Fighting for a Level Playing Field: EJ in the South with Chandra Taylor-Sawyer of the SELC
What does it take to confront generations of environmental racism and win?In this episode, Senior Attorney Chandra Taylor-Sawyer of the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) pulls back the curtain ...
25 Nov 20251h 5min
Grounds for Change: Fixing the Coffee Industry with Etelle Higonnet of Coffee Watch
You probably do not know this, but your morning cup of coffee carries a dark story. It's a story riddled with deforestation, child labor, slavery, corporate denial, and environmental injustice. This w...
11 Nov 202558min
Environmental Racism in My Hometown: The Legacy of Rock Hill’s "Trash Pile" with Kibri Everett (pt. 2)
What happens when the leaders in your hometown turn a Black neighborhood into a dumping ground?In part 2 of our conversation, environmental scientist and advocate Kibri Hutchison Everett takes us back...
23 Sep 202528min
Science, Struggle, and Solidarity: Fighting for Environmental Justice with Kibri Everett (pt. 1)
What does it mean to fight for environmental justice when the very language of justice is under attack?In this first episode (of a 2-part series), I talk with environmental scientist, small business o...
9 Sep 202544min
Don’t Just Go Green...Go Just: The Fight for Environmental Justice with Dr. Bruce Strouble
In this episode of The Environmental Justice Lab, Dr. Joseph is joined by scholar, strategist, and activist Dr. Bruce Strouble, the founder of Citizens for a Sustainable Future and author of By Any Dr...
5 Aug 202549min
"Powerless": How Two Scholars Are Rewriting the Energy Narrative
In this episode of The Environmental Justice Lab, Dr. Lesley Joseph sits down with public health expert Dr. Diana Hernández of Columbia University and sociologist Dr. Jennifer Laird of Lehman College ...
22 Jul 20251h 1min
Gajarah by Somia Sadiq: A Story of Resilience and Belonging in the Pursuit of Justice
In this episode, Dr. Lesley Joseph sits down with author, conflict practitioner, and activist Somia Sadiq to discuss her new novel, Gajarah, a story that challenges how we understand land, justice, gr...
8 Jul 202548min
Pollution, Power, & the Price of Telling the Truth: The Stunning Resignation of Kimberly Terrell of the Tulane Environ. Law Clinic
In this episode of The Environmental Justice Lab, our host, Dr. Lesley Joseph, responds to a deeply troubling development: the resignation of Dr. Kimberly Terrell from the Environmental Law Clinic at ...
24 Jun 202535min
