Taking their environment in their hands, youth in Baltimore protect the land they call home
Baltimore’s environmental issues and their burdens have never been distributed equally. For communities beyond the city’s majority-white center, blocks of bare pavement create “heat islands,” where temperatures can reach 10 degrees higher than the tree-lined streets of Mount Vernon. Asthma rates skyrocket to some of the highest in the nation, and industries release lead and […] Young people in Baltimore have been leading efforts to protect their environment and community's well-being, particularly in South Baltimore. The South Baltimore Community Land Trust, based in Curtis Bay, works at the intersection of environmental justice, affordable housing, and community development without displacement. The trust was inspired by years of community activism by students at Benjamin Franklin High School, "Free Your Voice," a coalition formed in 2011 to fight the Fairfield Renewable Energy Project. Maynor Flores, a 19-year-old high school student, became involved in the movement after reading Nicole Fabricant's participatory action course on environmental justice and earning college credit designing research projects on pollution, vacant housing, environmental concerns. Fabricant, a co-founder of the land trust, believes that if we can acquire more and more land, we could make decisions about land development.
Опубликовано : Вчерашний день от Amari-Grey Johnson в Environment
Baltimore’s environmental issues and their burdens have never been distributed equally. For communities beyond the city’s majority-white center, blocks of bare pavement create “heat islands,” where te... [12830 symbols]
