Blog reflection 5

“Reflections on climate change communication research and practice in the second decade of the 21st century: what more is there to say?” by Susanne Moser was written for climate change to be recognized by people so that more people become aware of the issue at hand. For scientists, it is really hard to communicate issues even though they have all the facts about the issue. In “Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration: Reflections from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative” by Lindsey Dillon is about how EDGI was formed in response to Donald Trump's ignorance and disrespect towards environmental organizations such as the EPA. The EDGI has been designed to counteract misinformation in politics about environmental issues.
I believe that the “Reflections on climate change communication research and practice in the second decade of the 21st century: what more is there to say?” stood out to me the most. I feel it is most important to find a way to inform people about climate change above all else. However, I believe that censorship is also a cause of misinformation and should not be allowed but it is. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but you shouldn't taint anyone else's view or stop them from knowing the truth. There is a line between freedom of speech and danger.
Data Rescue-find, recover and preview accidentally deleted files(adapted from Mac Update)
Environmental data justice- a working group with the energy data justice concerns and long-standing principles of environmental justice (adapted from EDGI website)
Multidisciplinary- professional specialization in an approach to a problem (adapted from Webster)

Week 2

The JSU field trip was beyond informative. When we first arrived , the greeted us with the upmost respect . The speaker taught us about how people of color are not usually found in the field of meteorologists majors . When the students spoke with me, the told me how hard the major was but how even harder it was for you not to pass the class because of the resources that you’re surrounded by. They’re is no more than 8 people in the class room so you won’t have trouble feeling comfortable . It’s basically like a family . If you stick with the major, JSU will help you write recommendations to get you internships. I feel like that’s dope because most colleges don’t even care about you enough to do that. Overall I enjoyed the trip and I hope to go on more .

Week 1

WEEK 1 BLOG 

The atmosphere is used to protect the earth from most things harmful from outer space . It shields UV radiation and it keeps the wart not too hot and not too cold . The world consist on many gasses but the main gasses are Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide . Carbon dioxide comes from the fossil fuels we burn. The future of climate change is imperative to pay attention to. The weather will soon change dramatically. Sea levels are projected to rise an addition .7 meters (2.5 feet) on average by year 2100. 100 million people are at risk for climate change . 

My take on the climate change scandal is that it is getting more closer than we thought. In fact we are living in it . It recently snowed in Las Vegas , Nevada this weekend . Palm trees should never see snow . This can effect people because those who have jobs that require them to be outside have to change their entire wardrobe. Illnesses come into play because people in that area are not used to illnesses such as the common cold . 

Methane - trapping Gas 

Greenhouse Gas - a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons.

Climate Communication

 

    The Reflection on Climate Change communication by Susanne C. More, was most likely focused on how over the years the discussion of climate has not been as present as it has been in our present day. It explains that we have came a long way to where we are now. On the other hand we now need to focus our attention on action in regards to climate change instead of just being stuck on the discussion of climate change. Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration, was souly based on how Trump has put a blockage on our information and data sets on climate change. This poses a threat because the EJ activist rely on this info in order to make their claims and actions on climate control. Last but definitely not least The Green New Deal by David Roberts focuses on the actions that we need to take in order to fight against climate change. It’s a deal that supports cleaner living. It’s the ideal that we base our economy and jobs around green living instead of on non-renewable pollutant living. 

     My take on these text was very eye opening. I totally agree with all the text in which we should make a change on our actions and views of climate change. I agree with the first text because I believe that we should be over the discussion stage and we should consider the GND in our steps towards action. GND can be our future into cleaner living and a solution to multiple problems. It can contribute to fixing our problems of healthcare, unemployment and the rise in CO2 emissions.

Delineation- the action of describing or portraying something precisely.

Unprecedented- never done or known before

Inexorable- impossible to stop or prevent 

#EnvironmentalJustice

The article "Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration: Reflections from the “Environmental Data and Governance Initiative" discusses the actions taken by the EDGI after the disruption of environmental data and policy organizations due to the Trump administration.EDGI is now a grown a broad network of "physical and social scientists, lawyers, librarians, data scientists, and professionals from environmental nonprofits across North America", working together on large online platforms.EDGI is primarily volunteer-based but they receive grants for research projects and practices.The article "The Green Deal, explained", is about the acknowledgment of climate change by Democrats.The Green Deal is discussing the idea to build a solar power plant.The idea has gained popularity on social media such as Twitter and is searched often on the Internet.

