The “Indigenous Knowledge & Sustainability” conference seeks to apply Native American techniques to issues of environmental protection. Kyle Whyte and Kellie Thompson discuss the concept on “St. Louis on the Air.” The conference is hosted by Washington University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Whyte, U-M’s George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability, is one of 26 members of the new White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, which will help shape the administration’s environmental justice strategy and endeavor to hold it to its promises.
Biden launched his presidency with a flurry of promises to help communities of color and poor communities that face more industrial pollution, climate change-related risks and other environmental burdens than white and affluent communities. He has vowed to create and expand federal offices dedicated to environmental justice, craft new policies and direct billions in funding toward the cause.