{"id":477,"date":"2023-12-05T14:07:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:53:20","slug":"blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--custom--spacing--small, 1.25rem);padding-bottom:var(--wp--custom--spacing--small, 1.25rem)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eca38bf6ddf406f350e0724327909c76 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-36e9ec45 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color\">CATEGORIES <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-categories-list wp-block-categories\">\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-13\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/academic-programs\/\">Academic Programs<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-15\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/awards\/\">Awards<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/events\/\">Events<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/guest-post\/\">Guest post<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/innovative-industries\/\">Innovative Industries<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-19\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/news\/\">News<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/other\/\">Other<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/staff-blog\/\">Staff blog<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/sustainability-action-plan\/\">Sustainability Action Plan<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/sustainability-champions\/\">Sustainability Champions<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/sustainability-in-boston\/\">Sustainability in Boston<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-18\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/sustainability-technology\/\">Sustainability Technology<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/sustainable-dining\/\">Sustainable Dining<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-20\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/sustainable-travel\/\">Sustainable Travel<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-11\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/waste\/\">Waste<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-21\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/welcome\/\">Welcome<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-foreground-color has-css-opacity has-foreground-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1444 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-staff-blog tag-by-hazel-fitzpatrick tag-environmental-justice-movement\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300; margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1rem;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-537d051851263574fd72e796fb51cba4 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-foreground-color has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/04\/03\/environmental-justice-movement-today\/\" target=\"_self\" >Environmental Justice Movement Today<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-foreground-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The Social Movements Lasting Impact By: Hazel Fitzpatrick Throughout this series, we explored how impacts of climate change have consistently fallen hardest on low income communities and communities of color. From Hurricane Katrina to the Flint Water Crisis to Asthma Alley in the South Bronx, each case revealed the exact same pattern over and over&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/04\/03\/environmental-justice-movement-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Environmental Justice Movement Today<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-foreground-color has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T23:58:27+00:00\">April 3, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/staff-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Staff blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1442 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-staff-blog tag-by-hazel-fitzpatrick tag-environmental-justice-movement\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300; margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1rem;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-537d051851263574fd72e796fb51cba4 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-foreground-color has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/03\/28\/reimagining-hurricane-katrina\/\" target=\"_self\" >Reimagining Hurricane Katrina<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-foreground-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">More Than A Failure Of The Past By: Hazel Fitzpatrick In past posts in this series, we have looked at three different cases where environmental injustice caused lasting harm. Together, these cases raise a very important question. What would these situations have looked like if environmental justice had been taken into account from the very&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/03\/28\/reimagining-hurricane-katrina\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Reimagining Hurricane Katrina<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-foreground-color has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-28T13:11:54+00:00\">March 28, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/staff-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Staff blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1434 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-staff-blog tag-by-hazel-fitzpatrick tag-environmental-justice-movement\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300; margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1rem;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-537d051851263574fd72e796fb51cba4 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-foreground-color has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/03\/06\/environmental-racism-cases-asthma-alley-present-day\/\" target=\"_self\" >Environmental Racism Cases: Asthma Alley (Present Day)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-foreground-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">How Pollution Shapes The South Bronx By: Hazel Fitzpatrick In the previous posts in this series, we looked at Hurricane Katrina and the Flint water crisis as examples of how environmental injustice unfolds during emergencies. But environmental racism is absolutely not a thing of the past. One of the clearest examples of environmental racism is&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/03\/06\/environmental-racism-cases-asthma-alley-present-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Environmental Racism Cases: Asthma Alley (Present Day)<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-foreground-color has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-06T20:09:02+00:00\">March 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/staff-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Staff blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1427 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-staff-blog tag-by-hazel-fitzpatrick tag-environmental-justice-movement\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300; margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1rem;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-537d051851263574fd72e796fb51cba4 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-foreground-color has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/02\/20\/environmental-racism-cases-flint-water-crisis-2014\/\" target=\"_self\" >Environmental Racism Cases: Flint Water Crisis (2014)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-foreground-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Another Contaminated Water Story By: Hazel Fitzpatrick In the last post of this series, we explored how Hurricane Katrina revealed the unequal impacts of disaster response. Katrina showed what happens when communities of color are placed at greater risk and then forgotten in the moment they most need help. The Flint water crisis is another&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/02\/20\/environmental-racism-cases-flint-water-crisis-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Environmental Racism Cases: Flint Water Crisis (2014)<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-foreground-color has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-20T09:00:00+00:00\">February 20, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/staff-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Staff blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1406 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-staff-blog tag-by-hazel-fitzpatrick tag-environmental-justice-movement\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:300; margin-top:0;margin-bottom:1rem;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-537d051851263574fd72e796fb51cba4 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-foreground-color has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/02\/06\/environmental-racism-cases-hurricane-katrina-2005\/\" target=\"_self\" >Environmental Racism Cases: Hurricane Katrina (2005)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-foreground-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/2026\/02\/06\/environmental-racism-cases-hurricane-katrina-2005\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Environmental Racism Cases: Hurricane Katrina (2005)<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-foreground-color has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-06T09:00:00+00:00\">February 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/category\/staff-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Staff blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<nav class=\"alignwide wp-block-query-pagination is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-query-pagination-is-layout-b2891da8 wp-block-query-pagination-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-numbers\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-7-page=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-7-page=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"?query-7-page=28\">28<\/a><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477?query-7-page=2\" class=\"wp-block-query-pagination-next has-small-font-size\">Next Page<span class='wp-block-query-pagination-next-arrow is-arrow-arrow' aria-hidden='true'>\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CATEGORIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3066,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-477","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/477\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/sustainable-emerson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}