Environmental Justice through Building Green, Healthy and Sustainable Communities

Episode 34 December 14, 2020 00:58:43
Environmental Justice through Building Green, Healthy and Sustainable Communities
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Environmental Justice through Building Green, Healthy and Sustainable Communities

Dec 14 2020 | 00:58:43

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Show Notes

Radio Show #34: Sunday, December 13th, 5-6 PM  Join Host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Darryl Molina Sarmiento, Executive Director for Communities for a Better Environment, a 40-year-old environmental justice organization with offices in both Southern and Northern California. The mission of CBE is to build people’s power in California’s communities of color and low-income communities to achieve environmental health and justice by preventing and reducing pollution and building green, healthy and sustainable communities and environments.  CBE provides residents in heavily polluted urban communities in California with organizing skills, leadership training and legal, scientific and technical assistance, so that they can successfully confront threats to their health and well-being.

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