On February 9th, No Water No Life interviewed John Wright, the founder and president of the Wright Group, a lobbying group that lobbies for social justice causes in New York State. He is an expert at lobbying, and we asked to interview him to learn techniques for how to advocate for justice for water issues.…
No Water No Life created a petition to advocate for the passage of an amendment. I first learned about this amendment from an email that the Wildlife Conservation Society sent to my mom. It’s passage is being debated by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC). It is called the Deep Sea Corals Amendment to the…
No Water No Life invited Dr. Howard S. Schiffman, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. to speak to the 8th grade at LREI. He is an expert in marine biology and conservation and is a lawyer. He is very well educated, and his expertise showed through his presentation, which was very detailed, informative, and intriguing. He went into…
On January 29, “No Water, No Life” visited the Newtown Creek Water Treatment Plant. After we were dismissed from school, Kiyomi, Kai, and I met Hilary Meltzer in front of our school. I was happy to learn that she would be coming with us to tour the Plant. We all walked to the West 4th…
My Social Justice Group had arranged to sell reusable water bottles with the organization “Take Back the Tap”. I had heard that some people at the parish I belong to, the Church of Saint Francis Xavier, were conducting a reusable water bottle sale. The goal of the “Take Back the Tap” reusable water bottle sale…
Interview with Hilary Meltzer, 12/11/14 On Thursday, December 11th, the “No Water, No Life” group met with lawyer and water pollution expert Hilary Meltzer at her office on Church Street. We walked from our school, LREI, to the West 4th Street subway station, and took the train downtown. As we emerged from the World Trade…
Interview with Dr. Maria Guttierez, 11/20/14 Today we met with climate change expert Maria Guttierez. Unfortunately, one member of our group, Kiyomi, could not attend this interview. Dr. Guttierez had a lot of insight into the topics she was asked about, and was also very friendly. Kai and I walked to her house, just a…
Interview: Dr. Yelda Balkir, Director of Environmental Science at Manhattan College, 10/29/14 We are a group of three eighth grade students at LREI: Daniela, Kiyomi, and Kai. We were scheduled to meet with Dr. Yelda Balkir, who is the Director of Environmental Science at Manhattan College. She is originally from Istanbul, Turkey, and is the…
