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…
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 1/23/17 my group and I had an interview with Phil Kassen. He works at LREI and is the director. Our question was why the water filtration systems were changed in the lower, middle, and high school. He said that he changed the water filtration systems because of what had been happening with Flint in Michigan.…
On 1/20/17 my group and I talked with a man named Mike McGarry. He is an Environmental Consultant and does environmental work for a living. He studied environmental sciences in Cornel University in NY state. He has worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers, authored NEPA documents (Environmental Impact Statements/Environmental Assessments), for federal actions…
On 1/19/17 we (Ruthanne, Ruby, and Lindsay) interviewed Kaitlyn Parkins. She is the education director of the L.E.S.E.C. and works on the stewardship programs. This organization has four different programs including electronic waste recycling, and are a host site for the NYC compost project. The electronic recycling is held in their Gowanus office. They collect electronic…
For my group’s third field work, we visited the Gowanus Canal Conservancy. We talked with a representative about the problems that have been occurring. The canal is being filled with sewage every time it rains. The canal used to be a dumping ground for coal waste, so it is toxic to animals. Along with 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…
On Thursday 11/10/16 we went to Governor’s Island and did volunteering for the Billion Oyster Project. Our group drilled and tagged oysters and cleaned dead oyster shells that came in from restaurants. Don’t worry we didn’t kill any oysters, the alive oysters are connected to the dead shells that we drilled. After we drilled through…
