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Going Green or Going Wrong?

January 1, 2022 “Vulnerable populations—many of whom have already been exposed to hazardous conditions in their neighborhoods—now stand to benefit least from greening initiatives. [emphasis mine]. The tragic irony here is that improvement of . . . neighborhoods through green infrastructure may cause . . . vulnerable populations to lose their neighborhoods altogether.”  (Anguelovski, Connolly, …

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I breathe. I hope.

December 21, 2021 Welcome to my blog! I will be using this platform to share insights into academic research on the issue of climate change, specifically its effects on urban, coastal, marginalized and low-income communities. As Dr. Robert Bullard, a pioneering scholar in the field of climate justice, stated in a 2016 interview, “the populations …

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Vivian Palmer, Author Spiro-Spero
I BREATHE, I HOPE
Vivian Palmer is a student whose goal is to investigate the science and culture of climate change while redressing its impact on vulnerable wildlife and humans. She is also a co-founder of the non-profit
Plastic Free Peninsula

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