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Environmental Racism Cases: Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Before, During, and After the Disaster By: Hazel Fitzpatrick In the previous post, we introduced the Environmental Justice movement and how low income communities and communities of color have historically been placed closest to environmental hazards. While we often see this injustice through pollution over time, natural disasters also often provide an example of environmental…
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Environmental Justice Movement
How Systematic Racism Shapes Environmental Harm By: Hazel Fitzpatrick To understand our environment, we must first understand who pays the price for its damage. Throughout this series of blog posts, we will dive into the Environmental Justice social movement. We will examine its backstory, highlight several environmental racism cases from history, choose one example to…
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Innovative Industries 4: The Art of Theater (Performing Arts)
By Sustainability Research Fellow, Katie Koenig Introduction Emerson abounds with strong storytellers and narrative-based career paths. Tushar Mathew, an assistant professor in the Performing Arts department, has around a decade of experience in theater, theater-making, and connecting audiences with nonhuman narratives, like involving animal protagonists. In the several years he’s also worked at Emerson, he’s…