Environmental Justice Now

This podcast episode looks at the ways in which fast fashion has polluted our planet for

decades, as well as the pressing human right’s issues that directly effect the factory workers.

From the exploitation of laborers throughout the Global South, to the denim dyed rivers in

China, we’ll walk you through many of the ways in which this environmental justice issue has

become such a concern in recent years. We’ve included anecdotes from factory workers

themselves in which they’ve shared some insight about their devastating experiences within the

fashion industry. Due to the overall lack of awareness in society as to how our clothing is

produced, our episode’s ending shifts towards the discussion of ways to start shopping more

sustainably and actually make a difference. From fabrics to steer clear from and second hand

shop recommendations, we hope our podcast sheds light on this important issue as well as

motivates our audience to be the change they wish to see

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about Fast Fashion.” Agility PR Solutions Newsroom. Accessed May 22, 2023.
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Magana, Giselle. “Environmental Racism Is Undeniably Tied to Fast Fashion.” SUSTAINABLE
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https://www.cfs.fashion/article/why-fast-fashion-is-a-social-justice-issue.

In this episode, Amelia and I talk about Cancer Alley in Louisiana. We start by talking about the history of the area, and how slavery played an important role in its existence. We also talk about the types of petrochemicals that are produced there, and how they impact the environment and people of cancer alley, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we talk about RISE St. James and how they are fighting for justice in their town which has been the victim of so many injustices.

‘https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/04/cancer-alley-louisiana-environment-oil-industry-oppositionLinks to an external site.

https://www.nola.com/news/environment/louisiana-environmental-justice-advocates-to-benefit-from-bloomberg-campaign/article_5ba52f90-39df-11ed-8fed-27b286f10d62.htmlLinks to an external site.

https://www.businessinsider.com/louisiana-cancer-alley-photos-oil-refineries-chemicals-pollution-2019-11#reverend-dr-william-j-barber-has-been-helping-the-communities-fight-pollution-he-told-rolling-stone-that-the-land-that-once-held-people-captive-as-slaves-now-holds-them-captive-through-pollution-14Links to an external site.

https://www.torhoermanlaw.com/cancer-alley-causes-and-effects-of-chemical-corridor-in-louisiana/#:~:text=Also%20nicknamed%20%E2%80%9CDeath%20Alley%2C%E2%80%9D,expectancy%20and%20increased%20miscarriage%20ratesLinks to an external site.

https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worseLinks to an external site.

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https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/10/12/covid-racism-kills-black-americans-living-near-toxic-plants/3498180001/Links to an external site.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210825-louisiana-s-cancer-alley-reeling-in-the-time-of-covidLinks to an external site.

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Picture a six-story tall, one-block long, 100,000-ton mountain of dangerous, rotting roof shingles towering over your neighborhood. On this episode of The Reasons Behind, dedicated to exploring environmental justice issues worldwide, host Gavin Mariani delves into Shingle Mountain, an emblematic case of environmental racism, with expert Benjamin Gisonni. How does something like this happen, who is to blame, and how do you get rid of it?

Sources + Info:

Washington Post article on Shingle Mountain: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/11/16/environmental-racism-dallas-shingle-mountain/

Post-removal celebrations news clip: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/southern-dallas-block-party-celebration-over-shingle-mountain-removal/287-250998b6-9a63-40ff-95d0-d26a8081a09d

Zip code demographics: https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/75241/

Documentary on Shingle Mountain: https://www.bet.com/episodes/8198nh/disrupt-dismantle-shingle-mountain-season-1-ep-1

Timeline of shingle removal: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0a10210bd0924f1e96774834c6f0eda2

Article honoring Marsha Jackson on the removal of Shingle Mountain: https://www.hksinc.com/our-news/articles/dallas-activist-marsha-jackson-honored-as-mountain-mover/

John Oliver segment on Shingle Mountain: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2022/05/john-oliver-takes-on-shingle-mountain/

Music: “Abstract Fashion Pop” from QubeSounds

On this episode of Climate Compassion, your hosts, Clara Chae and Mia Calcano, touch on the Biden Administration and its response (or rather lack of) to the rising demands of the Environmental Justice movement in the United States. As they work through Biden’s recent presidential address in April and analyze the methods to his madness, they intertwine the stories of local communities across America. Listen as Chae and Calcano go back and forth on whether or not the executive orders passed by Biden in pursuit of justice meet the criteria of what the most devastated victims of climate change require in order to thrive once again.

