Samantha Sobolewski's Page

As a member of the Free The Children network and someone who has personally heard the words of Craig Kielburger and had the honor of meeting with him I feel very passionate about the work Free The Children does in regards to water and sanition in third world countries. More then 138,000 people have benefitted from a Free The Children filtration project, most funded by schools and communities who put together the money through various fundraising projects. These water projects not only help the… Continue

The Water Project is an organization that currently supplies 14 communities in Honduras with clean drinking water. The company claims that since installing their water filtration units they've managed to cut infant mortality rates in Honduras by half. All the labour to create the filtration units were donated by men from the villages who understood the benefits of the filtration units, linking the community and the outsiders who brought The Water Project to Honduras together.… Continue

It is May 4th, 2020 and I am celebrating my 27th birthday. For my birthday I have decided to throw a party in my New York City apartment building that has recently become 100% solar powered. Solar panels that are strategically placed throughout the exterior of the building take in enough sunlight to give renewable electric power to the entire building, cutting down on electrical bills for everyone. Guests will be able to not only see how the solar panels work, but check out other innovations… Continue

Before I always thought my hamster's constant running was just something to live with. But once I considered this mission I looked at the wheel and figured the same type of mechanics that go into creating water wheels that create energy can be applied to the hamster wheel to generate energy. I googled it and saw that there had infact been other people to try this. By putting a motor onto a bearing from my skateboard and creating a basic switch I would be able to use my hampster to power a… Continue