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  Making environmental issues relevant

  Marcelo and Jon's points are both critical to how to make environmental issues more relevant to the vast majority of people, not just people of color, in this country. It is especially true for people of color though, that in order to resonate, environmental issues must be relevant to people with limited job opportunities, poor access to health care and unequal access to a good education.

  Marcelo has laid out an excellent framework for how to start  doing this at the broadest scale. Jon's reference to Van Jones and Green for All (http://www.greenforall.org/) is an excellent example of linking specific environmental concerns (energy production, climate change) with economic concerns for people of color.On The movement's greatest challenge is its own lack of diversity posted 1 year, 11 months ago 8 Responses