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RICHMOND COUNTY, NEW YORK

RICHMOND COUNTY, NEW YORK. AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS by Grace Bartow 5rd grade, Tamarac Elementary . WHAT IS RICHMOND COUNTY?. Abstract

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RICHMOND COUNTY, NEW YORK

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  1. RICHMOND COUNTY, NEW YORK

  2. AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSISby Grace Bartow5rd grade, Tamarac Elementary

  3. WHAT IS RICHMOND COUNTY? Abstract In this program, I studied Richmond County, New York. The aim of my study is to inform you on the environmental standings of Richmond County. To do this study, I used newspaper articles, websites, and government sites. The results of my search were very successful. I learned a lot of interesting facts about Richmond County’s environmental standings. It is important to study counties because counties break down states or areas to make it easier to study them.

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  5. METHODS It is important to study counties because you can break down the sections of New York to make it easier to study. There are 62 counties in New York today. My county is a big city. There is much flatland in my county. To understand my county’s environmental health, you would want to ask questions like, “What is the population?” One of the challenges in researching counties is knowing what is true and what is not. Some things on the Internet are not true.

  6. PARTS OF A COUNTY: HABITATS Staten Island (Richmond County) has many different habitats. There is the city area, the Greenbelt Preserve, which is mostly forests and green areas. Finally, there are the wetlands, also known as the Bluebelt area. One of these habitats is Shore Acres. It is a neighborhood in Staten Island. Shores Acres is located on the northeast coast of Richmond County (Staten Island). Challenges: - Garbage pile up - Air pollution - Flooding Solutions: - Waste-to-energy plant - Bluebelt

  7. PARTS OF A COUNTY: WATER & SOIL The water sources in my county are the Arthur Kill, the Kill Van Kull, and the Hudson River. These are all very important rivers and water bodies. Challenges: - Water pollution - Fertilizers soaking into soil Solutions: - Don’t dump factory waste into water - Stop using fertilizers

  8. PARTS OF A COUNTY: INDUSTRIES In Richmond County, three industries are popular: health care, retail trade, and accommodations and food services. Health care means doctors’ offices, dentists, orthodontists, hospitals, and urgent care. Retail means the sale of products. This means food, clothing, furniture, cars, and other products. Accommodations and food services mean hotels, motels, restaurants, and food courts. Challenges: - Machinery malfunctions - Shipping to Staten Island - Air and water pollution Solutions: - Reduce amount of garbage/recycle - Work together to reduce imports - Bluebelt

  9. PARTS OF A COUNTY: ENERGY The energy mixture in Richmond County is not healthy. 57.4% of the energy comes from gas and 39.9% of the energy comes from nuclear energy. This is not renewable energy. The next 100, 1000, or 10,000 years will be even unhealthier (if they keep this energy mix up)! This causes a lot of carbon dioxide. These are non-renewable energy sources they run out eventually. Carbon dioxide is a gas produced by humans and animals when breathing out. Challenges: - Too many nonrenewable energy sources Solutions: - Use more renewable energy - Reduce gas usage

  10. PARTS OF A COUNTY: WASTE In my county, there is one garbage disposal system called the Fresh Kills Landfill. It is located in the middle of Staten Island. It is one of the biggest landfills in the world! Challenges: - Lack of space Solutions: - Waste-to-energy plant

  11. ENVIROINDICATORS: WATERSHED HEALTH

  12. ENVIROINDICATORS: ENERGY

  13. OTHER ENVIROINDICATORS

  14. TIMELINE Around 21,000 Years Ago – The landmass of Long Island was formed Around 1600 AD – The Lenape Indians Arrive at Staten Island 1979 – Oil spill in the Kill van Kull from industrial plants and factories on Staten Island (and New Jersey) June 21, 2011 – last watershed report created for Richmond County

  15. BACKGROUND Richmond County is located on the southern tip of New York City. The county is very flat and is basically a big city so there are no mountains or lakes there, except for the Greenbelt and the Bluebelt. The composition of my county is cities and towns. The population of Richmond County is 470,728 (as of 2012).

  16. RECOMMENDATIONS The environmental health of my county is good for right now, but in the future they should be more eco-friendly. There are really no programs that are helping the environment in Richmond County. I think the most important thing for Richmond County to do in the future is to have a waste-to-energy plant. Staten Island already has a huge landfill and no energy plants. So it would make since for them to build a waste-to-energy plant. So to sum up, Richmond County has a pretty good environment right now, but could work on it in the future.

  17. SOURCES • New York DEC. (2014). Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound Watershed Map. Retrieved from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/53733.html • Staten Island Waterfront. (2012). Stapleton. Retrieved from Staten Island Waterfront 2012: http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/siwaterfront12/history/stapleton/ • Wikimedia. (2014). Staten Island Landfill. Retrieved from Wikimedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/AT_STATEN_ISLAND_LANDFILL_STEAM_SHOVEL_LOADS_CARTS_WITH_GARBAGE_BROUGHT_BY_BARGE_FROM_MANHATTAN._CARTS_WILL_HAUL..._-_NARA_-_549792.jpg/800px-AT_STATEN_ISLAND_LANDFILL_STEAM_SHOVEL_LOADS_CARTS_WITH_ • Wikipedia. (2014). Staten Island. Retrieved from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island

  18. ABOUT ECOED & MENTORS Rensselaer's EcoEd Research Group involves faculty and students in the development and delivery of creative, interdisciplinary environmental education to K-12 students. The goal is to extend the broad impact of humanities and social science research on environmental problems through translation into hands-on exercises through which young students develop capacity to deal effectively with environmental problems, and with complex problems in general - integrating many types of knowledge.  In EcoEd’s Upper Elementary School Research Program, young students are assigned an RPI student mentor, and with them move through a nine-week exploration of a research topic, culminating in a substantial written report and formal oral presentation.

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