environment
GOWANUS – In celebration of Earth Day 2018, clean-water activist Christopher Swain swam the 1.8 mile length of the Gowanus Canal on Sunday to advocate for the cleanup of the polluted waterway. “People say it’s crazy that I’m swimming in here with the oil, the gas, the sewage,
Christopher Swain
Photo via itookthispic [https://instagram.com/p/1ytbNJK9Mz/?tagged=gowanusswimmer]The Gowanus Canal opened in 1866, hailed at the time as a vital waterway. Mills, commercial shipping, and many other businesses used it during a 19th century business boom. But that business boom led to the canal being recognized as
Christopher Swain
Activist Christopher Swain swims the Gowanus Canal.Hoards of media and curious individuals waited on bridges along the Gowanus Canal to see a clean-water activist swim its polluted length [/blog/green/so-this-guy-is-going-to-swim-in-the-gowanus-canal] on Wednesday afternoon. Christopher Swain [http://www.swimwithswain.org/], who has taken similar swims through other, somewhat less