Environmental Justice at Western

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…

Gratitude After Colonization

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. Gratitude After Colonization By: Lauren Sanner and Kenzi Garner The…

We are the Basket and the Basket Weavers

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. We are the Basket and the Basket Weavers By: Amelia Flores…

Care About Environmental Justice? Don’t Eat Meat!

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. Care About Environmental Justice? Don’t Eat Meat! By: Mars Well,…

Radical Contentment

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. Radical Contentment By Yeshaia Van Leeuwen, Maddie Smith, and Jamie…

Knowing the Salish Sea Through 3 Strands

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. Knowing the Salish Sea Through 3 Strands By: Morgan Scott…