On December 5th my group and the other water pollution group went back to visit Billion Oyster Project on Governors Island. This time we got a full tour of the oyster facilities and well as going to the Oyster restoration Stations. The tour was very cool because BOP is very much a school as it…
On January 17th my group and I interviewed Eddie Stern. He is on the board of the Environmental Defense Fund which is a large organization that uses politics and business to solve environmental problems. If found this very interesting because before I had thought that the best way to help was to go and volunteer…
The Gowanus canal suffers from sewage and trash pollution as well as coal tar pollution. These Discharge points smelled really bad and have a negative effect on the community. On January 3rd My group and I went to the Gowanus Canal Conservatory for a tour. This organization focuses on the great amount of…
Jaqueline Wu works at the River Project in Manhattan. During our interview we learned all about how the River Project doesn’t directly prevent but they instead inform the community so that the community will pollute less. The River Project has a Wet-lab in lower Manhattan which they use to test the water quality in the…
On Thursday November 10th 2016 the Environmental-Water-Pollution and Waste group went to Governor’s Island for a day of service at the Billion Oyster Project. We left school in the morning and took a ferry to Governors Island which houses the main complex for the Billion Oyster Project. The Billion Oyster Project is non-profit organization that…
