Newtown Creek Alliance with Willis Elkins

Newtown Creek Alliance with Willis Elkins

In this episode, we hear from Willis Elkins, executive director of Newtown Creek Alliance. Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based local New York City organization dedicated to restoring, revealing, and revitalizing Newtown Creek. Newtown Creek is a 3.8 mile tributary of the East River, an estuary, a border between Brooklyn and Queens, and a federal superfund site. Historically, the creek has had over 50 industrial refineries along its banks.

In this conversation with Willis, we discuss the history of industry & legacy pollution on Newtown Creek, the Greenpoint oil spill, environmental remediation efforts, water quality, green roofs, and the vision for a more sustainable future for the creek. This episode was recorded at Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Check out the video version of this episode on youtube to see the green roof!

Video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6ToprNazs

Connect with Newtown Creek Alliance:

www.newtowncreekalliance.org/

www.instagram.com/newtowncreek/

www.kingslandwildflowers.com/

CREDITS:

Hosted and produced by Kiana Michaan

Edited by Maxfield Biggs

www.strandedastronaut.com

Videography by Jae Minard

www.jaeminard.com

Sound Recordist & Co-produced by Lucy Little

www.lucyalittle.com

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