| These essays provide a comprehensive
overview of social and political aspects associated with environmental
injustices in minority and poor communities. In addition to focusing
on the actions taken by communities and politicians in response
to an actual or perceived environmental risk, the contributors
also deal with the methodological challenges confronting environmental
justice research.The book is based on papers presented at a conference
sponsored by the Center in 2001, "A Quest for Environmental
Justice: Healthy, High Quality Environments for all Communities."
Two grassroots organizations, the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental
Justice and the Southeastern Connecticut Indoor Air Quality Coalition,
joined the Center as sponsors.
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The volume also looks at the future of the environmental
justice movement with a discussion of the sustainability of environmental
justice in a more conservative political climate. Our Backyard
raises important questions that will engender considerable debate
about environmental justice. It will provide a solid platform
for dialogue between activists and policymakers or between teachers
and students.
Table
of Contents - View an abstract of each chapter of Our
Backyard.
Gerald Visgilio, professor of economics at Connecticut College,
has spent nearly three decades teaching and working in environmental
and natural resource economics. Diana Whitelaw had twenty years
of experience with education programs for low income and minority
children, their families and communities prior to joining the
Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental
Studies.
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