tribe, has more than 300,000 residents – the vast majority of whom do not have running water in their homes. Some must travel over two hours to a grocery store or community center for access to water.

For a limited time, Nalgene will sell exclusive co-branded base layer shirts for men and women designed by Corbeaux. In turn, Nalgene Outdoor will design two limited-edition co-branded 32-ounce wide mouth bottles that will be sold in Corbeaux’s flagship store in Aspen, Colorado, and its online store.