The Green deal I feel is a good idea and exactly that a idea . It would be better for the environment but it’s also costs a lot of money. They have put in great effort to take the issue to a new ground Social media which I think get the issue and idea out there.Now the Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration, I feel like it represents a lot of people but the administration stays silent about the issue. It was only right for the people to do something themselves because for some reason it’s not being discussed in the administration.

EDJ- Environmental Justice Data

Environmental Data-typically generated by institutions executing environmental law or doing environmental research

Governance Initiative-Funded Projects

#EnvironmentalJustice

In 'The Green New Deal, Explained,' by David Roberts on February 7,2019, it states that the Green New Deal is a protest whose primary goal was to make democratics come up with a climate change solution. The republicans ignored the problem of climate change or pretend tat it doesn't exist and everyone's final hope is the democratic party who says that there is an issue, but still they hve not came up with a plan to fix the problem of climate change. In the article 'Reflections on climate change communication research and practice in the second decade of the 21st century: what more is
there to say?' by Susanne C. Moser the article shows research spo that the audience could have an understanding of how our future will be if climate change continues to be an issue in our society. The article discusses challenges that going forward in life that will affect climate change communcation, meaning the way that society talks about climate change, because some poepl chooseto ignore the fact that it is an issue and others acknowledge it. This ties in with 'The Green Deal, Explained,' because replublicans ignored the fact that climate change was an issue and the democratics acknowledged it, but even though they acknowledged it, it didn't change anthing because they didn't come up with a plan for it. In 'Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration: Reflections from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative,' by Lindsey Dillon, Dawn Walker, Nicholas Shapiro, Vivian Underhill, Megan Martenyi, Sara Wylie, Rebecca Lave, Michelle Murphy, Phil Brown, and Environmental Data and Governance Initative, it says how the EDGI was formed after the U.S presidential election in November 2016 to respond to the threat posed by the Trump administration to environmental data and policy, and to federal environmental agencies. The author states that no competing financial interests exist. The author is saying that there is no such thing as competing financial interest.

In my own opinion I feel dissapointed because I feel as though if you believe in something, you should always go and fix the issue. I feel the only reasons that the republicans feel like there is no issue is because they don't want to fund any money to the citizens. If they admit that there is an issuethen they have to give reperations out, so instead they pretend that nothing is going on. I'm dissapointed in the democratics because they knew what was going on and they still never came up with a plan to fix the problem. It's one thing to admit that there is an issie, but it's entirely another thing when you fix the issue.

Keywords: environmental data justice, environmental justice, DataRescue, Environmental Data and
Governance Initiative, politics of evidence, adaptation, resilience, climate change, communication, emotional responses, long-term engagement

Climate Change and Changing Communication

     The articles revolve around the changing communication tactics used to educate the public about climate change. The article "Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration: Reflections from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative" discusses the actions taken by the EDGI after the disruption of environmental data and policy organizations due to the Trump administration. Due to Trump's refusal to fund federal environmental agencies led to the formation of EDGI, which formed after the United States elections in 2016 after a small group of environmental scholars became worried about Trump's threats to the funding and presentation of environmental science. EDGI is now a grown a broad network of "physical and social scientists, lawyers, librarians, data scientists, and professionals from environmental nonprofits across North America", working together on large online platforms. EDGI is primarily volunteer-based but receives grants for research projects and practices. The article "The Green Deal, explained", is about the acknowledgment of climate change by Democrats, but the reluctance to put policies in place to form an achievable solution. In response young climate justice activists proposed a plan, The Green New Deal. According to the text, the GND is the idea to build a  solar power plant, "large arrays of mirrors reflect sunlight onto a single tower, heating the fluid inside it. The fluid transfers heat to water, the steam from the boiling fluid drives turbine, and the turbine generate an electrical sustainable source of power." The idea has gained popularity on social media such as Twitter and is searched often on the Internet. The promotion of the GND has not been limited to just social media and young activists, progressive politicians such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have voiced support and embraced the plan.
     These articles represent people making a change in means of communication and expression when things do not seem to be working out.In the article Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration: Reflections from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative"  the people who cared about the public knowing the data and truth about how Climate change affected them banded together and made it possible using online platforms  even with Donald Trump’s attempt to mute environmental agencies and policy. It is disturbing that a person can used their single belief to invalidate years of research and observations and withhold the truth from the people. The organizers of the Green New Deal Plan are also an revolutionaries, they came up with a plan of their own when the people who are supposed to be their leaders failed to do anything. 




