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4 | "The cruel irony of the digital divide" in Colorado: Urban poor are left behind even as access, technology improves | Article | While state and federal programs in Colorado focus on rural internet access, private firms and nonprofits are stepping up to help low-income urban households get online for under $15 | https://coloradosun.com/2019/09/06/the-cruel-irony-of-the-digital-divide-in-colorado-urban-poor-left-behind-even-as-access-technology-improves/ |
5 | As shortages loom in the Colorado River Basin, Indian tribes seek to secure their water rights | Article | WESTERN WATER IN-DEPTH: A STUDY OF TRIBAL WATER RIGHTS COULD SHED LIGHT ON FUTURE INDIAN WATER USE | https://www.watereducation.org/western-water/shortages-loom-colorado-river-basin-indian-tribes-seek-secure-their-water-rights |
6 | Colfax and Federal interchange | Website | The purpose of the City and County of Denver Colfax and Federal Interchange Transformation Project (“Transformation Project”) is to build out the understanding of technical factors, including the interchange configuration, improving the transportation network for all users, stormwater requirements and possibilities, and evaluate the scenarios that best connect to the vision, goals, recommendations and strategies from previous citywide and area specific plans. | https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/transportation-infrastructure/programs-services/projects/colfax-federal-interchange.html |
7 | Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger | Website with further research links | All Coloradans should have access to affordable and healthy food in their ... people, other people of color, immigrants, refugees and children of color. | https://www.endhungerco.org/ |
8 | CSU Energy Institute researchers work to broaden access to electricity in rural Rwanda | Article | Using microgrids to provide power to sub-saharn Africa. | https://source.colostate.edu/csu-energy-institute-researchers-work-to-broaden-access-to-electricity-in-rural-rwanda/ |
9 | Eco-Social Justice Leadership Program - CU Boulder | University Program | The Eco-Social Justice Leadership program empowers students with the knowledge and skills to advance both sustainability and social justice efforts. The purpose of this program is to illuminate the direct correlation of sustainability and social justice work which, in turn, creates an opportunity for student leadership and action surrounding this work on CU campus and beyond. The program builds a community of change agents, explores questions of identity and place, heritage and inheritance, root causes of the global unravelling, and create community solutions. | https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/eco-social |
10 | Eco-Social Justice Team (EJT) - CU Boulder | University Program | The environmental justice project at the University of Colorado at Boulder was created by the University of Colorado Student Government (CUSG) to address the fact that communities of color and underprivileged populations are often unjustly burdened by environmental degradation and pollution. The project was established in response to CUSG’s desire to help define more comprehensive and effective sustainability implementation plan, plans that can address the social and ecological issues faced by all CU students, faculty, staff, and community members. | https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/energyclimate/justice/ejt |
11 | Environmental Justice & Eco-Social Justice - CU Boulder | Article and Video | General Article and student video discussing eco-monements and eco-heros. | https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/justice |
12 | Environmental Justice and Equity - Sierra Club | Website | "Across Colorado, the burdens of air pollution, water pollution and toxic hazards are borne disproportionately by minority, low-income, tribal and indigenous populations. By supporting environmental justice, the Colorado Sierra Club will fight so that all Coloradans have clean water to drink, clean air to breathe and a safe community in which to live." | Description of work: https://www.sierraclub.org/colorado/environmental-justice-our-work Broad Description : https://www.sierraclub.org/colorado/environmental-justice#:~:text=Across%20Colorado%2C%20the%20burdens%20of,income%2C%20tribal%20and%20indigenous%20populations. |
13 | Fighting for Environmental Justice through Community Based Research - Conservation CO | Article | As Colorado’s population grows and our climate changes, our air quality is suffering. Increased traffic and construction along with more frequent wildfires are making it harder for Coloradans to breathe. Talks about affected neighborhoods and specific issues of pollution and health. | https://conservationco.org/2019/06/14/blog-fighting-for-environmental-justice/ |
