Environmental Justice at Western

Liberté, égalité, fraternité: Differences between the idea and the reality

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 2019) the group is reading Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy. The following entry reflects the group’s discussion last week. Liberté, égalité,…

Outdoor (spaces), (places), and (faces)

Outdoor (spaces) (places) and (faces) By: Jessica Ibes April 8th, 2019 Environmental (in) justice, where does it appear? What form does it take? On December 6th in Fall Quarter 2018, Dr. Carolyn Finney helped answer that question. Speaking to over 400 people, Dr. Finney told the story about Ten Thousand Recollections: Black Faces, White…

Historical Privilege: The Narrative

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 2019) the group is reading excerpts from Sharing the earth: An international environmental justice reader (Ammons and Modhumita, eds) and Between the Heart and the Land: Entre el corazón y la tierra…

Feeling with Color

A Lifetime with Consumers

Why TA for Environmental Justice?

Storytelling

Environmental Justice Minor Update

In Fall 2017, a group of students, faculty, and staff met regularly to lay the groundwork for a new academic program in environmental justice. Our group built on the great work of previous WWU students, including Michelle Dannehy. Over the last year and a half, we created a vision and approach for the minor, and…