Climate Change Communication- A organization about educating, informing, warning, persuading, mobilizing and finding solutions to climate change shaped by “different experiences, mental and cultural models, and underlying values and worldviews.”

scalability- the room or ability to change in scale

EDJ- Environmental Justice Data

Climate Justice, Digital Media, and Gender Professor Frances Roberts-Gregory Blog #4

Week 4

This weeks 8 texts talk about the fight of climate change. These various websites show climate change superheroes, which are leaders in the climate change fight. Also some sites show what these young feminist climate heroes are doing to fight climate change and make a change for the world. Like the Peoples climate march for the women of the south to get their voice heard. Multiple different groups came together for that.

I like this text because it empowers women, it shows the women in the text looking powerful together, And fighting for a change in the future of climate change. women are affected the most by climate change, and it makes them emotional when climate change is ignored. It took real leaders to start and make a march so big and meaningful.


Gender equality- means that the different behavior, aspirations and needs of women and men are considered, valued and favored equal.

Patriarchy -a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. 

contingency-a provision for an unforeseen event or circumstance.

This article was really Informative and helpful because I didn't know there was a difference between men and masculine and there is and how women's are been affecting by male supremacy, but back to the men and the masculine topic we know the in society stereotype has been and are a way to describe something, someone the describe it and a great example is how colors are classified for each gender, pink is for girls and blue is for boys, but those type of stereotypes  been around society so long and we as the new generation we need to change the ignorant of society because we need to know how those stereotypes going to impact the lives of those children raised them in ignorant and with a stupid view of thing,  be a man is the gender an individual is born , and masculine is another wrong definition  because we are men we have to act in a specific way  for the eyes of society as well as our family , and  but been masculine  those not describe or label thing or people a women can be masculine looking, men can be feminist  if he wants is the way society a dold generation use this terms  yo build ignorent in future generation. this article brought some emotional memories to me so when I can to this country I took the decision to let my hair  grown because back in Mexico boys are not allowed to have long hair especially at schools because it looks different and Mexico schools are built in ignorance, and old people with different ideas, and view of society. So I was prohibited to have long hair and can you believe if you took the decision to let your hair grow you couldn't assist school it was against rules.  By the time I was in middle school here in the United States, my hair was long but I found new issues, now the I was allowed to let my hair grow people keep confusing me with a girl and many people come to me and ask me what I'm, many just make fun of me but that shows me how much ignorance is among us, because  is not the about people been confused about my look because trust me I get that a lot,  the point is  it doesn't matter if I'm in Mexico or in American there is always someone the going to make ignorant comments like life with me different  I'm different I don't need to follow want society definition of a men is neither Masculine because we all unique and anyone can be masculine and still be a female, gay, etc.

contribution-  A common fund or collection

variety of social perspective -human behavior  and its connection to society as a whole

humanitarian aid-material and logistic assistance  to people who need help, Homeless, refugees, victims are an example of people the been help

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food vs. pollution

An issue presented in multiple texts is that pollution is affecting the food that we eat. The agriculture is being demolished and the food security of all communities are in danger. Of course the most impacted would be the minority communities and even though they still have access to food sources they are often not healthy and unreliable. There’s unequal access among women, men, race, and any other subcategories you could possibly think of. The whole process of food from the unhealthy and toxic pesticides they use for crop growth and steroids they used for animals can cause long term damage to the human body and environment. The delivery process with all the heavy machinery and pollutants from trucks and packaging factories,and even  the disposal process where they throw the toxic plastics and cardboard back into our ecosystem to harm land and water creatures alike.