Sources:

Intro and outro music: Moonshine by Prigada

Beginning soundbites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHRu0VV-Dbw

Check out these sources to learn more about the policies, activism, and solutions we speak about:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/04/21/executive-order-on-revitalizing-our-nations-commitment-to-environmental-justice-for-all/

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963380189/with-28-executive-orders-signed-president-biden-is-off-to-a-record-start

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-biden-executive-order-continues-to-advance-environmental-justice-agenda-1

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171202746/president-biden-plans-to-sign-a-new-executive-order-on-environmental-justice

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963667177/biden-promises-to-grapple-with-environmental-racism

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/956012329/hope-and-skepticism-as-biden-promises-to-address-environmental-racism

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963667177/biden-promises-to-grapple-with-environmental-racism

https://ejscorecard.geoplatform.gov/scorecard/

For this week's episode of the Shut up and Dribble Podcast, Ben welcomes Davis Mead, an expert on sports activism, onto the show to discuss the differing roles of athletes in social justice issues, as well as the future role of athletes and the sports world in combating environmental justice issues. Ben, and Davis open with a case study on NBA player Javale Mcgee and his foundation, JUGLIFE’s environmental justice work (0:35 - 6:45). This episode includes a discussion of athletes’ roles in real world issues and how our current times allow for social media activism to be as powerful and accessible as ever, especially for athletes who possess such large followings. Environmental Justice is also a main focus of this episode, and rightly so, issues of environmental justice and climate justice are as much of a threat as ever and Ben and Davis discuss how athletes have been and can get involved/make tangible change in the future.

Podcast Production: Ben Zimmerman, Davis Mead

Research and Show Notes: Ben Zimmerman, Davis Mead

Figures Mentioned: Javale Mcgee, Kez Reed, Colin Kaepernick, Drew Brees, Micheal Jordan, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Muhammad Ali, Chris Paul, Lebron James, Serena Williams

Audio/Video Used:  Intro: The Chain (Fleetwood Mac),  Outro: Don’t Stop Me Now (Queen), “The Last Dance” ep. 5, JUGLIFE youtube channel

For More Information on JUGLIFE

References:

https://www.facebook.com/WhenWeAllVote/videos/vb.350316025478383/657142244904681/?type=2&theater

https://www.juglifewater.com/foundation/

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/juglife-how-javale-mcgee-is-saving-lives-through-his-foundation/

https://greensportsblog.com/malcolm-brogdon-hoops2o-fresh-h2o-to-africa/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drew-brees-kneeling-national-anthem-protest-nfl/

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/10/05/chris-paul-more-than-90-of-nba-players-are-now-registered-to-vote/

https://www.nba.com/news/chris-paul-leads-march-to-voting-site-at-n-carolina-college

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UgvZGq1HF1PSEgWk3LBsw

Find Shut and Dribble on Social Media

Web: www.ShutUpandDribblePodcast.com

Twitter: @ShutUpandDribblePod

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Join Angie and Janie in this investigative podcast as they explore the tumultuous and storied construction of the Trump Links golf course at Ferry Point in the South Bronx. With lively discussion spanning from the burdened tax payers of New York City to the forgotten Lenape people, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!Music and Sound is courtesy of: Spongebob Squarepants soundtrack: “Sponge Monger”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwaCyaemL7E “Have a Laugh” Chef Donald Duck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQYEQig6O64Royalty Free Music Downloads through Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/ “For the Damaged Coda” by Blond Redheadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Js-XbNj6Tk“Lemon” by Rihanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmxd2r4cIqY“Nothing in Return” Monsunehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDN2wbm6zi8“Morning Mood” Edvard Grieg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEzh3MwILYShow Notes:Join Angie and Janie in this investigative podcast as they explore the tumultuous and storied construction of the Trump Links golf course at Ferry Point in the South Bronx. With lively discussion spanning from the burdened tax payers of New York City to the forgotten Lenape people, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!Music and Sound is courtesy of: Spongebob Squarepants soundtrack: “Sponge Monger”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwaCyaemL7E “Have a Laugh” Chef Donald Duck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQYEQig6O64Royalty Free Music Downloads through Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/ “For the Damaged Coda” by Blond Redheadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Js-XbNj6Tk“Lemon” by Rihanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmxd2r4cIqY“Nothing in Return” Monsunehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDN2wbm6zi8“Morning Mood” Edvard Grieg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEzh3MwILY

On this episode of the Get Lit Podcast, show host Teddy Rockefeller brings AJ DiChiara, a well versed expert on sand mining, to discuss the global blight of “sand mafias”. 

Bibliography: 

Abdulali and the stolen beach story:

https://theecologist.org/2018/feb/08/they-stole-beach-major-mafia-almost-nobody-wants-talk-about (Links to an external site.) 

