Filed under: Popular Culture, Social Justice | Tags: class, New York City, photography
Echoing what Majora Carter discusses on a local level, a report released today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature highlights the reality that it is the world’s poorest and most socially marginalized who are already suffering the greatest impact of global warming. It also suggests that the solutions coming from the developed world don’t adequately taking this into account:
“There is a trend to try to find solutions through technological interventions and high-investment solutions, which is tricky because that won’t always work for poor countries,” said Gonzalo Oviedo, author of a powerful report on the effect of climate change on poor people in the developing world, released this week by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. “What we are saying is that in many poor countries there is a high level of vulnerability, and that needs other kinds of solutions.”
Read the whole report here.
Filed under: Ideas, Social Justice | Tags: class, environment, race, TED, urban design
I get the feeling that I will be posting a lot of TED talks here on interpellate. As such, it is entirely appropriate that I get the ball rolling with Majora Carter’s talk about her fight against “environmental racism.” This incredible woman reminds me to be the person I want to be.
Update: Perhaps I won’t be posting as many TED talks as I thought. Until I can figure out how to successfully embed their videos, you can check out Majora Carter’s inspiring talk here.
