Once again, our most vulnerable are most at risk. The history of Indigenous resistance may offer all of us the strength we need to keep fighting, from the coauthor of “All the Real Indians Died Off” and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans. Subscribe to The Revelator’s weekly newsletter. This year has brought us some brutal lessons so far, chief among them the fact that systemic racism drives or amplifies nearly all our societal and environmental ills. Standing With Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement edited by Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon.

The author of “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resilience and Hope in an American City,” Hanna-Attisha was spurred to action after a friend told her that there were reports that Flint’s water was not being treated properly. Indigenous Environmental Justice edited by Karen Jarratt-Snider and Marianne O. Nielsen. This book for pre-teen readers delivers 20 short biographies of activists around the world who are working to save everything from trees to dolphins to people. This two-volume series provides a powerful primer for activism on social-justice and environmental issues, using examples from more than 50 resistance movements around the world. 16 Essential Books About Environmental Justice, Racism and Activism. Environmental justice advocates like me agree, but the rhetoric is at odds with his administration’s actions to reverse at least 100 environmental rules. This article is more than 2 months old. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Prior to the Flint crisis, many people viewed lead in water as a problem that had already been fixed. Bonus: The same techniques improve the soil, treat livestock humanely, preserve rare plant varieties and provide benefits for the climate. His book — subtitled “How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement” — taps into Méndez’s own research into California communities and grassroots activism to show how the problems that plague us can also bring us together — but only if we invite everyone to the table. Since we’re still in the middle of a pandemic — another problem made worse by racial injustice — it obviously remains challenging to visit local bookstores and libraries, so these links all go to publishers’ sites, where you can order hard copies or e-books. One prominent example of environmental racism in recent years is the clean water crisis in Flint, Michigan.But it goes beyond the actions of one city. Human Rights Sep 26, 2020 Gardariki: a vision for a post-Putin Russia. Human Rights Sep 26, 2020 OSCE mission to investigate alleged rights violations in Belarus’ presidential election. A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington. Only then can it truly be great. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the total cost of these events has exceeded $1.7tn. Mental health stressors will probably hit disadvantaged communities the hardest. An essential book by one of the country’s most engaging youth activists.

As we’ve seen many times over the years, activists standing up for environmental justice often face violent reprisal. Hanna-Attisha said that this national reckoning sparked many cities to make important changes to ensure safer water for their residents. Frontline communities are hit first and worst from climate change, the total cost of these events has exceeded $1.7tn. Photo: Elvert Barnes (CC BY-SA 2.0), Links 17/6/2020: Qt 5.12.9, Plasma 5.19.1 and FreeBSD 11.4 | Techrights, 16 Essential Books About Environmental Justice, Racism and Activism [The Revelator] | CNCL.

Environmental racism is a concept in the environmental justice movement, which developed in the United States throughout the 1970s and 1980s. I think the words can be used the same [way],” she said. Learn about us. All provide vital insight into the problems that plague people and the planet, while also offering solutions for a more just future. If America is ever going to “win” on climate change, it must first break its addiction to fossil fuels and racism.

Despite the tragedy of Flint’s drinking water, Hanna-Attisha remains hopeful that lessons can be drawn from the crisis and response in Flint. 2019 was the Earth’s second-hottest year on record. Grace Doerfler | Monday, September 28, 2020. An essential volume to understand the history and significance of the famous resistance action, combining everything from essays and interviews to poems and photography. Honduran indigenous leader and activist Berta Cáceres won the prestigious Goldman Prize in 2015 — one year before she was murdered for her work trying to stop a hydroelectric dam from destroying a sacred river.

When you consider that kids were among the worst affected by the Flint tragedy, that makes this a story they need to read and understand — so they can grow up and help prevent it from happening to anyone else.

In the United States, environmental racism criticizes inequalities between urban and exurban areas after white flight. ... Tue 28 Jul 2020 05.15 EDT. But that’s what happens time and time again in Indian Country. The founder of the Greening Youth Foundation provides a critique of the too-white environmental movement and a toolkit for engaging younger participants from African American, Latinx and Native American communities. The late congressman John Lewis warned: “When we take our air, waters and land for granted; when we show a simple lack of respect for nature and our environment, we unmake God’s good creation. We have instituted economic and environmental apartheid through redlining, restrictive covenants and unfair zoning practices. Margolin, a queer Latinx, cofounded Zero Hour and helped energize 2018’s record-breaking Youth Climate March. In a virtual lecture Friday, Hanna-Attisha, who serves as the director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, described the water crisis in Flint and her role as a researcher in exposing the problems.

I have already seen some of the ripple effects of our crisis that have prevented other crises.”.

Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman. Vulnerable communities endure housing insecurities due to historic discrimination and residential segregation, often locating them in flood-prone areas that obstruct their access to affordable flood insurance and loans to rebuild. “I Can’t Breathe” is echoing across the planet.

More than two-thirds of US adults say they have some anxiety about climate change, while nearly half of young adults say climate change stress impacts their daily lives. The climate emergency will have a disproportionate impact on Black and Brown communities. We’ve turned a blind eye to a public health time bomb in already vulnerable communities, Tue 28 Jul 2020 05.15 EDT As cities across the country saw the drinking water crisis unfold in Flint, they became much more aware of drinking water and regulations in their own governments. While the crisis in Flint revealed a number of racial inequalities and disparities, the pandemic in 2020 has similarly had a disproportionate impact on poor and African American communities, Hanna-Attisha said. These are also the areas where viruses with exotic names like Covid-19, West Nile and dengue come to feed. Who Killed Berta Cáceres?

We’ve already seen several bestselling and powerful books address the Flint water crisis, but this is the first one specifically written for young-adult readers. A how-to guide for ending racism and injustice in our country’s food system, both on farms themselves and in nutrition-starved African American communities. From 2016 to 2018, the US experienced a total of 45 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, or an average of 15 events annually.