I feel upset that people allow this to happen to our world and our food sources. Our food sources is one of the most important things on this earth and for us to allow it to continuously deplete is absurd. We are allowing the thing that keeps the world going die out. We are adding on to the issue of climate change and killing ourselves slowly.

Words:

Perpetuated :

a : continuing forever : everlasting perpetual motion
b (1) : valid for all time a perpetual right (2) : holding something (such as an office) for life or for an unlimited time
2 : occurring continually : indefinitely long-continued perpetual problems
3 : blooming continuously throughout the season

example: He seemed to have a perpetual grin.

Sovereign :

variants: or less commonly sovran
1 a : one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
b : one that exercises supreme authority within a limited sphere
c : an acknowledged leader : arbiter
2 : any of various gold coins of the United Kingdom

example : after the current sovereign dies, democracy will be in full affect.

Diffuse :

1 : being at once verbose and ill-organized a diffuse report from the scene of the earthquake
2 : not concentrated or localized diffuse lighting diffuse sclerosis

example: The forest was lit with a soft, diffuse light.

Regenerative government

There is a huge need for transition in how the government works and how it deals with environmental issues and the changes needed to fix these issues. There are many resources that we as people have access to that could potentially fix the issues, but we are either not exposed to the renewable sources because of the government lacks of wanting to change because of funding. However, there are some who have the knowledge they just feel as they are the inferior so they succumb to using the non-renewable resources that further damages the land. If people make the transition from being the extractive economy to the regenerative economy they are saving not only the land but in the long term they are saving energy, ecosystems, all living animals, and even themselves. The changes that we need to be moving into a positive direction starts and ends with every level of government complying and all citizens pleading for change.

I feel as though people can do a whole lot better than they are doing and that there is time to make the change, but the time is running out. I personally experience longer and hotter summers and shorter and colder winters sometimes warmer. The weather around me as I know it isn’t what it needs to be and I know people around feel it as well. We all recognize that change is needed but we fail to make the change and that is highly upsetting to me.

Words :

Consumerism- the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable; also : a preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of consumer goods … the contemporary marketplace is shaped solely by the craven needs of lowbrow consumerism …

example : There is a concern about the increasing amount of consumerism among teenagers who cell phones.

Enclosure- a (1) : to close in : surround enclose a porch with glass (2) : to fence off (common land) for individual use
b : to hold in : confine

example : the horses are held in enclosure when there is no one that is able to attend to them.

Extractive- a : of, relating to, or involving extraction
b : tending toward or resulting in withdrawal of natural resources by extraction with no provision for replenishment extractive agriculture

example : The tumor was surgically extracted.

Regenerative- 1 : an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
2 : spiritual renewal or revival
3 : renewal or restoration of a body, bodily part, or biological system (such as a forest) after injury or as a normal process
4 : utilization by special devices of heat or other products that would ordinarily be lost

example : The regeneration of knitting is in full bloom.

The women who presented their stories are all inclined to agree that environmental racism as well as their positions as being women has had such a huge impact on their lives. They all have shared ideology’s and experiences that makes their stories solid. Women of all nationalities, races, backgrounds, and sexuality’s all combined and compacted into one stifle with a series of stories that all have the same tone and tempo. They all are related in their respective unique rights. The story of how environmental damages effects their lives and their study as being women.

I feel empowered but I am also deeply saddened by the burden that shouldn’t be. The burden of being surrounded by people who won’t acknowledge their presence nor their pleas because of what’s between their lacks. They all have suddenly become invalid or crazy or hormonal. As a person who is educated regardless of gender, race, sexuality, background, or any other possible category that you can try to distinguish a person by is irrelevant when you are analyzing a serious situation such a climate change, and environmental issues. However, the fact that the categories win every time is a huge huge huge problem.

words :

Perpetrators- 1 : to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
2 : to produce, perform, or execute (something likened to a crime)

example : The attack was perpetrated by a gang.