14 | Food - Groundwork Denver | Website with further research links | Groundwork Denver understands the important role that food can play in developing a healthy and sustainable relationship with our natural and built environments. One of the main issues that we seek to address is the presence of urban food deserts within the city that we call home. The two main ways that Groundwork Denver works to combat these local food deserts is by providing affordable, healthy, locally grown produce through our hydroponic greenhouse and our Fresh Food Connect Program. Learn more about them below! | https://groundworkcolorado.org/programs/food/ |
15 | Humbled to ask for help' - Low income communities struggle to recover after a wildfire - CPR | Article | Fires, like all natural disasters, disproportionately affect those who are low income. They often lack insurance and resources to rebuild or move elsewhere. The effects on families and communities can be long-lasting.... | https://www.cpr.org/2018/09/19/humbled-to-ask-for-help-low-income-communities-struggle-to-recover-after-a-wildfire/ |
16 | Indigenous Water Rights of the Colorado River - Medium | Article | In honor of National Indigenous Day, we must educate, and give space to native peoples. This essay will help in understanding how tribes are allocated water on arid desert Reservations. | https://medium.com/@ricafulton/indigenous-water-rights-of-the-colorado-river-ff80cdd9c504 |
17 | Loving our Parks to Death | Aritcle | If Coloradans want to continue to play in unadulterated wildlands, they’re going to have to learn to better care for them. We show you how. | https://www.5280.com/2017/09/loving-colorados-wild-places-death/ |
18 | Sincor oil refinery agrees to $9 million settlement with Colorado air quality violations in Commerce City | Article | The deal with Colorado’s health department includes $2.6 million in projects to improve environment and health in the adjacent neighborhoods most affected by violations, including Globeville and Elyria-Swansea... | https://coloradosun.com/2020/03/06/suncore-commerce-city-colorado-settlement-air-quality/ |
19 | Solar is saving low-income households money in Colorado. It could be a a national model. | Article | The state’s energy assistance programs are solving two challenges at once: help people save money on electricity bills while expanding renewable energy | https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02072018/colorado-rooftop-solar-panels-clean-energy-utility-bill-savings-low-income-households-weatherization |
20 | Study: Denver is Second-Most Gentrified City in America - CBS Denver | Article | A new study from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), found Denver is the second-most gentrified city in America. According to the study, 27% of Denver’s eligible neighborhoods gentrified between 2013 and 2017. (Pair with article about Gentrification being Climate Change's Next Biggest Threat. | https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/07/07/study-denver-gentrified-city-america/#:~:text=DENVER%20(CBS4)%20%E2%80%94%20A%20new,gentrified%20between%202013%20and%202017. |
21 | Suncor Energy Under Scrutiny for Air Pollution Violations | Aticle | COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – State regulators are currently in negotiations with Suncor Energy over more than 100 unmet standards and violations at its Commerce City refinery. The company tells CBS4 it is working to resolve the compliance advisory, but people in nearby communities are concerned this process won’t curb what they believe are ongoing issues at the site. | https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/02/25/suncor-energy-air-pollution-violations/ |
22 | The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe goes solar | Article | Just under 2,000 people live on the 580,000-acre-reservation, which sprawls across Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. But as temperatures rise with climate change, utility bills rise with them, and the Ute Mountain Ute tribe has begun transitioning to 100% renewable power — a movement towards energy sovereignty they have been forging for almost a decade. | https://www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-affairs-the-ute-mountain-ute-tribe-goes-solar |
23 | WildEarth Guardians | Topics on Conservation | WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West. | https://wildearthguardians.org/about-us/ |
24 | Will more hot days mean more inequality? - The Colorado Trust | Article | Article describing inequalities of climate change in Denver. | https://www.coloradotrust.org/content/story/will-more-hot-days-mean-more-inequality |
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27 | 5 things to know about communities of color and environmental justice - Center for American Progress | Article | Environmental racism and failing infrastructure have plagued communities of color for decades. The environmental justice movement seeks to rectify the problems created from these issues by ensuring the fair treatment of all people from different races, ethnicities, and incomes with the laws, regulations, and policies that affect their environment. | https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2016/04/25/136361/5-things-to-know-about-communities-of-color-and-environmental-justice/ |
