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Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice. Environmental justice (EJ) is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.

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Environmental Justice

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  1. Environmental Justice Environmental justice (EJ) is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. Fair treatment means no group of people should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, governmental and commercial operations or policies. Meaningful involvement means: • People have an opportunity to participate in decisions about activities that may affect their environment and/or health; • The public's contribution can influence the regulatory agency's decision; • Community concerns will be considered in the decision making process; and • Decision makers will seek out and facilitate the involvement of those potentially affected. https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/learn-about-environmental-justice

  2. Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) • Seeks to address social, structural, & physical environmental inequities • Designing research for community outcomes by working with community • Emphasis on empowerment & building trust

  3. CBPR Characteristic • Inclusive, recognizes community priorities • Strengths & resources of the community leverage • Co-learning among all participants • Balance between research and action (co-benefits) • Community defined challenges first • Cyclical & iterative process to develop & maintain partnerships • Dissemination to all in forms that matter • Commitment to sustain partnership Israel BA, Schulz AJ, Parker EA, Becker AB, Allen AJ, III, Guzman JR. Critical issues in developing and following community-based participatory research principles. In: Minkler M, Wallerstein N, editors. Community-based Participatory Research for Health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 2003. pp. 53–76.

  4. CPBR Cycle • Diagnose: Explore local priorities & barriers. Look for synergies with geoscience • Plan Action: Action plan and identify what locally relevant data is available or could be collected. • Take Action: Support policy or community decision-making, host community events, design and implement solutions projects. • Evaluate: Based on the evidence were the desired outcomes achieved? Why? Why not? What opportunities are their to improve or expand impacts into the future? Estrada, Mica et al. Improving underrepresented minority student persistence in STEM, 2016

  5. Design for Resilience Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(23), 8410-8415. Active engagement matters to communities & students

  6. Dayton Daily News Headlines • Communities to spend $520 Million to stop sewer overflows • Lakes key to safety, economy • Algae affects home values, report says • Taxpayer- funded farm program no match for algae plague • Wetland treatment at Grand Lake Saint Marys working • Minority of farmers join anti-runoff effort as algae worsens

  7. Springfield Promise Neighborhood “placed-based and asset-based poverty alleviation project” Community Empowerment

  8. PocketLab Weather (™)

  9. EJScreen Tool (https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen)

  10. Evaluate & Evolve Did this work for? • Students • Me • Partners • Community What was learned? Antioch University Farm Springfield Resident BioBlitz

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