Counter Culture Labs:Environmental Justice Project

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Environmental Justice Project Group Page

  • contact: Zach Smith, Project Organizer - zach.dsmith27@gmail.com
  • goal: to identify and address social inequities within our local community as they relate to the consequences of human activity and climate change, with a general interest in water, air, and soil quality
  • main function: to assist in community efforts to address aforementioned inequities, coordinating with local organizations and stakeholders to identify relevant and efficacious efforts for us to participate in

previous workshops:

  • 2/04 Temescal Creek Bacterial contamination monitoring
  • members of the lab teamed up to test water quality of local creek, Temescal Creek, at various points using R-cards to test for relative contamination of common bacteria

what are R-cards?: https://www.rothbioscience.com/collections/r-card-products Map of Temescal Creek and the points from which we took samples PUT PICTURES AND CAPTIONS OF R-CARDS HERE

  • R-Card of sample taken at Outflow point of creek into the SF Bay

    R-Card of sample taken at Outflow point of creek into the SF Bay

  • R-Card of sample taken from creek at point near busy street

    R-Card of sample taken from creek at point near busy street

  • Summer DIY home water quality testing workshop
  • members of the lab and local community members brought hot and cold water samples from their home, which we tested for common pollutant contamination using three different online-purchased water quality testing strips

what tests did we use:

POST LINK TO POLISHED EXCEL SHEETS HERE

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