28 | Aditi Mayer | Speaker, Writer, IG-er | When it comes to sustainable fashion, one of the key spokespeople for an inclusive and intersectional movement is Aditi Mayer, the creative behind ADIMAY, a sustainable fashion blog exploring the ties between style, sustainability, and social justice for over 4 years. Frustrated with the lack of representation and intersectionality within the sustainability movement, ADIMAY became a space that looked at sustainability with an eye that was equally curious, curatorial, and critical. | https://www.adimay.com/about/ |
29 | Are we thinking about Climate Migration all wrong? - Rolling Stone | Article | Apocalyptic predictions may grab our attention, but they can also stoke xenophobia and miss the full picture of what’s happening on the ground. America's first "climate refugees." “I don’t think people realize that there are climate induced-relocations happening in the U.S. now,” says an expert. "It's not something in the future. It's impacting communities now." | https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/climate-migration-predicted-number-climate-refugees-962251/ |
30 | Arise | Documentary | ARISE is an award winning documentary that is extremely timely and relevant to our times. As Starhawk points out in her opening statement, “We are at the environmental crisis of our lifetime, perhaps of humanities lifetime”, and it is the women who are taking leadership roles in regards to the issues they are facing in their communities, cities, towns and villages. This worldly documentary inspires the viewer to create change and empowers them to be a part of this amazing movement that is emerging all around the globe in response to climate change and environmental challenges | https://vimeo.com/58051765?fbclid=IwAR0kR6fQ6tsk-p39o9_NrCU-HBA1b0h-UUecZ5llsN8kSbvBTrnOjxkmaAs |
31 | Climate change and diaster displacement | Article with further research options | UNHCR recognizes that the consequences of climate change are extremely serious, including for refugees and other people of concern. The Global Compact on Refugees, adopted by an overwhelming majority in the UN General Assembly in December 2018, directly addresses this growing concern. It recognizes that ‘climate, environmental degradation and natural disasters increasingly interact with the drivers of refugee movements.’ | https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/climate-change-and-disasters.html |
32 | Climate Change on the front line: Why marginalized voices matter in climate change negotiations - globalwitness | Article | Olayemi Fadahunsi, who was at the 2015 Paris Agreement negotiations as a student delegate, writes about why voices of marginalized people need to be heard in international climate change negotiations. | https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/climate-change-front-line-why-marginalized-voices-matter-climate-change-negotiations/ |
33 | Climate Change, Health, and Equity: A guide for local health departments - APHA | Information Sheet | Every local health department, or LHD, is different in size, structure, geographic location, community and political context and capacity. There is no one-sizefits-all approach to the integration of climate change into LHD practice. This guide aims to: • Provide a very basic summary of climate change and climate impacts on health and health equity; • Connect what we know about climate impacts and climate solutions with the work of LHDs; and • Offer a few examples of how LHDs can put climate change into public health practice. | https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/topics/climate/apha_climate_equity_introduction.ashx?la=en&hash=B40A6A0109D9C5474B7C7362176BEA9E9DFC16CC |
34 | Damnation | Documentary | This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds, after decades without access. | https://vimeo.com/ondemand/damnation |
35 | Effects of Climate Change on Marginalized Communities - Dwyer, Charlotte | Article | Arcgis story map of global climate crisis and environmental justice issues inspired by Sheila Watt-Cloutier The Right to be Cold | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bff12b5b6cb742a3a6dfb454200c3797 |
36 | Environmental racism has left black Americans three times more likely to die from pollution - Quartz | Article | Without a touch of irony, the EPA celebrated Black History Month by publishing a report that finds black communities face dangerously high levels of pollution. African Americans are more likely to live near landfills and industrial plants that pollute water and air and erode quality of life. Because of this, more than half of the 9 million people living near hazardous waste sites are people of color, and black Americans are three times more likely to die from exposure to air pollutants than their white counterparts. | https://qz.com/1226984/environmental-racism-has-left-black-americans-three-times-more-likely-to-die-from-pollution/ |
