Alyssa Pepper is organizing the Livingston Water Summit to focus on better use of water.
“I’m a swimmer, so I love water,” Alyssa explains.
Alyssa is working on her Gold Project as a Girl Scout. A few years ago, for another scouting project, she became interested in ways to save water and organized an educational field trip to Livingston's Water Pollution Control Facility. For that project she won the NJ Clean Communities student award.
This year, Alyssa decided to organize a "water summit" with speakers and information on water quality and conservation. Alyssa has lined up an impressive list of speakers, including the state climatologist and head of the Passaic River Coalition. Participants will be given a quiz, with those who answer correctly entered to win a rain barrel.
The Livingston Water Summit will be Wednesday, June 22, from 7-9 p.m. at the Livingston Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Ave., Livingston.
Alyssa is a member of Girl Scout Troop 20743. She’s been involved in scouting since she was a 10-year-old Brownie at Riker Hill Elementary School. Usually though you can find her in the pool. She swims for the Berkeley Aquatic Club, a backstroke specialist who has trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Her interest in water quality and conservation is a natural extension of her athletic pursuits. She’ll be taking AP environmental science next year at LHS and is already thinking of a career in environmental law.