Commissions :a : a formal written warrant granting the power to perform various acts or duties
b : a certificate conferring military rank and authority; also : the rank and authority so conferred received a lieutenant's commission in the army
2 : an authorization or command to act in a prescribed manner or to perform prescribed acts : charge a commission to serve as notary public
3 a : authority to act for, in behalf of, or in place of another … had summoned all the clans which acknowledged his commission … — T. B. Macaulay
b : a task or matter entrusted to one as an agent for another executed a commission for me while he was in Singapore
4 a : a group of persons directed to perform some duty The state set up a commission to study the proposed merger of the school districts.
b : a government agency having administrative, legislative, or judicial powers regulatory powers exercised by the Federal Trade Commission
c : a city council having legislative and executive functions She served on the city's water commission.
5 : an act of committing something commission of a crime
6 : a fee paid to an agent or employee for transacting a piece of business or performing a service; especially : a percentage of the money received from a total paid to the agent responsible for the business He gets a commission for each car he sells.
7 : an act of entrusting or giving authority the commission of limited powers to the administrator

example : The state set up commissions to examine their public schools.

Indigenous- 1 : produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment indigenous plants the indigenous culture
2 : innate, inborn

example : There are several indigenous groups that live in the country.

The Reality of Mainstream Environmentalism

The article “Ghostbusters in Environmentalism: Black Women (Re)Shaping Environmental Justice” is about the acknowledgement and praise of  black women within environmental justice. The author of the article, Katherine Dicaprio, says that a lot of mainstream environmentalism is centralized on white people, which leaves no room for marginalized voices. In this article, Dicaprio analyzes how black women have contributed greatly to environmental justice. With all of the odds against them black women have used various resources to gain momentum for environmental justice for their communities. Women like Carolyn Finney, Dorceta Taylor, MaVynee Betsch, Majora Carter, Brenda Palms Barber, Rue Mapp, and Harriet Tubman have paved a way for environmentalism in their own right. Carolyn Finney, author of

Black Faces, White Spaces

, has a scholarship dedicated to debunking the exclusion of black women from environmentalism and she strives to destroy the narrative that black people are not invested in the environment. Dorceta Taylor along with Carolyn Finney, has a scholarship program and does research on the exclusion of blacks within the environmental workforce and in positions of authority. Women like MaVynee Betsch took the least popular route to protect what they loved. She is  known for relentlessly protecting  her childhood beach American Beach, Florida, one of the only beaches open to blacks in the Jim Crow era.  According to the text, Majora Carter, Brenda Palms Barber, and Rue Mapp all decided to fight against the racial disparities and environmental injustice in their communities by founding their own organizations. Carter created Green for All, Sustainable South Bronx, and Majora Carter Group. Barber founded a small beekeeping organization, which employed previously incarcerated people in response to mass incarceration economically affecting ethnic communities in Chicago, and Mapps is the founder of Outdoor Afro, an organization “that both shapes young leaders and disrupt dominant conceptions that black folks are incapable or unwilling to establish a relationship with nature.” Harriet Tubman, the oldest example of black women in environmentalism, her connection to the environment saving hundreds of lives and creating history. I found reading this article very enjoyable. It show greatly how mainstream environmentalism has clouded over marginalized voices. I had never heard any of these women's names before, beside Harriet Tubman. I also realized that i never formed a connection between the environment and Harriet Tubman. I, and I'm sure a lot of people never thought of Harriet Tubman as an ecofeminist. I never really thought about how important her connection and knowledge of her environment was to the success of the underground railroad possible. Her legacy also sheds light of the myth of the absence of black peoples participation in environmentalism.

elucidates- meaning to explain or clarify

canon- a general set of prencipals
 

queer ecologies- "a loose,...constellation of practices that ,...,aim  to disrupt prevailing heterosexist discursive and institutional articulations of sexuality and nature, and also to reimagine evolutionary processes, ecological interactions, and environmental politics in light of queer theory." (Keywords for Environmental Studies by Catriona Sandilands)

The Women of Katrina Vs Men, Masculinities, and Disaster

I hope these are the right texts  but the first article just explains the relation of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age, race, class etc to men in disasters.The text Men, Masculinities, and Disaster is just the ideals of men dealing with environmental justice and their roles.The second text discusses women in the aftermath of Katrina.It touches on the different groups of women and their stories.The two texts basically switched roles/ point of views.

