EiJ Global Record: Eastern North Carolina, USA
The eastern Piedmont and southeastern lowlands of North Carolina are the “birthplace” of the environmental justice movement (EJ) in the United States.
The eastern Piedmont and southeastern lowlands of North Carolina are the “birthplace” of the environmental justice movement (EJ) in the United States.
This image reminds me of how mutual aid and communities keep each other fed, and safe, and how local practices are actually best practices. My own research, although not immediatley related to the specific public health concern of COVID, will focus on Indigenous food soverignty, particularly the right and autonomy to ferment and distribute alcohol (紅糯米酒) within the Amis community, and their current fight with the local health department on declaring whether or not their alcohol is "safe" for public consumption and distribution.
With this case, we discuss lessons from air pollution reduction during Coronavirus induced policies in Germany and India.
This is part of the Environmental Injustice Workshop.
This is part of the Environmental Injustice Workshop.
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This is part of the Environmental Inequality workshop.
This is part of the Environmental Injustice Workshop.
This is part of the Environmental Inequalities workshop.