Greening the Inner City: Jobs, Health, Justice and the Environment

Greening the Inner City: Jobs, Health, Justice and the Environment

Environmental restoration can succeed only if it meaningfully addresses social justice and the elimination of poverty. Omar Freilla, one of the nation’s most dynamic and creative young environmental justice leaders, is a founding board member of Sustainable South Bronx and recently launched Green Worker Cooperatives, an inspiring initiative dedicated to the creation of worker-owned, environmentally friendly manufacturing cooperatives in the South Bronx.

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Overworked & Under Spray

ToxicFreeNC

Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011

This summer Toxic Free NC staffer Ana Duncan Pardo and Into the Fields intern Abi Bissette traveled the roads of Eastern NC interviewing young farm workers about their experiences being exposed to pesticides. The result: a powerful short film highlighting the reality of pesticide exposure in the words of young workers here in NC.

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Meridian Hill Pictures

Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012

A short documentary about how urban forestry and greening are helping to meet critical needs in underserved communities in Washington DC. Created by the Washington Parks & People District of Columbia Green Corps trainees, through a media education program with Meridian Hill Pictures.

The broader story of the Green Corps trainees is part of a feature-length documentary currently in production. To learn more about the film, visit meridianhillpictures.com

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ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM and DUMPING PCB ON BLACK NEIGHBORHOOS

1968turkey

Uploaded on Jun 15, 2011

All around the world the minority communities are the most abused people.

Most of the time there are prejudice and racist attitude to them which hinder their social and economical development.

Jobs and better schools are scarce and they lose battle in the beginning.

This time because of their weak NGO and political organizations environmental pollutants in Tennessee dumped on them causing cancer and other lethal diseases.

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Environmental Racism: Introduction and Case Studies

SterlingScreencast

Published on Feb 1, 2013

Short student video presentation about environmental racism for public policy seminar

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Environmental Racism

domee4

Uploaded on May 1, 2010

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Water in Maywood, CA – Aguas Con el Agua

UrbanSemillas

Uploaded on Apr 15, 2010

Water issues in Maywood, CA. Video clip submitted to the EPA for their Faces of the Grassroots: Environmental Justice Video Contest.

See: http://www.youtube.com/user/UrbanSemillas/videos

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Chester Environmental Justice

CSTR2008

Uploaded on Feb 8, 2008

This video addresses environmental justice and environmental racism issues in Chester, Pennsylvania. It contains portions of the 1996 documentary “Laid to Waste” by R. Bahar & G. McCollough, which is used with permission.

For more information about the situation in Chester, visit http://www.ejnet.org/chester/

Educators, librarians and teachers can obtain the complete documentary “Laid to Waste” through its educational distributor at: http://www.berkeleymedia.org

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Robert Bullard – The Genesis of Environmental Justice

afiercegreenfire

Uploaded on Apr 14, 2011

Bob Bullard describes the beginning of the environmental justice movement in Warren County, North Carolina. This movement spread across the country and became a civil and human rights issue.

A Fierce Green Fire is a new documentary from Oscar-nominated director Mark Kitchell chronicling the history of the environmental movement.

Look for A Fierce Green Fire in theaters Spring 2013. Schools & organizations can purchase the film now through Bullfrog Films: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog.

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Environmental Justice Workshop – June 28 – 30, 2013, Durham, North Caroli na

Posted on June 3, 2013

Environmental Justice Workshop

June 28 – 30, 2013 in Durham, North Carolina

We are excited to announce the second annual Environmental Justice Workshop, hosted by the Research Translation Core of Duke University’s Superfund Research Center, in conjunction with the Nicholas School of the Environment and Johnson C. Smith University.

We will convene on Duke University’s campus from Friday, June 28 through Sunday, June 30, 2013. During this workshop, we will explore different facets of environmental justice, exposure to toxic chemicals, and sustainability. We’ll be joined by faculty and students from Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte-Mecklenburg K-12 teachers, and Charlotte-area community members, some new this year and some bringing back their experience from last year’s workshop. Over the three days, we’ll meet with scientists, visit a community that has fought against environmental injustice for over 30 years, consider how environmental justice and sustainability are connected, and explore how to teach others about these topics.

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