Name: Gabriella Hilsenrad

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Water Pollution and Climate Change

Date of Fieldwork: March 31, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Jennifer Scales and Rebecca Lawler

Type of Fieldwork: Tour of Organization

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

Jennifer led us on a virtual tour of the exhibit “What to do with all that Poo?” at the Gates Foundation Discovery Center. We learned about how proper sewage is extremely important to have clean water, and how having an improper waste disposal system can be harmful to the environment. This can cause up to 700,000 childhood deaths each year.
We also learned some fun facts related to the topic. One thing was that squat toilets are more common than western toilets, which surprised me. We also learned that Sir Thomas Crapper invented the toilet in the 1880s.