Blog | Environmental Justice at Western

Should There Be Reparations for Climate Based Migrants?

Each quarter, a group of students, faculty, and staff at WWU convene an environmental justice reading group to read and discuss recent texts. This quarter (Spring 2020) the group is reading environmental justice-related news articles and recent podcasts. This post reflects one of the recent discussions. Should There Be Reparations for Climate Based Migrants? By:…

Amazonian Activists Highlight Slow Violence Through Art

Each quarter, a group of students, faculty, and staff at WWU convene an environmental justice reading group to read and discuss recent texts. This quarter (Spring 2020) the group is reading Rob Nixon’s Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor. This post reflects and extends our virtual discussion. Amazonian Activists Highlight Slow Violence…

COVID-19: Do High Densities Contribute to This Epidemic?

Below is a news round-up of articles relating to urban densities and COVID-19 COVID-19: Do High Densities Contribute to This Epidemic? By: Jessica Ibes 4/10/2020 As concerns about COVID-19 spread from person to person, country to country, one can only wonder how urban landscapes participated in its advancement throughout the world. Dense urban…

Growing the ‘Low Hanging Fruit’

Each quarter, a group of students, faculty, and staff at WWU convene an environmental justice reading group to read and discuss recent texts. This quarter (Winter 2020) the group is reading Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything. The following entry reflects one of our group discussions. Growing the ‘Low Hanging Fruit’ By: Sarah Parker, Mikaela Keator…

Extractivism and Consumerism and How Community Can Help

Each quarter, a group of students, faculty, and staff at WWU convene an environmental justice reading group to read and discuss recent texts. This quarter (Winter 2020) the group is reading Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything. The following entry reflects one of our group discussions. Extractivism and Consumerism and How Community Can Help By: Cassidy…

Climate Justice Candidate Analysis

Climate Justice Candidate Analysis This Winter quarter (2020) participants in ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice read and discussed Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. As a culminating project, we developed an analysis of the current presidential candidates in the context of climate justice. In looking at the candidates, we aimed…

The Big and Small Conversations Change Everything When It Comes to Climate Change

The Big and Small Conversations Change Everything When It Comes to Climate Change By Molly Peek, Becca Dudek, and Octavio Cruz Naomi Klein’s “This Changes Everything” opens by introducing how climate change alters everything. More than that, our response to climate change has the power to rewrite the world into a new society. Collective…

The Fear of the Windingo

Each quarter, a group of students, faculty, and staff at WWU convene an environmental justice reading group to read and discuss recent texts. This quarter (Fall 2019) the group is reading Robin Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass. The following entry reflects the group’s discussion last week. The Fear of the Windingo By: Malene Garcia and Ling Qi…

What a Weed Can Teach Us

Each quarter, a group of students, faculty, and staff at WWU convene an environmental justice reading group to read and discuss recent texts. This quarter (Fall 2019) the group is reading Robin Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass. The following entry reflects the group’s discussion last week. What a Weed Can Teach Us By: Avey Barbera, Marie…

Peace through Disorder: Learning from the Three Sisters

Each quarter, a group of students, faculty, and staff at WWU convene an environmental justice reading group to read and discuss recent texts. This quarter (Fall 2019) the group is reading Robin Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass. The following entry reflects the group’s discussion last week. Peace through Disorder: Learning from the Three Sisters By: Max Alexandria…