37 | eport: Inequalities exacerbate climate impacts on poor - UN | Article with further research options | Evidence is increasing that climate change is taking the largest toll on poor and vulnerable people, and these impacts are largely caused by inequalities that increase the risks from climate hazards, according to a new report launched by the United Nations. | https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/10/report-inequalities-exacerbate-climate-impacts-on-poor/ |
38 | Extreme Cities | Book | A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisisHow will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? | https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/extreme-cities-9781784780364/ |
39 | Five young black climate justice leaders you should know - Defent Our Future | Article | During Black History Month we celebrate and honor black leaders not only from throughout history, but also those who are doing life-changing work today. That’s why we wanted to help elevate some of the most influential young, black leaders doing exceptional work right now in the fight against climate change and who are lifting up the voices of those disproportionately impacted, including people of color and Indigenous peoples. | https://defendourfuture.org/five_young_black_climate_justice_leaders_you_should_know/ |
40 | Healthy Communities - Earth Justice | Articles | Earthjustice's litigation holds polluters and the government accountable for following our nation's bedrock environmental laws, which exist to ensure widespread protections from pollution and toxic chemicals and to promote thriving communities. | https://earthjustice.org/healthy-communities |
41 | Indigenous Environmental Network | Website, Articles, and Social Media Presence | IEN is an alliance of Indigenous peoples whose mission it is to protect the sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining and respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws. Adopted in 1994 by the IEN National Council, Denver, Colorado | https://www.ienearth.org/ |
42 | Light up the Navajo Nation | Article | The Navajo Nation is the largest Native American territory in the United States, with an estimated population of 300,000. Among the 55,000 homes located on the 27,000 square mile reservation, about 15,000 do not have electricity. They make up 75% of all unelectrified households in the United States... | https://www.publicpower.org/LightUpNavajo |
43 | Meet 8 black leaders who are reshaping the climate movement - grist | Article | Every February, our country celebrates the contributions of African Americans. After the close of Black History Month, we look to the black leaders who are helping to write the next chapter in the American saga. Below, we highlight eight scientists, political activists, and community organizers working to protect our country from carbon pollution and climate change. In a time of struggle and strife, they have shown passion, persistence, and unflagging optimis | https://grist.org/article/meet-8-black-leaders-who-are-reshaping-the-climate-movement/ |
44 | Meet the black climate and social justice leaders you have never heard of - Huffington Post | Article | A new generation of black activists are working on issues from housing to transportation to food security. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-climate-leaders-social-justice_b_5c75b387e4b06b4c393d55ae |
45 | Meet the young activists of color who are leading the charge against climate disaster - Vox | Article | These US-based activists know firsthand the impact racism, poverty, and colonialism have had on the planet. | https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/11/20904791/young-climate-activists-of-color |
46 | More people have access to electricity, but the world is falling short of Sustainable Energy Goals - IRENA | Article | Despite significant progress in recent years, the world is falling short of meeting the global energy targets set in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030. Ensuring affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 remains possible but will require more sustained efforts, particularly to reach some of the world’s poorest populations and to improve energy sustainability, according to a new report produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA) the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). | https://www.irena.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2019/May/More-People-Have-Access-to-Electricity-Than-Ever-Before |
47 | Navdanya - Works of Vandana Shiva | Website, Articles, EDU Video Archives | Navdanya means “nine seeds” (symbolizing protection of biological and cultural diversity) and also the “new gift” (for seed as commons, based on the right to save and share seeds In today’s context of biological and ecological destruction, seed savers are the true givers of seed. This gift or “dana” of Navadhanyas (nine seeds) is the ultimate gift – it is a gift of life, of heritage and continuity. Conserving seed is conserving biodiversity, conserving knowledge of the seed and its utilization, conserving culture, conserving sustainability. Navdanya is a network of seed keepers and organic producers spread across 22 states in India. | https://www.navdanya.org/site/ |
