On March 6th, I had a phone call with Jen Benson who is the education and outreach coordinator for Riverkeeper. Riverkeeper has been educating and protecting the Hudson River for over 50 years. They protect our drinking water and anywhere you can go in the Hudson River with a boat is protected by them. They…
On November 14th my group and I watched the documentary Flow by Irena Salina. In this movie, there were interviews with scientists about the lack of freshwater and where and who’s already getting affected. In the movie, they were interviewing people not just in the United States but in some other countries like Bolivia, Mexico, and countries…
We met with Phil Kassen on January 23rd. We interviewed about the school’s water filtration system and we learned a lot. Recently the school had people come and check the water filtration. They checked the pipes for the water fountains and for all the classroom sinks. The water was tested and they found small trace…
We went to the Lower East Side Ecology Center and met with Kaitlyn Parkins. We interviewed her on what she knew about water pollution and what she does. She works as the educational director and helps children learn more about recycling and composting and why they need to do it. We learned that a lot of…
Billion Oyster Project 12/5/2017 The Billion Oyster Project’s mission is to put a billion oysters in the Hudson River. Oysters filter water so putting oysters in the river make it filtered and therefore cleaner. We met with Robina Taliaferrow who works at the Billion Oyster Project and we got a tour and got to watch…
We met with Michael Wasserman who has worked at the Gowanus Canal Conservancy for over a year. He gave us a tour and showed us the canal, where their growing plants and trees in giant dumpsters, their nursery where they keep and raise lots of plants and some of the parks that they created and…
