Grantee: Radix Ecological Sustainability Center / Albany, New York
Grant Type: ecoTech
Description: The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center in Albany, NY was awarded a $2,359 ecoTech Grant from the Captain Planet Foundation, under funding provided by Voya Foundation.
This grant supported a project in which 24 local students built and deployed a drone equipped with an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to sense and categorize soil contamination in Albany’s South End, a neighborhood that has experienced significant environmental injustices.