An 8.0-magnitude quake on the Garlock Fault in the Mojave Desert, which has seen thousands of earthquakes in the last several months, would be disastrous for residents of the Antelope Valley and surrounding areas.
Fellow Frances Roberts-Gregory has a confession to make: She does not drive or own a car. For her, this approach is a part of a strategy to equip herself emotionally for inevitable future changes. The approach is also a part of her strategy to build deeper connections with her neighbors and colleagues so that she might survive the breakdown of systems and governance that she believes is likely to result from climate change.
Fellow Matt Moffa was part of the winning team for the 2019 ASLA Student Award of Excellence project "Constructed Efforts - Building Resilient Communities in the Los Angeles Gateway Cities".
Fellow Nathan McClintock was on sabbatical at Concordia University and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 2018 and 2019. As a direct result, he was interviewed for the Canadian publication La Presse about eco-gentrification in Montreal and Quebec in general. Read more (in French)
In a new opinion piece in The New York Times, Fellow Frank Lowenstein and colleagues argue that trees are some of our best allies in solving the climate crisis.
Matt Dixit Moffa was the Planning Project Director for the Trust for Public Land on the recently completed Health Parks Plan for Travis, Bastrop and Caldwell Counties in Texas. Read the report
Juan Reynoso is an urban planner and public health professional who specializes in health equity and environmental justice. He has a diverse range of experience in healthy communities planning across the public, private, and non-profit...
Avalon C.S. Owens is passionate about lights — living lights, especially bioluminescent fireflies, and the artificial light that humans impose on the environment. Avalon is working to better our understanding of how artificial light at...
Déjà’s work focuses on managing the Center for Racial Equity at Work's programmatic priorities including strategic partnerships and research with the Southern California Black Worker Hub for Regional Organizing and the implementation of our...
Zully Juarez provides research and analysis of environmental justice policies to Just Solutions Collective. With the direction and input of BIPOC frontline policy practitioners, she works to identify, research, review, and analyze existing...