I personally feel that have the articles basically tell a story of both sides of environmental justice is powerful.I think that it’s a good idea to get a consensus of where the two genders stand on the topic.Although, I’m kinda bias since I’m a female to like the text The Women of Katrina because it’s about female empowerment-using your voice and experience for something good.The message from that text stands out more to me vs the other text.I feel as thought your drawn more to the second text because it’s more personal kinda.

Vocab:

International human right standard-The Covenants, on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Civil and Political Rights include highly relevant provisions for the protection of human rights:google dictionary

Feminists-people who support the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes:google dictionary 

masculinity-qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of men:google dictionary 

#EnvironmentalRacismMatters

The article Men, Masculinities, and Disaster was just a breif explanation of what we would be learning about in the book. It gives us a idea of how gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age, race, class, and disability role affect men during different disatsers, in different locations, at different times. The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race, and Class Matter in an American Disaster talked about women and them getting their voices heard during the tough times of Katrina, but it also focused on the fact that it wasn't just one group of women that were talking during Katrina. The diversity of these women was a huge focus, because not everyone thinks that females are impacted as much as they are, but they are and it is even better to hear stories from a wide variety of people's point of view, because it is a way that we can learn from each other different backgrounds. It focuses on the role that the female voice had on the reconstruction of the aftermath of Katrina.
This makes me feel good, because I am a female and I know that we get overlooked a lot. I use my voice as a power tool all the time, so I know how powerful a female from different backgrounds can have on a community. These females are a inspiration in my opinion, because they found ways to use their voice despite the diversity between them to make something powerful happen. This shows that different backgrounds can have different effects on people. I liked the chapters of the book that was provided because it shows the strength of not just females but a diverse community coming together in general.
Kaywords: Diversity, masculinity, disaster, class, gender, race, feminist, vulnerability, international human right standards.

Gender in Disaster

In The Women of Katrina edited by Emmanuel David and Elaine Enarson, women specifically low income African American women who have become single mothers struggle during the face of disaster. This spinet also reveals other groups such as disabled people, the elderly, and children are all vulnerable during a disaster. In Men, Masculinities and Disaster also by Elaine Enarason and Bob Pease focus is put on how and why gender inequality happens during a disaster.In this review Rachel Luft analyzes how women get left out of the  decision making process. While The Women of Katrina the different effects that women get from a disaster are analyzed, Men, Masculinities and Disaster analyzes how different type of men are treated.
In disasters I believe that harm is done to a man and women's mind. However, race, gender, and economic status also influences a person's well being. As a person who has gone through a natural disaster I believe that it is hard on the whole community. During that disaster, watching my mother, a single mom struggle to get our family back on its feet was a terrible thing to experience but I am more than sure it was harder on her. This relates to The Women of Katrina when gender-fair relief is brought up. I understand that equal treatment is ideal but sometimes equitable tratment is better than equal.
FEMA- Federal Emergency Management Agency (fema.gov.)
Inexorably-impossible to stop or prevent (Webster Dictionary)
Autonomy- the right or condition of self-governed (Webster Dictionary)

Week 3
This weeks videos talk about justice pertaining to big companies targeting their customers. It focuses on food but the first video, gives many examples of how companies promote the wrong things in order to remain profitable and relevant in the world. Even if the things they say are not true they lie to make themselves look good and to sell their product. An example of this is how McDonalds shows the big juicy sandwiches and gives you a flat patty. 

I like this weeks topic because it exposes tobacco and other big manufacturing companies and anti-climate change groups for what they really are. The companies that take our money, polute our air with toxic gases, and sell us cheap artificial foods for the benefit of them and only them

propaganda -derogatory information, especially of a biased or misleading nature,used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

Biased- Prejudice in a favor of or against one thing, person or group.

pesticide- a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.

 Week #2

This weeks text talks about changing our way of living to reduce our carbon footprint or Climate Change.
We are trying to reduce it because climate change is affecting peoples lives everyday. The second text
has multiple victims of climate change, mostly female, that have been dehumanized by climate change.
These texts give great examples of a sustaining movement that our community could uphold.

I would support the movement for a change in the way we live, mostly because our community treats
our community poorly to be more comfortable and to be lazy. However, being lazy comes with
consequences and working hard has its privileges. We as a community can stop climate change , but
we have to all be committed and supportive to the movement. If some people are not doing it, then
everybody else well feel if they don't have to.

unsustainability -not able to be maintained at the current rate or level.
Decentralize - transfer (authority) from central to local government.
democratize- make (something) accessible to everyone.

