Matter Prints Dear Earth: An Open Letter About Climate Change

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The Connection Between Environmental Racism and Climate Change

“Environmental racism” was a term coined by Benjamin Chavis, the previous executive director of the United Church of Christ (UCC) Commission for Racial Justice when he was addressing the dumping of hazardous PCB waste in Warren County, North Carolina. This is how he defined environmental racism: “…racial discrimination in environmental policy making, the enforcement of […]

An Open Letter To Those Who Don’t Believe in Climate Change

To Those Who Don’t Believe In Climate Change, Whether a friend, coworker, or family member sent this to you, I’m happy you’re here. Thank you so much for taking a few minutes out of your day to read this letter. Some call it climate change, others call it a climate emergency, and others call it […]

Fashion and the Climate – Why Should We Care?

When we as consumers are reminded of the planet’s climate-related impending doom, which happens a lot these days, we tend to go down an imaginary lists in our heads and cross off the efforts we’ve made towards reducing our carbon footprints: I take the bus and sometimes even bike to work. Check. I try and […]