Environmental & Social Justice

Karly Hampshire’s paper argues for reform of academia’s unsustainable culture of emissions-intensive travel and prioritizing environmental impact in reimagining medical training interviews.

The article is “the first ethnography of Puerto Rican women who relocated in Connecticut in the aftermath of the hurricane [Maria], discussing the ways in which federal law and policy have failed to meet the needs of Puerto Ricans and other climate-displaced people.”

“Whether you are a Native person that's learning about fire, an allied person that's wanting to learn about the presence of Indigenous peoples and our land stewardship and climate solutions, or community members that care about the places that we all live and work in and hopefully all care about, there's a role for everybody in learning about good fire,” Adams said.

“This is an issue of public safety. [T]rees slow down traffic, provide shade and cooling opportunities, and reduce energy burdens for those that are energy insecure,” the appeal states. “Given the inevitable trajectory of cities growing hotter, we implore City and State legislators to act now to mitigate worsened health and quality of life outcomes for the most vulnerable.”

Chelsi Sparti has been selected to join the Education Subcommittee of the California Truth & Healing Council. The Council “bears witness to, records, examines existing documentation of, and receives California Native American narratives...

“My work is about environmental protection, but at the same time we have to think about the human dimension,” Goodrich explains. “At the research reserve, we like to advance co-benefits: how can we protect places, but at the same time protect people? How can we be in more of a reciprocal relationship?”