https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud Discuss with your group about environmental justice. Answer questions and think about how you would introduce this issue to your community. To make some changes, we need to think about what people need to know, what action do people need to take, and how we can make an impact on the way this issue is currently affecting our community. en-us 2020-03-20 13:26:48 UTC 2020-08-04 14:00:34 UTC hello@padlet.com alyssalobatch https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669025756 Alyssa Lobatch
Jason Ly
Wendy Li
Verit Li
Ryan Lau
Samantha Balice]]> 2020-08-04 13:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669025756 https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669028092 Environmental justice is being able to provide everyone with a safe environment to live in despite their age, gender or race.  It means that everyone is able to have access to things like clean water.]]> 2020-08-04 13:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669028092 alyssalobatch https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669030010 Environmental justice can ensure health and equality for all members of a community. To have environmental justice, everyone has to work together to ensure not only a healthy environment, but a healthy environment for EVERYONE, regardless of age, gender, social status, race, etc. An example of the lack of environmental justice is the Flint Water Crisis. While we don't have to worry about dirty water in New York, contaminated water is a major issue in other places.]]> 2020-08-04 13:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669030010 https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669031192 The media presents these issues through different mediums so that others can gain knowledge abut the issues/how they can help. In doing so there can also be bias involved, which helps form others' opinions. They can also promote awareness for action being done to achieve more environmental justice.]]> 2020-08-04 13:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669031192 https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669031220 Environmental justice includes any issues regarding how different communities are unprotected or exposed to dangerous environments compared to others who have safer and healthier environments. Subtopics would include the different hazardous environments that some communities live in like those that live close by factories and those without access to clean water.]]> 2020-08-04 13:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669031220 https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669033117 Other communities can work together to help poor communities who suffer from pollution or lack of clean water and give back to them by providing the resources needed to help the poorer communities.]]> 2020-08-04 13:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mceselkova/4oriiqix3zud/wish/669033117