48 | People of color are on the front lines of the Climate Crisis - Green America | Article | If you're a person of color, particularly Black or Latino, you're more likely to live near toxic facilities. ... scenario for those working on environmental and climate justice issues. ... Communities of color are disproportionately affected by all of these things.” ... Though African-Americans make up 13 percent of the US population, ... | https://www.greenamerica.org/climate-justice-all/people-color-are-front-lines-climate-crisis |
49 | Talks for the Future | streamed live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook | Greta Thunberg's Friday's for the Future weekly webinars and discussions with scientists, journalists and activists as well as other international high-level experts. | https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NJrWDpafP/ |
50 | The Right to Be Cold - Watt-Cloutier, Watt | Book | The Arctic ice is receding each year, but just as irreplaceable is the culture, the wisdom that has allowed the Inuit to thrive in the Far North for so long. And it's not just the Arctic. The whole world is changing in dangerous, unpredictable ways. Sheila Watt-Cloutier has devoted her life to protecting what is threatened and nurturing what has been wounded. In this culmination of Watt-Cloutier's regional, national, and international work over the last twenty-five years, The Right to Be Cold explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture, of which her own background is such an extraordinary example. | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/417373/the-right-to-be-cold-by-sheila-watt-cloutier/9780143187646 |
51 | The Seeds of Vandana Shiva | Documentary | The Remarkable Life Story of Indian Eco Activist Vandana Shiva. | http://vandanashivamovie.com/ |
52 | The Sophie Prize | Articles | Opprotunity to Showcase leaders recognized for their contributions to environment and sustainable development. "The Sophie Prize is an international award (US $ 100,000), for environment and sustainable development. From 1998 to 2013 the prize was awarded annually. The Sophie Prize mission statement states how the prize was established to inspire people working towards a sustainable future." | http://www.sofieprisen.no/ |
53 | Varshini Prakash - CoFounder of the Sunrise Movement | IG and Medium Twitter | Co-founder, Exec. Director of @SunriseMvmt. Fighting for a #GreenNewDeal, building a mvmt to stop climate change & create jobs for all. Tweets my own. | Twitter - https://twitter.com/VarshPrakash IG - https://www.instagram.com/varshiniprakash/?hl=en Medium - https://medium.com/@VarshPrakash |
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56 | Blood in the Mobile | Documentary | We love our cell phones and the selection between different models has never been bigger. But the production of phones has a dark, bloody side. By buying so-called conflict minerals the phone companies are financing the civil war in DR Congo that, according to human rights organizations, has been the bloodiest conflict since World War II. The illegal mine industry is controlled by armed groups. The war will continue as long as armed groups can finance their warfare by selling minerals that end up in our phones. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv-hE4Yx0LU |
57 | Climate adaptaiton shouldn't fuel inequitable displacement - NRDC | Article | Devastating hurricanes, raging wildfires, and widespread flooding, all made worse by climate change, make it feel like the United States is in a constant state of recovery. But vulnerability to these devastating phenomena isn’t spread evenly across geographies, racial and ethnic groups, or socioeconomic standings. | https://www.nrdc.org/experts/clare-morganelli/climate-adaptation-shouldnt-fuel-inequitable-displacement |
58 | Climate is the Newest Gentrifying Force, and its Effects are already Re-Shaping Cities - Harvard | Article | his phenomenon, known as “climate gentrification,” will not only exacerbate ... This leaves already-vulnerable populations at the mercy of life-threatening weather events. ... more attractive, spurring the migration of wealthy homebuyers into these areas. ... | http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/climate-newest-gentrifying-force-effects-already-re-shaping-cities/ |
59 | Environmental Racism - Food Empowerment Project | Article | While pollution is almost everywhere, certain communities are burdened with a disproportionate number of facilities that fill the air, soil, and water with contaminates. Typically found in black and brown communities and low-income communities, industrial polluters such as landfills, trash incinerators, coal plants, and toxic waste dumps affect the well-being of residents. Their health is also often compromised due to a lack of access to healthy foods in their neighborhoods. Those who work on environmental justice issues refer to these inequities as environmental racism. | https://foodispower.org/environmental-and-global/environmental-racism/ |