Week 1

This weeks text is about the rules of Climate justice. These rules were made to create an
understanding and a movement about climate change. These principles list things that should be
everyone's mutual idea of Climate Change. This list opposes the destruction operations on
multi-national corporations, and military occupation. However it supports public policy based on
mutual respect.

I support most of the things this article states regarding keeping big corporations to a minimum.
I also am not opposed to opposing military occupation. I feel that a lot of people would support the
movement if they were asked about it more often, a lot of people don't take climate change serious.

Detoxification- the process of removing toxic substances or qualities.

Transnational- a large company operating internationally; a multinational.

Sovereignty- the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.

Ron Triggs

2/7/19

Climate Justice, Digital Media, and Gender 

Professor Frances Roberts-Gregory

Reflection 1

     The author of  "From Banks to Tanks to Cooperative Economics and Caring" and the author of "Bali Principles of Climate Justice" both understands the sacredness of the Earth. The author of "Bali Principles of Climate Justice" focuses on the ways that we should move forward. That article also focuses on having the people who cause the harm clean up the mess they created. The authors of "From Banks to Tanks to Cooperative Economics and Caring" focuses on the differences between an extractive and regenerative economy. These authors focus on making the Environment cleaner and have the people most responsible pay to clean up their messes.

    Reading the article made me think of the ways living in capitalism allows us to experience our current living conditions. When people lives are less than a dollar sign we don't care about ourselves or the disasters we cause. Reading the article "From Banks to Tanks to Cooperative Economics and Caring" was refreshing because it reminded me that we still have an option to not self-destruct. The article also reminded me that it is our duty to fight for the change we want to see. These articles were a sense of healing. 

definition  

Bioregionalism- an approach to political, cultural, and
environmental issues based on naturally-defined regional areas, consistent with the
concept of bioregions, or ecoregions.( movementgeneration)
ecology- knowing and understanding home (movementgeneration)
biodiversity- having a lot of different living makeup

Ron Triggs

2/7/19

Climate Justice, Digital Media, and Gender 

Professor Frances Roberts-Gregory

Reflection 3


        The authors of both articles " The Diversity in Environmental Organizations" and " Ghostbusters in Environmentalism: Black Women (re)shaping Environmental Justice" would agree that there is a need for people of color need to be in more leadership roles in environmental organizations. The author of  " Ghostbusters in Environmentalism: Black Women (re)shaping Environmental Justice" talks about the lack of citation for black feminist women's work in mainstream environmental organizations. The author of " The Diversity in Environmental Organizations" talks about the statistics, which proves the reality of a lack of leadership roles of mainstream environmental organizations going to people of color. Both authors uncover the myths behind environmental organizations leadership and diversity. Currently, we are experiencing a lack of people of color in leadership roles throughout mainstream environmental organizations.
         These articles made me feel empowered because they have more people than me that is doing environmental justice work. I was relieved to find out that someone was able to analyze both racial and gender diversity from multiple lenses. This is because people use the word diversity lightly and don't actually define diversity. Also, people giving acknowledgments to the black feminist that were doing environmental work before them was satisfying. I also appreciate being given a list of these black feminist so that I can cite them when debating. These articles were satisfying to read.


definition 
feminism - equality of the sexes
diversity- a variety of
authoritarian -submission to authority

Ron Triggs

2/7/19

Climate Justice, Digital Media, and Gender 

Professor Frances Roberts-Gregory

Reflection 2

         The authors of both articles " Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States" along with the authors of "Internet Blogs, Polar Bears, and Climate-Change Denial by Proxy" the tools people use to justify climate change denial. Dunlap and McCright the likeliness for conservative white males to deny climate change. While the authors of  "Internet Blogs, Polar Bears, and Climate-Change Denial by Proxy" discusses the reasons for the gap between the scientific census and what the public believe. These authors explain the relationship between mainstream media and the growing number of climate-change denialist. Both articles were helpful in understanding the reason for a divide between believers and non-believers of climate change and its effects.

