Environmental Justice

Images of extensive flooding or fire-ravaged communities help us see how climate change is accelerating the severity of natural disasters....

“Logic clearly dictates the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” – Dr. Spock (Star Trek) This...

Year by year, hurricanes are growing stronger and more frequent. We are witness to these changes as we watch two catastrophic...

Photo Credit: United Church of Christ What is environmental justice? Dr. Robert Bullard, often called the father of the environmental...

Sometimes it is hard to continuously find motivation to reach your goals to conserve nature and work to help the...

Imagine yourself strolling beside a river in the woods near your home, only to have this idyllic scene interrupted by...

Climate change has an inordinate effect on vulnerable populations.  The EPA has published multiple fact sheets outlining the effects of...

It’s been 10 years since “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Al Gore film, first hit the big screen. Do yourself a...

The Urban Renaissance Center of Civic Park Neighborhood in Flint is a new field placement area for social work students...

Long before the “Flint Water Crisis” brought national attention to the City of Flint generations of “Flintstones” at home and...

FLINT, Mich. – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $500,000 in funding to...

Grocery options are limited on the far South Side. (Image: Zol87 CC by/nc) What is a ‘Food Desert’? A generally...

The fight to prevent climate change is a big part of the consciousness in modern society. The recent extreme cold...

If you take a drive up Hamilton between Saginaw Street and the Flint River, you could never tell that there...