by Eric Weimer, Resource Recovery Intern
NY Harbor School (NYHS) and Earth Matter’s goals are different.
For Harbor School, the goal is to clean up the New York Bay by replacing oyster reefs that have disappeared from years of human disruption. For Earth Matter, the goal is to bring attention to organic waste and encourage public participation in finding ways to divert organics from the landfill. Although our goals are different, they intertwine in many ways.
Through the Recycling and Sustainability Internship , Earth Matter, Harbor School students, and the general public all work together to achieve common ends.
Environmental awareness leads to action, and is necessary if we want to have a healthy Earth in the future. I’m very interested in this because I don’t think that anyone can see the full scope of what we, as part of the global community, have to deal with in terms of the environment. With so many problems and not enough efforts to find solutions, the current generation should take a stand so that the world as we know it can be cleaner. With our generation’s acceptance of global connectivity, our responsibility is to improve the world for when we are older, as well as for generations to come.
pictured: NY Harbor School Earth Matter Resource Recovery interns (R-RIP) and mentors gather around January’s oyster shell curing bed