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• Walking the Line

  What Mexican activists can teach the U.S. about poverty and the planet 0

  Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

  As the border organizer for Sierra Club's Environmental Justice program, I bounce back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border supporting grassroots environmental activists. More than the food, language, or currency, the biggest difference from one side to the other is what issues are considered "environmental." Perhaps nowhere else on earth is there such a long border between such a rich country and such a struggling one, and this disparity seems to carry over to which issues take priority.

  

  Reynosa residents head to a community water source.

  Photos: Oliver Bernstein.

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  Global Warming & Texas Water

  A Texas Living Waters Project conference:
  "Global Warming and Texas Water"
  Friday, May 12, 2006
  Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  4801 LaCrosse Avenue, Austin, Texas, USA

  http://www.texaswatermatters.org/conference_may12.htm

  Environmental Defense, National Wildlife Federation & Lone Star Chapter - Sierra ClubOn Conference bleg posted 3 years, 7 months ago 8 Responses

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  RE: define "environmentalism"?

  I am pleased to see this healthy discussion of the definition of "environmentalism." When I wrote the Soapbox piece for Grist about my work on the border with Mexico, this is essentially what I was trying to get at. I often don't use the "e-word," instead breaking it down into air, water, people's families and other things that people care about, and that makes it more real for them. I applaud this discussion, and encourage us to keep the dialogue going as a movement.

  -Oliver Bernstein
  Sierra ClubOn How do you define "environmentalism"? posted 3 years, 8 months ago 18 Responses