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DESCRIPTION:History of a Timely Idea\n\nWhat do we mean when we talk about 
 environmental justice?  Usually\, we mean the crucial struggle against spe
 cific forms of injustice: dirty factories in poor\, Black-majority neighbo
 rhoods\; unequal access to green space\; radioactive waste seeping into Na
 tive water supplies\; the poisoning of Latinx farm workers\; the flight of
  refugees from drought\, famine\, fires\, and storms.  \n\nAaron Sachs\, P
 rofessor of History at Cornell University\, will discuss how environmental
  justice can also offer a radical\, positive vision of collective thriving
 —as a historical perspective reveals.  The idea of environmental justice
 \, connecting the common good to the protection of common\, shared environ
 ments\, goes back centuries.  This talk will use the lens of history to re
 consider the ways in which environmental justice could shape our common fu
 ture. \n\nAbout the speaker\n\nDr. Aaron Sachs is a Professor of History a
 t Cornell University. His general focus is on nature and culture. He exami
 nes how ideas about nature have changed over time and how those changes ha
 ve mattered in the Western world. He is writing a book called Environmenta
 l Justice: History of a Timely Idea\, which explores a theme he has worked
  on since 1995\, when he published a pamphlet for the Worldwatch Institute
  entitled Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and the Environment. He was al
 so the founder and coordinator of the Cornell Roundtable on Environmental 
 Studies Topics (CREST)\, which for a decade brought together faculty and g
 raduate students across all the environmental disciplines on campus.  \n\n
 Host\n\nJudith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
GEO:42.447296;-76.482254
LOCATION:Uris Hall\, G08
SUMMARY:Environmental Justice
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/environmental_justice
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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