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#Cli­mate­Week­NYC: The Prince of Wales Vis­its Gov­er­nors Island

Sep 19, 2023 2:49 pm

On Sep­tem­ber 18, Gov­er­nors Island was hon­ored to wel­come William, the Prince of Wales, in hon­or of Cli­mate Week NYC. The Prince, vis­it­ing New York City for the Earth­shot Prize Inno­va­tion Sum­mit, spent the after­noon with Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, meet­ing staff, vol­un­teers, stu­dents from the Urban Assem­bly New York Har­bor School, Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Pres­i­dent and CEO Clare New­man, and oth­er Island stakeholders. 

On Gov­er­nors Island, the Prince got an inside look into Bil­lion Oys­ter Pro­jec­t’s col­lab­o­ra­tive con­ser­va­tion efforts for sus­tain­ing marine life and main­tain­ing water health through oys­ter reef cul­ti­va­tion. While on the Island, he learned first­hand about Bil­lion Oys­ter Pro­jec­t’s vital work and its part­ner­ship with The Har­bor School, speak­ing with stu­dents about their unique expe­ri­ences attend­ing high school in the heart of New York Har­bor. He also par­tic­i­pat­ed in a shell sort­ing vol­un­teer activ­i­ty and met with sev­er­al Bil­lion Oys­ter Restau­rant Part­ners before head­ing across the riv­er to our friends at Brook­lyn Bridge Park, where he explored oys­ter habi­tats with stu­dents from the Brook­lyn Har­bor School and even wad­ed into the East Riv­er!

Gov­er­nors Island is proud to be home to a grow­ing com­mu­ni­ty of year-round non­prof­it and edu­ca­tion­al ten­ants work­ing to com­bat the cli­mate cri­sis, includ­ing Bil­lion Oys­ter Project and New York Har­bor School – who are also Com­mu­ni­ty Part­ners in the New York Cli­mate Exchange, Stony Brook Uni­ver­si­ty’s recent­ly announced glob­al hub for cli­mate research, solu­tion devel­op­ment, edu­ca­tion, work­force train­ing, and pub­lic pro­grams on Gov­er­nors Island.

Check out some more pho­tos below, along with recent press cov­er­age of this his­toric visit: 

• Inside Prince William’s trip to New York City — The Today Show 
• Prince William’s Vis­it to New York City Begins with a Rainy After­noon in the Water — Town & Coun­try Magazine
• Prince William Takes a Dip in New York’s East Riv­er - The New York Times
• Prince William Sees Oys­ter Reef Restora­tion Project on NYC Vis­it for Envi­ron­men­tal Sum­mit — Asso­ci­at­ed Press