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Chicago activists and artists color environmental justice


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In this coloring page depicting environmental injustice, an octopus represents industries that are redeveloping properties. A corn plant and butterflies represent the community fighting for environmental justice. Image: Elizabeth Cardona
By Brianna M. Lane
Chicago artists are explaining environmental justice efforts to their community through coloring books.
The books allow people to engage with a serious subject like environmental justice, said William Estrada, one of the leaders of the project for the Chicago ACT Collective. It introduces and deepens their knowledge on topics like diesel fuel and its effect on the air.
The bilingual interactive coloring book, Just Transition Volume 1, showcases Little Village’s vision of a transition that prioritizes employees, children and the planet’s well-being over pockets, said Edith Tovar, who also leads the project and works for the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. ....

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Brought a fwhiel floor during the shutdown and a lot of people feel it would have passed but his thing is if the president s not going to sign it, we re not going to have show votes. today he announced they re going to have a show vote on the green new deal. you going to vote for the green new deal? ia think this is a brilliant troll by your colleague from kentucky you know we re for what we re for. we need a moon shot like john f kennedy says year going to put a man on the moon as a measure of america s innovation, entrepreneurial spirit. why not make the same call to action to say let s make a greener economy. part of the green new deal there s important components like clean air and water as a right. cleaning up all these superfund sites and brown fields, making sure we invest in green ....

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