More information on sand mining and its global effects:

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jul/01/riddle-of-the-sands-the-truth-behind-stolen-beaches-and-dredged-islands (Links to an external site.)

Information on the rising groups of “sand mafias”:

https://www.eco-business.com/news/sand-mining-mafias-destroying-environment-livelihoods-un/#:~:text=Sand%20extraction%20has%20increased%20pollution,severity%20of%20landslides%20and%20drought (Links to an external site.).

Investigating the world shortage of sand:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand (Links to an external site.)

More on Vince Beiser’s book and Ted Talk about sand mining and mafias:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-11/illegal-sand-trade-india-mafia-murders-vince-beiser/11779570 (Links to an external site.)

Environmental effects of sand mining:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/world-needs-get-serious-about-managing-sand-says-un-report (Links to an external site.)

UN report on sand mining:

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/rising-demand-sand-calls-resource-governance (Links to an external site.)

French couple stealing sand from Sardinia: 

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sardinia-sand-theft-arrest-scli-intl/index.html (Links to an external site.)

Global tensions rising and Antonio Guterres quote: 

https://apnews.com/article/6c0d437d14da8f91fd578f003a88cf7a (Links to an external site.)

Music Credits:

Hells Bells by ACDC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzRXx1DA_U (Links to an external site.) [FREE] Lo-fi type beat - Lighter | lofi hiphop beat by midsummer

Beethoven's 5th symphony orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNYFVgpEYY (Links to an external site.)Inquisitive - Free Background Music by WillSurj Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2jiAEMBCtE (Links to an external site.)Travis Scott - goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar (Lofi Remix) [1hour] by Travis Scott and edited by Music of Fortune

On this episode of The Waste Podium, Claire, Lexi, and Maddy dive into the Olympic games and some essential, yet buried, questions. Our central question was, are the Olympics truly sustainable? We explore this question in both the context of “green” sustainability of the games, and questioning if the hyper-wasteful model of the games themselves can be sustained into the future. What happens to Olympic communities after they host? Do the Olympics present both social and environmental issues? Joining us will be special guests like a crafted “anonymous” eyewitness character named Maria, inspired by the articles linked below, and an Olympic expert, Tammy Applebaum. The international Olympic games make this podcast relevant to everyone globally. Enjoy!Podcast Production: Claire CummingsResearch and Show Notes: Maddy Sofer, Claire Cummings, and Lexi SerianaSources used for research:https://edgeeffects.net/olympic-legacies/https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2016/05/pollution-threatens-summer-olympic-gameshttps://grist.org/justice/6-ways-the-rio-olympics-are-failing-on-sustainability/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rio-olympics-2016-brazil-crises_n_573b53e7e4b0646cbeeb02c8https://gizmodo.com/these-sorrowful-holdouts-remain-in-a-favela-outside-the-1736014178https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-brazilians-see-more-losses-than-benefits-from-rio-olympic-games-1469620569https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/25/rio-2016-olympic-officials-athletes-village-unfinishedhttp://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/288.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00696-5#Sec9Source for eyewitness account character:https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/07/06/inside-troubling-legacy-displacing-poor-communities-olympic-games-one-villages-resistance-brazil/On this episode of The Waste Podium, Claire, Lexi, and Maddy dive into the Olympic games and some essential, yet buried, questions. Our central question was, are the Olympics truly sustainable? We explore this question in both the context of “green” sustainability of the games, and questioning if the hyper-wasteful model of the games themselves can be sustained into the future. What happens to Olympic communities after they host? Do the Olympics present both social and environmental issues? Joining us will be special guests like a crafted “anonymous” eyewitness character named Maria, inspired by the articles linked below, and an Olympic expert, Tammy Applebaum. The international Olympic games make this podcast relevant to everyone globally. Enjoy!Podcast Production: Claire CummingsResearch and Show Notes: Maddy Sofer, Claire Cummings, and Lexi SerianaSources used for research:https://edgeeffects.net/olympic-legacies/https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2016/05/pollution-threatens-summer-olympic-gameshttps://grist.org/justice/6-ways-the-rio-olympics-are-failing-on-sustainability/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rio-olympics-2016-brazil-crises_n_573b53e7e4b0646cbeeb02c8https://gizmodo.com/these-sorrowful-holdouts-remain-in-a-favela-outside-the-1736014178https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-brazilians-see-more-losses-than-benefits-from-rio-olympic-games-1469620569https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/25/rio-2016-olympic-officials-athletes-village-unfinishedhttp://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/288.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00696-5#Sec9Source for eyewitness account character:https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/07/06/inside-troubling-legacy-displacing-poor-communities-olympic-games-one-villages-resistance-brazil/