On Thursday, February 20th our entire class went to a water treatment plant in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Julia’s mom, Hilary Meltzer, who works at the DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) has been helping us and she helped set up the fieldwork in Brooklyn. While we were there a man named Walter gave us a presentation…
Movie Screening
by 18devond
On Thursday, February 6th, my social justice group screened a movie for the class. The movie was called Bhopali. It was about a gas disaster that happened in Bhopal, Indian because of union carbine. There was a gas spillage and around 20,000 people died. Union carbine has not taken responsibility and because the only thing…
Movie Screening 2/6
by 18devond
On Thursday, February 6th, my social justice group screened a movie for the class. The movie was called Bhopali. It was about a gas disaster that happened in Bhopal, Indian because of union carbine. There was a gas spillage and around 20,000 people died. Union carbine has not taken responsibility and because the only thing…
Participating in the clean up of the Gowanus Canal 1/12
by 18devond
On Sunday we went to the Gowanus Canal and helped participate in cleaning the canal. When we got there, we met up with Natasia, who is an important member of the organization helping cleaning this canal. She explained what we would be doing. The Gowanus Canal organization has been extremely helpful in the clean up…
Meeting with Hilary Meltzer 12/3
by 18devond
On December 3rd my group and I met with Hilary Meltzer. She works for the Department of Environmental Protection. She gave us a presentation about fracking and the treatment of the water in the United States of America. She started off by talking about water in New York and how there is different sheds for…
Meeting With Amanda Setiawan From Engineers Without Borders
by 18devond
On Wednesday November 6th, we met with Amanda Setiawan from Engineers Without Borders (EWB). Amanda goes to NYU and she works internationally and locally with environmental issues. She is the president of EWB, which is an organization that creates many different machines that help the environment all over the world. She answered many of our…
Information from Natasia Siberda at Gowanus Canal
by 18devond
On Saturday, November 16th, we went to the Gowanus Canal and had a meeting with Natasia Siberda. She is one of the organizers of the Gowanus Canal Organization. We came to a clean-up. Unfortunately we were not able to volunteer so we just observed and asked question. She explained that the 2 main sources for…
