Posted by: Erick Boustead in energy justice on
Jun 23, 2010
Last winter, Erick began a nine-month environmental justice fellowship exchange sponsored by the Vermont Law School, China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson Center), and Sun Yat Sen University. Along with the development of a personal project throughout the nine months, he will also be spending three weeks on the East Coast and three weeks in China with the 17 other fellows from the U.S. and China. Read on for the fifth of his entries.
Posted by: Erick Boustead in energy justice on
Jun 14, 2010
Last winter, Erick began a nine-month environmental justice fellowship exchange sponsored by the Vermont Law School, China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson Center), and Sun Yat Sen University. Along with the development of a personal project throughout the nine months, he will also be spending three weeks on the East Coast and three weeks in China with the 17 other fellows from the U.S. and China. Read on for the fourth of his entries.
Posted by: Erick Boustead in energy justice on
Jun 7, 2010
Last winter, Erick began a nine-month environmental justice fellowship exchange sponsored by the Vermont Law School, China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson Center), and Sun Yat Sen University. Along with the development of a personal project throughout the nine months, he will also be spending three weeks on the East Coast and three weeks in China with the 17 other fellows from the U.S. and China. Read on for the third of his entries.
Last winter, Erick began a nine-month environmental justice fellowship exchange sponsored by the Vermont Law School, China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson Center), and Sun Yat Sen University. Along with the development of a personal project throughout the nine months, he will also be spending three weeks on the East Coast and three weeks in China with the 17 other fellows from the U.S. and China. Read on for the for the second of his entries.
Posted by: Erick Boustead in energy justice on
Jun 1, 2010
Last winter, Erick began a nine-month environmental justice fellowship exchange sponsored by the Vermont Law School, China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson Center), and Sun Yat Sen University. Along with the development of a personal project throughout the nine months, he will also be spending three weeks on the East Coast and three weeks in China with the 17 other fellows from the U.S. and China. Read on for the first of his entries.
This past weekend, I was fortunate to attend an inspiring day-long event,
Climate Justice: A Retreat to Explore a New Way Forward, which was sponsored by the
Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Held at the
Wilder Forest International Retreat Center, we spent the day delving into the potential impacts of global warming on our communities and the ramifications of various forms of federal climate legislation. Most importantly, we also explored the many different paths we can take to tackle many of the root issues--societal, health, food, political and others--that have set the stage for our expansive call to action to solve global warming.
Along with presenters and facilitators from the Institute as well as two doctoral candidates from the University of Delaware's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, the keynote presenter for the day was Bill Gallegos, Executive Director of Communities for a Better Environment, based in Oakland, California. Bill brought over 30 years of experience in social and environmental justice organizing, along with profound insight to the discussions, and equally moving was the diverse group of attendees and multi-cultural aspects of the conversations.
As a new chapter is underway not only for America but for the entire world, the big question is how much can be accomplished before attention spans become strained. Hope is a very powerful feeling, but it can also trick us into becoming ignorant of history and human nature. The past few weeks, however, have been testament that the future we have been fighting tooth and nail for could be well on its way.
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