25. Thriving globally with a passion for water conservation -- with Shreya Ramachandran

Shreya Ramachandran is a high school senior and global leader in
water conservation. We talk about her passion for water
conservation and grey water reuse and what an integral piece of
the larger environmental conservation puzzle it is. She touches
on how many aspects of sustainability flow back into the need to
conserve and protect our water resources. She shares how
personally experiencing a terrible drought in California five
years ago sparked her interest in water conservation and after a
trip to India she realized what a global issue water scarcity is
and how similarly it affects people around the world.


She created her non-profit, The Grey Water Project, in 2016
because she wanted to do her part in promoting the safe reuse of
grey water and water conservation through outreach, advocacy,
policy changes and grey water curricula. Her curricula is
available for free and so far has impacted more than 50,000
people in 90+ schools across four countries.


Shreya has some many amazing accomplishments, but here are a few
highlights: in 2017, she was awarded the President’s
Environmental Youth Award and invited to become a member of the
United Nation’s Global Waste Water Initiative, her research
received a grand award at the 2019 Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair, she was named a Top 20 Global Finalist in
the 2019 Google Science Fair, and she also received the 2019
Children’s Climate Prize, an international award given to one
environmentalist each year.


Go check out her website and learn more about her amazing work!


The Grey Water Project website:
https://www.thegreywaterproject.org/home


Ambassador program: https://www.thegreywaterproject.org/programs





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