The Blue Economy is failing small-scale fishers
For the Blue Economy to succeed, its policies must respect and incorporate the traditions and values of the communities it aims to benefit.
The common ground between labor and climate justice is the key to a livable future
The tale of “jobs versus the environment” does not capture the full story. Throughout history, we’ve seen glimpses of what can be achieved when labor organizing and environmental justice activism work together.
Rethinking policing and parks
To fully engage with the question of a world without police, we need to address the social ways we police and patrol our neighbors and greenspaces.
Labor and environmental groups can both win in the clean energy transition. Here’s how.
The conflicts betweeen labor and environmental groups can be addressed in the clean energy transition. Here’s how.
This Atlanta urban farm tackles hunger, joblessness, crime — and a tense history of policing
How the Mother Clyde Urban farm transformed the West End of Atlanta’s food deserts, and serves as a model for community empowerment.
“I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
For communities plagued by energy extraction and petrochemical buildout, struggles of environmental justice often fall on deaf ears.
Turning air pollution sufferers into experts in California’s Inland Empire
For too long, data collection, knowledge production and scientific authority have been controlled by people outside of environmental justice communities. I want to change that.
Black lives matter in Africa’s National Parks too
At its core, militarized conservation is a dehumanizing way to look at poachers. Conservation rooted in care, for both people and wildlife, will be more successful than conservation predicated on violence.
How my family’s culinary traditions opened my eyes to invisible environmental threats
Lead-tainted clay pots like my grandmother used in Mexico underscore the need for better environmental education among healthcare professionals.
Laura Diaz, MPH
Laura is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Berkeley where she studies how biomarkers of mitochondrial dysfunction can shed light on the underpinnings between exposure to social and environmental stressors on atopic disease among children in frontline environmental justice communities.
How to free ourselves from the scholar-activist dilemma
As a Black researcher from an environmental justice community, I strive to be a “scholar-activist”. But when the legacies of racism, classism and sexism are so visible in higher education, I can’t help but question if this is a realistic goal.
Protecting Indigenous children means protecting water
To protect Indigenous children, we need to stop compartmentalizing the environment, family and culture as separate problems.