60 | Fresh Fruit Broken Bones | Book/Research | This project investigates social hierarchies, health, health care and the naturalization and normalization of difference and inequality in the context of US-Mexico im/migration and transnational agro-food systems. | https://www.sethmholmes.com/fresh-fruit-broken-bodies |
61 | Gentrification: Climate Change's Latest Threat | Article | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine - The latest health impact of a warming planet? Climate gentrification—the pricing of vulnerable populations out of their homes. (Pair with the article of Denver being 2nd most gentrified city) | https://magazine.jhsph.edu/2018/gentrification-climate-changes-latest-threat |
62 | How Racism has shaped the American farming landscape | Article | U.S. agriculture today appears to be just as segregated as it was a century ago, with farmers of color at a significant disadvantage | https://www.eater.com/2019/1/25/18197352/american-farming-racism-us-agriculture-history |
63 | Life and Debt | Documentary | Jamaica — land of sea, sand and sun. And a prime example of the impact economic globalization can have on a developing country. Using conventional and unconventional documentary techniques, this searing film dissects the “mechanism of debt” that is destroying local agriculture and industry while substituting sweatshops and cheap imports. | http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/lifeanddebt/ |
64 | Tapped | Documentary | Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzntuXdE8dY |
65 | Want to see food and land justice for Black Americans? Support these groups | Article with futher research links | Food justice is racial justice. As the nation rises up to protest atrocities against Black people, here are some organizations working to advance Black food sovereignty. | https://civileats.com/2020/06/02/want-to-see-food-and-land-justice-for-black-americans-support-these-groups/ |
66 | What you nees to know about climate displacement and gentrification - Rocky Mountain PBS | Aticle with further research links | As we contemplate the future effects of climate change, often low-income communities and poorer nations are feeling the effects today. As wildfires destroy homes and rising sea levels push people out of their communities, those with less financial stability are the most vulnerable population to climate change and often the first to feel its effects. | https://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-dream/stories/what-you-need-to-know-about-climate-displacement-and-gentrification/ |
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69 | Black Lives Matter at School-Resources | Website with further resource links | Check out resources to help facilitate conversations about race, including classroom appropriate lesson plans, guides on how to have tough conversations with peers and students, and more. | https://neaedjustice.org/black-lives-matter-school-resources/ |
70 | Civic engagement for environmental sustainability | Article | Environmental sustainability can be greatly enhanced through civic engagement. Much of the engagement used in communities to date has been in the form of civic participation, a simple form of engagement involving individual actions—e.g., residents taking part in recycling programs and businesses voluntarily reducing emissions. Many communities have also used civic participation as they create sustainability and resiliency plans. (Includes article on Lakewood, CO) | https://www.nationalcivicleague.org/ncr-article/civic-engagement-for-environmental-sustainability/ |
71 | Civic Environmentalism - Learning to Give | Article | The goal is to ensure a sustainable community for future generations through participation in democratic processes. This is an important method for healing the environment and for developing thriving communities with active citizens. | https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/civic-environmentalism |
72 | Environmental Justice: Moving from Margins to Mainstream - NPQ | Article | Environmental justice is the frontier of the environmental movement in the US and around the world. The field, scholarship, and advocacy instill the principle that biodiversity, social diversity, ecology, and health are interconnected. The nitty-gritty is democratic systems change—no less than sustainable realignment of the economy and the environment, health for all, and shared prosperity. Environmental justice takes on the racial, social, and economic root causes of disparities. Attention paid to race, gender, culture, and class is critical to ensuring that those who are hardest hit by pollution can access opportunities, participate in policy decisions, and benefit from investments. In sum, environmental justice is the multicultural dimension of environmentalism. | https://nonprofitquarterly.org/environmental-justice-moving-equity-from-margins-to-mainstream/ |
73 | Regeneration: Young People Shaping Environmental Justice | Report - PDF | 1:Youth organizing in the environmental justice movement is transforming ... This report shows how young people across the country are not only fighting the ... However, we felt it was important to attempt to present an overview, to build ... Structural Racism refers to the way in which political, economic, cultural and civic... | https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/5548_ReGenReportEnvJustice.pdf |
