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Dolphins and Disparity
This podcast covers the environmental justice issue of tourism and ecotourism. We talk about a case study that involves a dolphin tourist attraction in St. Lucia and the harms it would cause to St. Lucia locals. The protests against it eventually led to it not being put in, but the problems of slow violence, environmental privilege, and environmentalism of the poor still apply to this topic. We also talked about another case study of a major resort in St. Lucia and how tourism as a whole can become an environmental justice problem. We used a news source directly from St. Lucia that offered commentary on the island’s continued issue with a dolphin tourist site: St. Lucia StarLinks to an external site.. This source, along with EJ AtlasLinks to an external site., Seaside SustainabilityLinks to an external site., and several other sources, allowed us to understand the depth and nuance behind why this case was an environmental justice issue and how this thinking can be applied across other tourist attractions in major tourist locations.
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Author, No. “A Commentary on the Proposed Pigeon Island Dolphin Park: Is Saint Lucia in the Shackles of Fool’s Gold? - the STAR - St Lucia.” THE STAR - St Lucia, March 4, 2017. https://stluciastar.com/commentary-proposed-pigeon-island-dolphin-park-saint-lucia-shackles-fools-gold/.
EJOLT. “Christopher Columbus Landing Resort in Playuela, Puerto Rico | EJAtlas.” Environmental Justice Atlas, n.d. https://ejatlas.org/conflict/playuela-christopher-colombus-landing-resort.
Elevenlabs.io. “Text to Speech & AI Voice Generator - ElevenLabs.” Accessed May 20, 2025. https://elevenlabs.io/text-to-speech.
Lincoln O’Barry. “St. Lucia Proposes New Captive Dolphin Facility | Dolphin Project.” Dolphin Project, March 9, 2017. https://www.dolphinproject.com/blog/st-lucia-proposes-new-captive-dolphin-facility/.
Seaside Sustainability. “Rethinking Tourism as an Environmental Justice Issue.” Seaside, April 15, 2024. https://www.seasidesustainability.org/post/rethinking-tourism-as-an-environmental-justice-issue
Travel Foundation. “- Travel Foundation,” 2022. https://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk/climatejustice/.
“Slow Digest: Violence.” Center for 21st Century Studies, February 9, 2025. https://uwm.edu/c21/slow-digest-violence/.
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By Brian HamiltonThis podcast covers the environmental justice issue of tourism and ecotourism. We talk about a case study that involves a dolphin tourist attraction in St. Lucia and the harms it would cause to St. Lucia locals. The protests against it eventually led to it not being put in, but the problems of slow violence, environmental privilege, and environmentalism of the poor still apply to this topic. We also talked about another case study of a major resort in St. Lucia and how tourism as a whole can become an environmental justice problem. We used a news source directly from St. Lucia that offered commentary on the island’s continued issue with a dolphin tourist site: St. Lucia StarLinks to an external site.. This source, along with EJ AtlasLinks to an external site., Seaside SustainabilityLinks to an external site., and several other sources, allowed us to understand the depth and nuance behind why this case was an environmental justice issue and how this thinking can be applied across other tourist attractions in major tourist locations.
Bibliography
Author, No. “A Commentary on the Proposed Pigeon Island Dolphin Park: Is Saint Lucia in the Shackles of Fool’s Gold? - the STAR - St Lucia.” THE STAR - St Lucia, March 4, 2017. https://stluciastar.com/commentary-proposed-pigeon-island-dolphin-park-saint-lucia-shackles-fools-gold/.
EJOLT. “Christopher Columbus Landing Resort in Playuela, Puerto Rico | EJAtlas.” Environmental Justice Atlas, n.d. https://ejatlas.org/conflict/playuela-christopher-colombus-landing-resort.
Elevenlabs.io. “Text to Speech & AI Voice Generator - ElevenLabs.” Accessed May 20, 2025. https://elevenlabs.io/text-to-speech.
Lincoln O’Barry. “St. Lucia Proposes New Captive Dolphin Facility | Dolphin Project.” Dolphin Project, March 9, 2017. https://www.dolphinproject.com/blog/st-lucia-proposes-new-captive-dolphin-facility/.
Seaside Sustainability. “Rethinking Tourism as an Environmental Justice Issue.” Seaside, April 15, 2024. https://www.seasidesustainability.org/post/rethinking-tourism-as-an-environmental-justice-issue
Travel Foundation. “- Travel Foundation,” 2022. https://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk/climatejustice/.
“Slow Digest: Violence.” Center for 21st Century Studies, February 9, 2025. https://uwm.edu/c21/slow-digest-violence/.