In the preface, introduction, and Chapter 1 of From the Ground Up, we learnt about Kettleman City and their fight against Chemical Waste Management who wanted to expand their dump site in Kettleman City's whereabouts. We learnt how the vast majority of environmental hazards are near communities dominated by minorities or colored and low-income families. The book discussed the "tributaries" that contributed to the Environmental Justice Movement which included leaders from the Civil Rights Movements, the Labor Movement, and of course academia. The movements built off each others' strengths and their efforts are replicated today in the Occupy Movement in taking a multifaceted approach with both public demonstrations and legal action. These tributaries led to national reform through structural changes in policy.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Class 1 Chapter 1 (1/19/12?)
Our first class was a pretty good icebreaker for the course and for the class as a group. It was a day of international protest on internet censorship and it spread awareness on SOPA/PIPA (see video at bottom for information) and partially in solidarity with the protest class was ended early. During the class we discussed what "sustainability" meant to us and we came up with some pretty good concepts such as: triple bottom line+politics, cradle-2-cradle, alternative/renewable energy, accountability, appropriateness, repair/reduce/reuse/recycle, and more. We then dove further into a PIPA/SOPA/ACTA discussion which was fairly informational.
In the preface, introduction, and Chapter 1 of From the Ground Up, we learnt about Kettleman City and their fight against Chemical Waste Management who wanted to expand their dump site in Kettleman City's whereabouts. We learnt how the vast majority of environmental hazards are near communities dominated by minorities or colored and low-income families. The book discussed the "tributaries" that contributed to the Environmental Justice Movement which included leaders from the Civil Rights Movements, the Labor Movement, and of course academia. The movements built off each others' strengths and their efforts are replicated today in the Occupy Movement in taking a multifaceted approach with both public demonstrations and legal action. These tributaries led to national reform through structural changes in policy.
In the preface, introduction, and Chapter 1 of From the Ground Up, we learnt about Kettleman City and their fight against Chemical Waste Management who wanted to expand their dump site in Kettleman City's whereabouts. We learnt how the vast majority of environmental hazards are near communities dominated by minorities or colored and low-income families. The book discussed the "tributaries" that contributed to the Environmental Justice Movement which included leaders from the Civil Rights Movements, the Labor Movement, and of course academia. The movements built off each others' strengths and their efforts are replicated today in the Occupy Movement in taking a multifaceted approach with both public demonstrations and legal action. These tributaries led to national reform through structural changes in policy.
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