      Reading both articles made me feel infuriated because the articles bought to light the ways that people use their financial standing to hide them from the reality of our current situation. The anger from this situation makes me want to become more involved in environmental issues. It is also crazy that money is more valuable than the future of our children. I wish I could say that the issue was surprising but it constantly happens. These articles left me feeling a mixture of emotions.


Definitions 
advocacy- speaking out about a problem
contrarian- a person who takes an opposite position
public opinion- most people thoughts on a topic

#FoodJusticeMatters

In the reading there was a key word called "SANKOFA", which means you must know about your history in order for you to move on into the next chapter in your life. The difference between foodb security and food sovereignty is that food security is having access to your food and food sovereignty is when you not only have access to your food, but you also have control over your food and your food system. RIC is also a key term in the reading. It means Rooted In Community. The RIC was the group that created the food bill of rights. Community gardens play a huge part in food justice, becausde due to the way that the society is set-up, it's like a backup plan for having food in your life. When things like the government shut down and the factories that produce our food shut down and they no longer try to protect our foods, that's where gardens take in place at. We will know where our food is coming from and it's healthy

I personally feel like fod justice is a thing. I feel like maybe society might feel like this is a stupid "issue", but it's not. Food is what we need to live and if we are not in control of thje food that we eat then we are not in control of our lives. I think that there are not a lot of things being done about our food  being safe. I think a ot of us need to go back to our roots and go on from there, because it is not imposible.

(BTW I was sick with the flu so that is why this blog is just getting in, but hey better late than never)

Food justice Video

From the food and justice video I learned that food and the choice and placement of food has a huge impact on communities. This video has changed my view on why certain food are different prices and are in different communities. We have a choice over how we eat and what we eat we shouldn’t wait for someone to change the world around us.We are all affected by food so we should all do our best to get the best foods. I think that currently in urban area the food is terrible all we have near us is junk food or fast foods and if the healthy food is near us then it is at a high price.

Workshop Reflection

  The workshop that we had last week opened  a connection between food and history that is not talked about much. I never made the connection that good played an important role in the civil rights movement and the black panther party. The free breakfast program introduced by the black panther program aimed to aid the black community, but in the end it inspired a nationwide program. Another example of a way that food represented an important historical moment was the invention of jerk, the mix of herbs and spices used by the Jamaican Maroons after escaping slavery under Spanish rule. After escaping they relocated to an area that was not suitable for agriculture or creating large fires, as a result they turned to hunting and scavenging for food. With the collaboration of a neighboring tribe the recipe for the famous jerk seasoning came to be. Foods can come to represent famous events in history.

Review

The eight websites that we were assigned to take notes on all revolved around climate change.The website explotorium's Global Climate Change Explorers discusses the atmosphere and their relationship to carbon dioxide.In the source they discuss how climate change could affect our future and how scientist are trying to predict climate patterns.The next websites focus on the changing pattern of diversity in environmental justice and  major environmental organizations."Ghostbusters in Environmentalism: Black Women (Re)Shaping Environmental Justice" and "How Young Feminists are Tackling Climate Justice in 2016" give insight on the crossroads of feminism and environmental justice.For example: "Hey ho, Patriarchy has got to go!' Women for Climate Justice at the People's Climate March", in which the People's Climate March was held in  New York City.

In my opinion I feel like it was kind of pointless to go through all these texts because they all basically said the same thing.Although I found it really interesting to see normal people (activist, politicians and public figures)as climate justice leaders illustrated as superheros.gender and climate change go hand and that’s something u don’t really realize.It hard to think that things like gender, race and social status can determine our interactions and affects with global issues.Some things were really relative thought.

The food justice workshop I learned that food takes a large spot in history.There we’re a lot of things that done for good problems that still help us today.I also was re-educated on them impacts of food in our history.Although I did learn that when it comes to cooking “blacks” don’t realize the history of their ingredients.It’s hard to learn about something that’s not really thought but is in the history.

Vocab:

ecofeminists- A term was first used by Francoise D'Eaubonne is a movement that establishes a connection between the exploitation of nature and the exploitation of women.(wole.org 2018)

exacerbated : make worse-google dictionary 

denounce : to be wrong or evil-google dictionary 

atrocious : horrifyingly wicked-google dictionary