Today we had the wonderful opportunity to go on a tour of a water treatment plant in RedHook. The plant treats toilet water, industrial wastewater, grey water, and storm water. Their main reason for treating the water is to protect public health. We learned that water borne diseases can in grow easily dirty water, and…
Last Thursday, my group and I had the opportunity to share with our grade a film called Bhopali. I reached out to the director of the movie, Max Carlson, and he and I worked together to create questions to ask before and after the screening of the film. We presented selected clips of the movie…
Last weekend, our group had the opportunity to volunteer at the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. We worked with Nastasia Sidarta, who we had interviewed before. The volunteering event included tasks such as composting, tree stewardship, and assisting the conservancy with their participation in the Mulchfest program. Mulchfest is a program in which people leave their Christmas…
Last Tuesday, we had the opportunity to meet with Hilary Meltzer, an environmental lawyer who works for the DEP (the Department of Environmental Protection). (Hilary is also the mother of Julia Meltzer). We learned a lot, about topics ranging from fracking across the country to New York State’s sanitation systemWe were shocked to hear…
On Saturday, our social justice group ventured to the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn to meet with the program manager of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy named Nastasia Sidarta. As we made our way from the subway station to the meeting place where a cleanup was happening, we viewed many of the disgusting results of centuries of…
Last Wednesday we had the opportunity to have a meeting with the president of the NYU chapter of Engineers Without Borders, Amanda Setiawan. It was a super interesting, educational and exciting experience for many reasons. Amanda talked about how EWB works, who they worked with, and what the NYU chapter is currently working on.…
