Water Justice Lab Open House

This event is part of our Water Justice and Media Lab End of Season Celebration. Join Riverkeeper and NATURE Lab, along with our community science volunteers, fellows, family, and friends, to celebrate the seventh season of Water Justice Lab.

Youth fellows will share different aspects of Water Justice Lab, from microplastics research to macroinvertebrate life in local streams, and demonstrate our water testing process. After the open house, join a community meal celebrating the many volunteers who make the project possible. Then head to the Sanctuary main space for a 7:00 pm screening of short films on local environmental themes, including a youth-produced Media Lab video about local water ecologies.

Schedule:
- 4:30 pm: Water Justice Lab open house (1st floor of NATURE Lab)
- 6:00 pm: Community meal and volunteer appreciation (2nd floor of NATURE Lab)
- 7:00 pm: Films screened at Sanctuary main space. Register for the screening here.

Registration coming soon.

Water Justice Lab (WJL) is a collaborative program between Riverkeeper and NATURE Lab. Through its water quality monitoring program and related programming, WJL educates communities about water justice, aids in developing the advocacy capacity of North-Central Troy, and strengthens a network of environmental justice advocates focused on water issues within the Hudson River (Mahicannituck) Watershed.

This event celebrates the work of our high school youth fellows and community science volunteers. This year, Water Justice Lab youth fellows were joined by a youth media team, made possible thanks to a successful spring ’26 fundraiser. Media Lab (ML) fellows documented the six-week summer Source to Estuary program, producing a film that will be presented during the evening portion of the celebration.