Environmental justice for all

Heat waves, wildfires, air-quality alerts… Undeniably we’re hit with more of these--and people where there’s limited investment are hit harder.  We hear from Professor Sacoby Wilson, co-founder of  the University of Maryland’s ‘Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health’, about the need to work from the bottom up to equitably and efficiently fight climate change: “We have to focus on the most vulnerable populations. Those who are socially vulnerable, economically vulnerable those who don’t have health-care access. We then make sure our climate policies emphasize protecting them. If we do that, I think we’ll be able to protect everybody from climate change.”   Plus, Shashawnda Campbell from the South Baltimore Community Land Trust, on why she’s educating and mobilizing neighbors … and is in it for the long game. Links: South Baltimore Land Trust, The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health, University of Maryland Symposium on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, Aug. 11-13.Do you have a question or comment about a show or a story idea to pitch? Contact On the Record at: Senior Supervising Producer, Maureen Harvie she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1903 Senior Producer, Melissa Gerr she/her/hers [email protected] 410-235-1157 Producer Sam Bermas-Dawes he/him/his [email protected] 410-235-1472