Name: Tristan Goris
Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Water Pollution and Climate Change
Date of Fieldwork: February 3, 2022
Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Jennifer Bombardier
Type of Fieldwork: Interview
What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :
Jennifer Bombardier is a part of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, contributing to green infrastructure, and changes for water preservation and cleaning. She claims that water is essential for everything, recreation, drinking, cooking, and many other daily activities. Toxic waste is commonly, illegally, dumped into our waterways, harming both humans and animals. Heating and cooling systems in buildings are major contributors to global warming because of how much fossil fuels they produce.
Rain and waste water are being stored in the same areas, polluting the rain water that could have been cleaned and turned into drinking water. People should try and conserve water as much as possible, especially when it rains.