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Just to update everyone on what Princeton Water Watch is doing this summer, here’s a summary.
Mural Project:
Water Watch is teaming up with artist Leon Rainbow of Trenton and Dean Innocenzi of TerraCycle to complete a mural that shows the importance of water in our daily lives, encouraging a new generation to protect our local waterways.
Titled Water Makes the World Go ‘Round, the 30′x9′ mural will be at a community park in Trenton.
We also hope to work with kids on a smaller mural at the Riverside Community School in Trenton later in the month.
We will be having a benefit show with six bands on Wednesday, August 5th from 7-9 at Small World Cafe in Princeton, NJ.
Environmental Education: WE LOVE A (clean) WATER CYCLE
Louise is teaching kids of all ages fun lessons about the environment at local summer camps. Last week campers made crinkled paper watersheds with spots of pollution (black marker dots). When we sprayed water on them, the campers could see the pollution meander through the crinkles and settle in the lowest points, or the bottom of the watershed. Very fun!
Riverpalooza:
One of seven sites around the state, Princeton Water Watch will be hosting a bluegrass – breakfast river cleanup on Saturday, August 8th at 10 A.M. at Aussunpink Park in Trenton, NJ. This will be part of the statewide Summer 2009 Water Watch effort, Riverpalooza. Email Laura at njh2o@princeton.edu if you can make it!
Videos and Podcasts:
Laura worked with the Student Environmental Communication Network at Princeton University to create a podcast about water quality in Lake Carnegie and a video project about the Delaware River. Both are in progress and will be up on this website within the next few weeks.
Happy Earth Day! Today we’re celebrating with all of the environmental groups in Frist Campus Center. Water Watch will be conducting a ”water taste test” to see if people can tell the difference between bottled water and the filtered tap water available on campus. For those who pledge to stop using plastic water bottles, they can enter a drawing for one of six steel water bottles.
Steph Hill also managed to remove plastic water bottles from the the campus’s refrigerators’ shelves and replaced them with signs that explain their detrimental environmental impacts.
This weekend the Times took a critical look at the action we are propagating, to use a reusable, aluminum bottle. They found that if you use a stainless steel bottle in place of 50 plastic bottles, the climate is better off. For those of us who grab a bottle of water daily, that means if you keep a steel bottle at your desk or in your purse, in less than two months the CO2 costs of the plastic bottles exceed the steel. Just don’t loose it!
This article makes an important point: there are hidden environmental costs in everything we buy. It takes 1400 steps to produce the stainless steel for a water bottle. Think about what it would take to build a car.
Remember, reduce is the first step.
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We would like to extend a special thanks to everyone who participated in the canoe cleanup on Saturday (all 50 of you!). We had representation from the Princeton Sustainability Committee (Heidi Fichtenbaum) and Princeton Friends of Open Space (Steve Hiltner), as well as West Windsor-Plainsboro North H.S. and Princeton University groups.
We removed about 25 trash bags worth of garbage from the river banks. We also cleared a good portion of the park’s garlic-mustard plants, thus increasing biodiversity in the area.
The generosity of Applebee’s, Olives and Princeton Canoe and Kayak Rentals made this great event possible!
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Water Watch is pleased to announce a Global Water Issues Lecture Series. Three lectures will focus on water issues around the world, how they impact our lives, and what we can do to help solve these problems. The lectures will be held on April 8th, 16th and 21st at 7:30.
April 8th: “The Water’s Edge”
Chris Williams, Director of Freshwater Conservation at World Wildlife Fund, U.S.
April 16th: “Challenges in Water Resource Management”
Dr. Pete Loucks, Cornell University 7:30, McCormick 101
April 21st: “Business Solutions to Water Quality Problems”
Albe Zakes, VP Media Relations of TerraCycle 7:30, Friend 101
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Here are some photos from our latest beach cleanup last Saturday at Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore, about an hour’s drive from Princeton.
We found bags and bags of litter, including a pacifier, a baby doll’s foot, hundreds of bottle caps and dozens of …tampon applicators.
Keep an eye out for cleanups in the future.
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Beach Cleanup at Sandy Hook
March 28th, 2009
10 AM
Water Watch will go to the Jersey Shore on Saturday, March 28th to cleanup the beautiful Sandy Hook State Park. We will meet at the South Lawn of Frist at 10, drive to the beach and remove trash and debris. We’ll provide transportation, gloves and brunch. As spaces are limited in the vans, respond as soon as possible if you are interested.
Please email Stephen at stuozzol@princeton.edu by Wednesday, March 25th with your name, phone number and email address.
