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Climate Justice Resources for Climate Emergency Week 2022

By Rachael Bradshaw on February 12, 2022

On February 14-18, UBC will hold its first Climate Change Emergency Week to mark the anniversary of the UBC Board of Governor’s endorsement of the Climate Emergency Task Force Report and Recommendations. The Sustainability Hub, Climate Hub, and AMS will host a number of events this week, encouraging participants to take action in light of the U.N.’s declaration of a “code red” level of danger for humanity due to climate change.

Check out this link to see the Climate Change Emergency Week schedule and register for events. If you want to participate but don’t have time to attend an event, you can still share in the spirit of action for our climate by wearing red this week and posting on social media using #UBCClimateLove.

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Dr. Ingrid Waldron: Guest Speaker, Author, and Activist

Kick off Climate Emergency Week with a special keynote by Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health in the Global Peace and Social Justice Program in the Department of History, Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University and founder/director of the Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health Project (The ENRICH Project). Dr. Waldron is also the author of There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities, which was made into a 2020 Netflix documentary that was co-produced by Waldron, actor Elliot Page, Ian Daniel, and Julia Sanderson.

Register here to hear Dr. Waldron speak at Monday’s Communities for Climate Justice virtual talk. Learn more about Dr. Waldron’s work and activism by following her on Twitter (@ingrid_waldron) and following the ENRICH project on Twitter (@inwhosebackyard)

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Climate Justice Resources

Here are some more resources that we recommend checking out after you finish There’s Something in the Water

Read:

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A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice, by Toban Black, Tony Weis, Stephen D’Arcy, Joshua Kahn Russell (eds)

This essay collection reflects on the fight for environmental justice in the tar sands of North America, considered “among the epic environmental and social justice battles of our time,” and the tireless activists who continue the struggle despite brutal opposition.

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A Terrible Thing to Waste : Environmental Racism and its Assault on the American Mind, by Harriet A. Washington

This book investigates how environmental pollutants and environmental racism affect traditional (and highly flawed) measures of intelligence such as IQ, why communities of color are disproportionately affected, and what can be done to remedy this problem.

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Climate Justice : Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future, by Mary Robinson

This book shares stories of grassroots efforts to fight climate change and encourages readers to shake off their climate change paralysis, have hope, and take action themselves.

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Frontlines: Stories of Global Environmental Justice, by Nick Meynen [order via Document Delivery]

This book unpacks the struggles that individual and community activists face against predatory companies and inactive governments in the fight against climate change, encouraging readers to join the frontline for environmental justice.

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Toxic Communities : Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility, by Dorceta E. Taylor [order via Document Delivery]

This book examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Renowned environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor focuses on the locations of hazardous facilities in low-income and minority communities and shows how they have been dumped on, contaminated and exposed.

Watch:

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Global Environmental Justice Collection

This documentaries explores human rights and environmental protection issues caused by inequality, global development and climate change.

Listen:

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Indigenous Climate Action Pod

Hosts Lindsey Bacigal, Brina Romanek, and Morningstar Derosier use this podcast to make an accessible space for Indigenous peoples to connect and discuss climate issues,sustainability, and Indigenous rights movements.

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Islands on Alert

Created by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), this podcast offers accounts of the challenges that small island states face due to climate change and explores the harm that this crisis inflicts on Indigenous life. This podcast features interviews with climate experts from small island states who propose innovative solutions and urge us all into collective, rapid action.

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Damages

From the creators of “Drilled”, this courtroom drama podcast examines more than 200 climate-related lawsuits that are happening around the world. It combines explanation, deep-dives, and narrative to shed light on global climate justice.

 

 

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