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How students can move out sustainably a year into the pandemic Amanda Tsang/Staff Last Updated May 13, 2021 As the number of COVID-19 vaccinations among UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff increases, the campus’s plan to transition to in-person activities brings me hope for the future of our community. The light at the end of the pandemic’s tunnel is finally becoming visible, and we should reflect on the ways it has transformed our sustainable practices and how we envision campus waste disposal. Earlier this semester, the Student Environmental Resource Center’s Zero Waste team and the Zero Waste Coalition partnered to create a series of infographics highlighting the intersectionality and environmental justice aspects of zero waste on UC Berkeley’s campus. In the report, both organizations concluded that the “communities affected by campus waste are disproportionately more Latinx and Black” and that these communities face more severe health impacts ....
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) How do you fight racism in farming? A group behind a lawsuit has an idea of how you don’t. As covered by RedState’s Mike Miller last month, amid a COVID relief bill signed by President Biden, Congress included the allocation of “billions of dollars in debt relief and other assistance” to farmers who aren’t white. At the time, Tennessee farmer Kelly Griggs who runs an 1,800-acre business in Humboldt was quoted thusly: “Just because you’re a certain color, you don’t have to pay back money? I don’t care if you’re purple, black, yellow, white, gray, if you borrow money, you have to pay it back.” ....
The concept of education continues to evolve. Not long ago, school was a place where kids learned reading, writing, math, science, and history. Though courses at the college level broadened, they generally sprung from the above or focused on an employable skill. These days, it seems, education is the process of acclimating to engineered cultural mores. Furthermore, it’s a place of political and social consciousness. The new staffer will be in charge of student environmental programs such as: Wellness collaboration days Meet-ups with Bay area QT+ (Queer, Transgender, Plus) and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People Of Color) climate activists Climate healing circles ....
Environmental organizations on campus have spent the COVID-19 pandemic spearheading several sustainability initiatives, including a focus on single-use plastics. CalPIRG’s Plastic-Free Seas campaign began in the fall of 2019 to push UC Berkeley to take action on the global ecological, health and environmental damage caused by single-use plastic, according to a CalPIRG press release. Spearheaded by Nicole Haynes, then CalPIRG chapter chair for UC Berkeley and Plastic-Free Seas coordinator, the campaign garnered campuswide support from organizations including campus dining halls, independent cafes and campus retailers. The Plastic-Free Seas campaign also gained support from various campus environmental organizations, according to Kira Stoll, the chief sustainability and carbon solutions officer in UC Berkeley’s Office of Sustainability. ....
As climate change causes temperatures to fluctuate, ocean levels to creep higher and wildfires to appear more frequently, its impact can be felt all around the world. However, not everyone suffers equally. Black, Indigenous and people of color, or BIPOC, and low-income populations disproportionately bear the issues born from climate change, according to Michael Mascarenhas, UC Berkeley associate professor in the department of environmental science, policy and management. This long history of discrimination and injustices faced by these communities often leaves them in neighborhoods and situations where they are more exposed to harmful environmental conditions. “The less money and the less capital and the less resources you have, the less equipped you are to handle climate change,” said Sarah Naameh, a member of Students of Color Environmental Collective, or SCEC. “The most horrible part is that (marginalized communities) are playing such a little part in this glo ....