From the placement of landfills to the impacts of extreme weather events, it is apparent that climate change and other environmental issues disproportionately and unjustly affect communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, worsening existing health disparities and overall wellness and wealth-building. We challenge our sustainability network to educate ourselves on the importance of climate justice and environmental justice and how we can all further these movements.
Jasmine Crowe is an award-winning social entrepreneur, TED Speaker, and leader who is working to make the world a better place one cause at a time. Jasmine’s goal is to foster change and create awareness about the leading socioeconomic issues and challenges of today, including poverty, food waste, and hunger.
Join the RCE on Monday, October 26th at 2:30pm! Natasha Dyer, will talk about Atlanta's efforts to divert food waste from the landfill, create decentralized composting that benefits local urban agriculture, and recover edible surplus food for food insecure residents. Natasha Dyer is the Senior Recycling Program Coordinator for the City of Atlanta and the … Continue Reading →
The Climate and Health Program at The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host a series of climate and health webinars over the next several months. This webinar series was originally planned to be held as an in-person symposium in March 2020. The webinars will highlight the pressing need for greater scientific and … Continue Reading →
Join the African American Studies Department for a webinar on policing and the criminal justice system in the United States.
"Bridging science and public health policy to control urban mosquito-borne diseases"` Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec,Associate Professor, ENVS Zoom link/password: 745326
Dr. Sanya Carley is a Professor and Director of the Master of Public Affairs programs at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Her research focuses on electricity and transportation policy, energy justice and a just transition, energy-based economic development, and public perceptions of energy infrastructure and technologies. She … Continue Reading →
The sweeping expansion of genetically modified soybeans in Argentina has underpinned the country’s exports since the late 1990s, while also has exacerbated problems of agrochemical exposure. This talk will focus on the ways in which rural populations think, feel, and act when affected by agrochemical exposure, and will analyze the dynamics of mobilization and … Continue Reading →
Join West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, the Proctor Creek Stewardship Council, West Atlanta community members, and volunteers on Saturday, November 21, 2020 from 10 am - 1 pm in collecting water samples throughout West Atlanta neighborhoods to get a one-day “snapshot” of water quality at designated locations in the Proctor, Utoy, and Sandy Creek … Continue Reading →