74 | The need for civic education in 21st-century schools - Brookings | Article | Americans’ participation in civic life is essential to sustaining our democratic form of government. Without it, a government of the people, by the people, and for the people will not last. Of increasing concern to many is the declining levels of civic engagement across the country, a trend that started several decades ago. Today, we see evidence of this in the limited civic knowledge of the American public, 1 in 4 of whom, according to a 2016 survey led by Annenberg Public Policy Center, are unable to name the three branches of government. It is not only knowledge about how the government works that is lacking—confidence in our leadership is also extremely low..... | https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/the-need-for-civic-education-in-21st-century-schools/ |
75 | The state of civic education - Center for American Progress | Article | Civic knowledge and public engagement is at an all-time low. A 2016 survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only 26 percent of Americans can name all three branches of government, which was a significant decline from previous years.1 Not surprisingly, public trust in government is at only 18 percent2 and voter participation has reached its lowest point since 1996.3 Without an understanding of the structure of government; rights and responsibilities; and methods of public engagement, civic literacy and voter apathy will continue to plague American democracy. Educators and schools have a unique opportunity and responsibility to ensure that young people become engaged and knowledgeable citizens. | https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/reports/2018/02/21/446857/state-civics-education/ |
76 | When kids fight for environmental justice, words have power - AESS | Webinar | “Why aren’t all kids taught civics in schools?” Jaysa Hunter-Mellers asks. There has never been a more critical time in our history for young people, especially those from marginalized communities, to see themselves as change-makers, fighting for social and climate justice and understanding their role in our democracy. In her keynote, Jaysa will tell the story of how, when she was 10-years-old, she began to give speeches at rallies, testified at City Hall, and helped shut down the coal-fired power plant that was causing her asthma. | http://www.communityresilience-center.org/when-kids-fight-for-environmental-justice-words-have-power/ |
77 | Why communities fighting for fair poicing also demand enviromental justice - LA Times | Article | There are countless links between environmental degradation and inequality. Consider water contamination in predominantly black and brown communities, such as Flint, Mich., where experts say the drinking water crisis was rooted in systemic racism. Or research finding that, in the U.S., the best predictor of whether you live near a hazardous waste site is the color of your skin... | https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2020-06-04/why-communities-fighting-for-fair-policing-also-demand-environmental-justice-boiling-point |
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80 | Being a person of color isn't a risk factor from coronavirus. Living in a rasist country is. | Article | High COVID-19 deaths in communities of color are shocking, but not surprising | https://www-bostonglobe-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/10/opinion/being-person-color-isnt-risk-factor-coronavirus-living-racist-country-is/?outputType=amp |
81 | The Pandemic is a portal: Arundhati Roy | Article | The novelist on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next | https://www.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca |
82 | Where did BIPOC Come from? - The New York Times | Article | The acronmyn, which stands for black, Indigenous, and people of color is suddenly everywhere. Is it doing a good job? | https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-bipoc.html |
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85 | CodeSwitch | Some Episode Suggestions Un-HolyLand? An Arab Muslim Reckoning with Racism Whats in a "Karen" | ||
86 | FreedomWriters | |||
87 | Ted | Some Episode Suggestions TED Radio Hour - The Greater Good? TED Talks Daily - The US is addicted to incacersation. Here's how to break the cycle | ||
88 | The Michelle Obama Podcast | Episode Suggestions President Barak Obama | ||
89 | TheCut | |||
90 | What it takes | Episode Suggestion The best of- John Lewis: The Spirit of History | ||
91 | Breathing While Black in America | (EnergyGang Podcast interviewing Tamara Toles O'Laughlin of 350.org) | https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3RoZS1lbmVyZ3ktZ2FuZw/episode/Z2lkOi8vYXJ0MTktZXBpc29kZS1sb2NhdG9yL1YwL3JpbU9oTEFkMVNCcVQ1YTNPOXFEYW5pcWNyUXUtSTFXZWs3cU9ZNE54WFE?hl=en&ep=6 | |
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