Environmental Justice is the fair treatment of areas in the same region, of race, resources, and regulations.
Environmental Injustice is having no fair treatment of race, resources, and regulations in certain areas of the same region.
This project began with researching what environmental justice is and presenting an example of a place in the world where there is environmental injustices. The presentation I did with my group was the pollution of the Yamuna River, Then we conducted interviews in a neighborhood to write our Voices of the Neighborhood paper. These interviews had questions about local advantages and disadvantages, housing, and health. With the answers, it led us to write a research paper and an action plan. The Voices of the Neighborhood and Environmental Justice Research paper were then put together as a final paper. With the research, we then have to create an image of a celebration in the neighborhood or an environmental issue for our mural.
The most powerful quote from an interview my partner and I did was "This particular area is very cultural sensitive, lots of diversity...There are lot of daily neighborhood cleaning...our community- we care about our community and we want to take care of it." Diversity of people and class is important for a community. I did research on gentrification being one of the causes of homelessness because many areas are experiencing that and there is no affordable housing for the homeless. My action plan was communication, it is crucial for the people to be heard.
Click the button below to see my paper: Environmental Justice: City Heights and its People
My image for the mural is of the Manzanita Gathering Place in City Heights, which is next to Manzanita Canyon and the Ocean Discovery Institute. It is a celebrated landmark in the community because it was once a piece of land and it is now a gathering place for people. It was made by 2 projects who worked together.
My class also did a health report. This health report was made to gain knowledge on the differences and qualities of our neighborhoods in San Diego.
There were two experiments that were conducted in four San Diego neighborhoods. The first experiment was counting the amount of produce in two local stores of our neighborhood to see what produce is available. We calculated the fruits and vegetables total amount. The results show that the Vons and Target in Clairemont has the most produce and the Trader Joe’s and Vons in Point Loma has the least amount of produce. City Heights and Paradise Hills are both in the middle of Clairemont and Point Loma in the graph. In experiment two, we collected the data of air quality from the four neighborhoods and other ones as well. The yellowness and the dust particles that were collected show how much air pollution there is. Results show that the areas with the most dust particles are National City, Del Cerro/Allied Gardens, and Clairemont. The areas with the least were Mission Valley, University City, North Park, and Kearny Mesa. The neighborhoods with the most yellowness are National City, Point Loma, and University City. The areas with the least were South Park, Barrio Logan, Mission Valley, and Clairemont.
For more details, click the button to see my Health Report:
My class also did a health report. This health report was made to gain knowledge on the differences and qualities of our neighborhoods in San Diego.
There were two experiments that were conducted in four San Diego neighborhoods. The first experiment was counting the amount of produce in two local stores of our neighborhood to see what produce is available. We calculated the fruits and vegetables total amount. The results show that the Vons and Target in Clairemont has the most produce and the Trader Joe’s and Vons in Point Loma has the least amount of produce. City Heights and Paradise Hills are both in the middle of Clairemont and Point Loma in the graph. In experiment two, we collected the data of air quality from the four neighborhoods and other ones as well. The yellowness and the dust particles that were collected show how much air pollution there is. Results show that the areas with the most dust particles are National City, Del Cerro/Allied Gardens, and Clairemont. The areas with the least were Mission Valley, University City, North Park, and Kearny Mesa. The neighborhoods with the most yellowness are National City, Point Loma, and University City. The areas with the least were South Park, Barrio Logan, Mission Valley, and Clairemont.
For more details, click the button to see my Health Report: