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Cultivating Change in Long Island Sound Watershed
Over the past two years, we’ve been focusing education efforts on the lower portion of our watershed–the Long Island Sound–to help seed and grow a cultural shift in thinking about the reclamation of human “waste” as a tool to prevent nutrient pollution. We primarily focused on garden-based education as an immediately practicable step to work towards larger community-scale change. Through the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund grant, we partnered with 14 organizations across New York and Connecticut to host 23 events and distribute 32 portable peecycling kits, ultimately reaching over 900 participants. We participated in community events, hosted interactive workshops, presented webinars, created a peecycling exhibit for a library, facilitated explorations with an EcoSan game, and spoke at the Connecticut River Museum’s Environmental Symposium on a panel about the many forms of environmental stewardship for the river. We look forward to fertilizing the seeds we’ve planted and seeing what new projects we can help grow in our watershed!
Interested in getting involved in regional work in the LI watershed? Take our community interest survey to connect with folks in your area!
Thanks to our partners at the Connecticut River Conservancy for collaborating with us on this project!
