MAPPING INJUSTICE: A TOXIC TOUR OF TINSELTOWNCommunities for a Better Environment, a non-profit founded to improve public health and achieve environmental justice through activism in Northern and Southern California, battles overwhelming amounts of pollution from power plants, refineries, and industrial waste facilities.
PEOPLE OF COLOR DON’T CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTSocial and environmental activists gathered together to discuss how environmental issues impact different communities; an eye opening discussion exploring race, class, and the green movement.
"EARTH MOTHER" WANGARI MAATHAI AND THE GREEN BELT MOVEMENTWangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots tree planting program that has been effective as both a method for combating deforestation and as a tactic for economic self-sufficiency. The tree planting initiative, lead mostly by Kenyan women, has helped restore vast tracts of Kenyan farmland whose soil had eroded after vegetation clearing projects rendered it unusable.
