| ZERO WASTE HAASTOBER WEEK FOUR Zero Waste and Environmental Justice Welcome to the fourth and final week of Zero Waste Haastober. We've come a long way! Over the course of this month, we've explored our current means of production and consumption; learned the power of reducing, reusing, and refusing; and reimagined our economy as circular. For our fourth and final week of Zero Waste Haastober, we'll be learning about how the Zero Waste movement can and must serve environmental justice -- the right of all people to live, work, and play in clean and healthy environments. It is my deepest hope that this week's content situates ourselves as of and within nature and explains why environmental advocacy is one with social, racial, and economic justice. Remember, you have until November 7 to submit your actions to earn points, and winners will be receiving a prize package from EthiCAL Apparel . Check out our website here for complete details about our past actions to learn more. Signing off for people and the planet, Victoria Stafford HBSA Vice President of Sustainability, 2020-21 MONDAY, OCTOBER 26: VAN JONES' ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE In this TEDx Talk, news commentator and "Green for All" founder Van Jones discusses how plastic production, use, and disposal disproportionately impacts the poor and communities of color. This conversation can be understand as a contribution to environmental justice, a social movement concerned with the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens among different communities. To log this challenge, briefly explain what Jones means when he says, "We are at a moment where the coming together of social justice as an idea and ecology as an idea, we can finally now see that they are really, at the end of the day, one idea. It's the idea that we don't have disposable anything: we don't have disposable resources, we don't have disposable species, and we don't have disposable people, either." (Hint: How might biomimicry and social justice lead to a new kind of society?) Watch here TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27: SIGN ONTO POUR OUT PEPSI'S SUPPORT LETTER Over the past ten years, UC Berkeley has held an exclusive pouring rights contract with soda conglomerate PepsiCo. This agreement requires all UC Berkeley vendors (read: all food courts and restaurants) to offer a majority of PepsiCo products. PepsiCo is one of the largest plastic polluters in the world and has committed a host of environmental and social injustices along their supply chains. To log this challenge, sign onto the Pour Out Pepsi Campaign's support letter. Bonus: Summarize this op-ed from the Daily Cal in fewer than five sentences. Sign here WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28: THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON MEATPACKING PLANTS AND WORKERS In this episode, comedian Hasan Minhaj breaks down the impact of coronavirus on food supply, the meat-packing industry, and worker conditions (begins at 10:15). To log this challenge, briefly answer the following: 1) Why are meat-packing workers highly prone to catching COVID-19? 2) 2) Why is this an environmental justice issue? (Hint: Who is typically employed at meat plants? Who is most likely to face food shortages?) Watch here THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29: THE UC GREEN NEW DEAL In this op-ed, linguistics graduate student Yevgeniy Melguy discusses the importance of the Green New Deal and why the University of California is in a uniquely influential position to pursue its policies. To log this challenge, briefly answer the following: 1) What would a Green New Deal for the UC system look like? 2) How might a UC Green New Deal involve environmental justice? 3) What do you think about a UC Green New Deal? Read here FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30: WHAT KIND OF CHANGEMAKER ARE YOU? To log this challenge, take this quiz and screenshot your results. Based on this assessment, explain how this personality can show up in your advocacy work for a more sustainable future, in your professional career, and/or in your daily life. (This can be anything from making a commitment to volunteering once a month, recruiting at sustainability-minded companies and organizations, or sharing infographics and articles with friends and family.) Take the Changemaker Personality Quiz here log your actions CONNECT WITH HBSA SUSTAINABILITY! |
ZERO WASTE HAASTOBER WEEK FOUR
Zero Waste and Environmental Justice
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Welcome to the fourth and final week of Zero Waste Haastober.
We've come a long way! Over the course of this month, we've explored our current means of production and consumption; learned the power of reducing, reusing, and refusing; and reimagined our economy as circular.
For our fourth and final week of Zero Waste Haastober, we'll be learning about how the Zero Waste movement can and must serve environmental justice -- the right of all people to live, work, and play in clean and healthy environments. It is my deepest hope that this week's content situates ourselves as of and within nature and explains why environmental advocacy is one with social, racial, and economic justice.
Remember, you have until November 7 to submit your actions to earn points, and winners will be receiving a prize package from EthiCAL Apparel. Check out our website here for complete details about our past actions to learn more.
Signing off for people and the planet,
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Victoria Stafford
HBSA Vice President of Sustainability, 2020-21 | |
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26: VAN JONES' ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | |
In this TEDx Talk, news commentator and "Green for All" founder Van Jones discusses how plastic production, use, and disposal disproportionately impacts the poor and communities of color. This conversation can be understand as a contribution to environmental justice, a social movement concerned with the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens among different communities.
To log this challenge, briefly explain what Jones means when he says, "We are at a moment where the coming together of social justice as an idea and ecology as an idea, we can finally now see that they are really, at the end of the day, one idea. It's the idea that we don't have disposable anything: we don't have disposable resources, we don't have disposable species, and we don't have disposable people, either." (Hint: How might biomimicry and social justice lead to a new kind of society?)
Watch here
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27: SIGN ONTO POUR OUT PEPSI'S SUPPORT LETTER | |
Over the past ten years, UC Berkeley has held an exclusive pouring rights contract with soda conglomerate PepsiCo. This agreement requires all UC Berkeley vendors (read: all food courts and restaurants) to offer a majority of PepsiCo products. PepsiCo is one of the largest plastic polluters in the world and has committed a host of environmental and social injustices along their supply chains.
To log this challenge, sign onto the Pour Out Pepsi Campaign's support letter.
Bonus: Summarize this op-ed from the Daily Cal in fewer than five sentences.
Sign here
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28: THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON MEATPACKING PLANTS AND WORKERS | |
In this episode, comedian Hasan Minhaj breaks down the impact of coronavirus on food supply, the meat-packing industry, and worker conditions (begins at 10:15).
To log this challenge, briefly answer the following: 1) Why are meat-packing workers highly prone to catching COVID-19? 2) 2) Why is this an environmental justice issue? (Hint: Who is typically employed at meat plants? Who is most likely to face food shortages?)
Watch here
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29: THE UC GREEN NEW DEAL | |
In this op-ed, linguistics graduate student Yevgeniy Melguy discusses the importance of the Green New Deal and why the University of California is in a uniquely influential position to pursue its policies.
To log this challenge, briefly answer the following: 1) What would a Green New Deal for the UC system look like? 2) How might a UC Green New Deal involve environmental justice? 3) What do you think about a UC Green New Deal?
Read here
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30: WHAT KIND OF CHANGEMAKER ARE YOU? | |
To log this challenge, take this quiz and screenshot your results. Based on this assessment, explain how this personality can show up in your advocacy work for a more sustainable future, in your professional career, and/or in your daily life. (This can be anything from making a commitment to volunteering once a month, recruiting at sustainability-minded companies and organizations, or sharing infographics and articles with friends and family.)
Take the Changemaker Personality Quiz here
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