Tag archives for environmental justice
Do Carbon Credits Actually Offset Carbon Emissions? A Brief Look into the Carbon Credit Industry
Carbon credits are everywhere. From airlines to governments to clothing brands, entities are able to purchase carbon credits to offset their carbon emissions, often to meet climate goals or...
Farmworker Justice in California
California produces more food than any other state in the US and consequently also has the largest amount of farmworkers. There has been an ongoing history of racial, economic,...
A Greener Future for Everyone: Greenspace Inequality in San Francisco
In 2017, San Francisco became the first city in the US to ensure that all residents lived within a 10-minute walk of some kind of park, playground, or green...
The Environmental Hazards of Mass Incarceration
Today, almost two million people are held in American jails, prisons, and detention centers, which is more than double the population of San Francisco. Tough-on-crime policies, emblematic of the...
Environmental Justice through Art
Though environmental activism and sustainability are becoming a bigger part of the global cultural consciousness, environmental justice is a less discussed, though extremely important, subsect of environmental activism. Environmental...
Hostile landscaping: how the term sustainability can be misused as an excuse for exclusion
In many urban areas, homelessness is a prevalent and persisting issue, with many efforts in place to reduce the number of individuals on the street. Unfortunately, our society does...
A Look Inside Shein’s Factories
A search of “shein haul” on YouTube results in thousands of videos titled in all caps: “HUGE SHEIN TRY-ON HAUL” or “$700 SHEIN HAUL.” These videos depict women trying...
Mycoremediation: How Fungi Can Repair Our Land
For centuries, mushrooms have been eaten by people due to their richness in flavor and high protein content, but there is so much more to mushrooms than just being...
Cultivating Green Consumerism
With rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and extreme weather changes, consumers are starting to be more mindful about their choices, particularly their lifestyle. The pandemic forced people to be...
California On Fire
California has already seen waves of climate induced wildfires, and as our planet’s climate warms they will only be more numerous and intense. To understand how wildfires today...