Mutual Aid/Best Practices vs Local Practices
_jzhaoThis 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.
Return to Chemical Valley 2019
This report is an update to Ecojustice's 2007 Report: Exposing Canada's Chemical Valley that looked at the air pollutants emitted by the petrochemical industrial complex called Chemical Valley in S
What's Left For Chemical Valley
Named “the most polluted air in Canada” in 2011 by the World Health Organization (The Chemical Valley, 2013) and
Exposing Canada’s Chemical Valley
Report by Ecojustice in 2007 that details the status of Chemical Valley and the corresponding air pollution impacting neighboring communities.
Canada's Toxic Chemical Valley (Full Length)
Short video documentary of Chemical Valley in Sarnia, Ontario Canada by VICE.
Chemical Valley Stakeholder Actions
Advocacy Action
Introduction to Chemical Valley
Nestled along the St. Clair River in Ontario, CA are over 60 oil and chemical plants, accounting for 40% of Canada’s chemical industry (McDonald & Rang, 2007).
The Pollution Reporter app in an example of a civic data resource for the Chemical Valley (Sarnia, CA) case study (Group #3).