Recent Findings “More people are living near oil and gas development due to the expansion of unconventional extraction techniques as well as near industrial animal operations, both with suggestive evidence of increased exposure to hazardous pollutants and adverse health effects. Legacy contamination continues to adversely impact a new generation of residents in fenceline communities, withContinue reading “Chemical Exposures, Health, and Environmental Justice in Communities Living on the Fenceline of Industry”
Author Archives: Gabrielle Francis Conrad-Amlicke, MSW
OnPrisons
Built environments can also produce negative health risks when developers are not thinking about the effects of built spaces. In particular, urban layouts are designed to maximize living space. The way in which prisons are built in America is another example of how population growth results in building structures to house the influx of humans,Continue reading “OnPrisons”
Macro/policy Practice Article
Environmental Feedback Systems
Gravity is “invisible” but not removed from sensation; we can feel the effects of gravity daily, for example dropping something on your foot. In short gravity relates to mass, “People have mass too, and while our physical bodies might not exert gravity the way the Sun affects the Earth, our interests, experiences, appearance, ethics, morals,Continue reading “Environmental Feedback Systems”
Resources for Prospective Social Workers — The Political Social Worker
Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW The Political Social Worker A couple of days ago a Tumblr follower asked me for some advice about applying to an MSW program. This gave me the idea to put together a small list of resources for perspective (and current) social work students. socialworkhelper.com A social networking site for helping […]Continue reading “Resources for Prospective Social Workers — The Political Social Worker”
Economic Globalization, Sleep-Wake Rhythms & COVID-19
Macro/Policy Environmental Social Work Perspective Economic globalization become a worldwide trend (Han, 2019). With globalization comes technology. Technology and the environment should be of growing concern. Now more than ever. Given COVID-19, are legislators and enforcers thinking of the stimulus and social welfare in terms physiological rhythms in humans? Studies show that relevant to the environmentContinue reading “Economic Globalization, Sleep-Wake Rhythms & COVID-19”
Global Public Goods(GPGs)
aka Global Social Issue Global Public Goods (GPGs) is a variable which serves global agendas due to the necessary use of Intellectual Knowledge house in GPGs as platforms for strategic building in developing countries. As social workers engage with international relations the profession must have access to the most recent research. Often research is housedContinue reading “Global Public Goods(GPGs)”
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Sustainability May not be the Methodological Approach to Solving Modern Environmental Issues.
Weitzer (2015) raises a tone, which seems similar to that of Michelle Alexanders, The New Jim Crow (2010). The importance of writer’s, both academic and not, taking the time to not only deepen their scope but develop an agenda that is indicative of a proclamation is beautiful to me. The importance of the writer’s taking the timeContinue reading “Sustainability May not be the Methodological Approach to Solving Modern Environmental Issues.”
The Nature of Silent-Welfare
Never have I ever ☝️👉 not found silence to be the most resourceful tool when met with disorder. Silence is an action & a weapon when not used appropriately as it likely causes an influx of unbalanced power dynamics. “The increase of disorder or entropy with time is one example of what is called anContinue reading “The Nature of Silent-Welfare”
Personal Stance(s) on Social Welfare and the Intersection of Economic and Political Philosophies
To provide further insight about my own social and cultural experiences -what serves as the driving force for my passions as a social worker is fueled by the discrepancies individuals face in regards to access- specifically that of which comes from the physical world; or Natural Environment. Having grown up in an upper middle classContinue reading “Personal Stance(s) on Social Welfare and the Intersection of Economic and Political Philosophies”
Environmentally Displaced Trauma, & Sensory Processing
The New and Tube are not where you want to to get information from… with that being said, scholarly research is costly. social workers can’t advocate without access to research & yet we. lose access to peer reviewed academic articles when we no long hold a connection to the academic world “Despite the lack ofContinue reading “Environmentally Displaced Trauma, & Sensory Processing”
The Theory is There… Economic Value to the Question of Deep Ecology is not
The relationship between health and nature is a hard topic to research. There are a vast amount of variables that limit the rigor of studies on the subject. Have faith, there is some evidence. The way I see social workers engaging with this at a macro level is questioning why more funding is not goingContinue reading “The Theory is There… Economic Value to the Question of Deep Ecology is not”
The Relevance of Innovation | Ceditability of Problem Solving for Social Workers at Mezzo & Macro Levels
Social Workers solve problems as do many other professions. Collaboration between professionals in this day and age is necessary to address environmental changes occurring at this moment. To collaborate, Social Workers must go beyond our historic and formalized path. Rationally speaking, this seems obvious. Yet, I am met with so many dificulties as I approachContinue reading “The Relevance of Innovation | Ceditability of Problem Solving for Social Workers at Mezzo & Macro Levels”
Full Circle. Feedback Loops
I was in the sculpture and instillation program. A dual degree in psychology before I transferred to begin my path in Social Work. However for a brief moment my artistic self was at bay while I studied. It recently has come back through engaging with STEM research and environmental justice work in the form ofContinue reading “Full Circle. Feedback Loops”
Who will win? Man or nature? A Timeless Question
There has been an attempt to turn an actual conversation, which at one point was modern, into some post-modern hype. The children protesting are not posing some satirical Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift, 1729) esque archetype. They are disturbed. The ongoing public conversation about the environment is grounded in the ancient dichotomy of man versus natureContinue reading “Who will win? Man or nature? A Timeless Question”
Social Work and Environmental Justice
SOCIAL JUSTICE SPOTLIGHT October 2019 Environmental Racism and Systems of Oppression Gabrielle Conrad-Amlicke | Policy 2020 Frederick Olmsted, an American Landscape designer best known for Central Park (New York, NY) and The Emerald Necklace (Boston, MA), also designed Keney Park (Hartford, CT). Keney Park runs vertically up and down the west half of Hartford’s Northeast neighborhood. TheContinue reading “Social Work and Environmental Justice”
A Poem; Not Advocacy
Envy is what drives us and to surrender to emotions that mute us — envy results in suspending the mind from movement. Without movement, we are silent observers. Envious of what the earth could be. Dreamers dream; far from pollution- the rising toxicity of their environment. They envy those who are now dead, those whoContinue reading “A Poem; Not Advocacy”
How Did we Come to Regulate Almost Every Aspect of Life Through Policy, Yet, Fail to Properly Politicize the Earth’s Raw-Resources? (sigh)
Ecological economics and environmental social work
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Let’s Not be Stuck in The Myth of Sisyphus: Gravity, Feedback Loops, & Social Work
Gravity is “invisible” but not removed from sensation; we can feel the effects of gravity daily, for example dropping something on your foot. In short gravity relates to mass, “People have mass too, and while our physical bodies might not exert gravity the way the Sun affects the Earth, our interests, experiences, appearance, ethics, morals,Continue reading “Let’s Not be Stuck in The Myth of Sisyphus: Gravity, Feedback Loops, & Social Work”
Social Worker’s : MSW & BSW – How I became an Advocate for Environmental Justice as an MSW Graduate Student. Field placements, course work, and developing your professional identity.
The first skills you develop as any student but especially a social work academic are ones that involve learning to think critically. At the start of my social work engagement is artistic engagement. In 2012 was accepted into a Fine Art’s School in Boston. My artistic thesis was always rooted in nature; through my clayContinue reading “Social Worker’s : MSW & BSW – How I became an Advocate for Environmental Justice as an MSW Graduate Student. Field placements, course work, and developing your professional identity.”
Broken Windows Theory & Social Work Practice
The “broken windows” theory gives social workers insight into the way the physical environment both directly and indirectly affect (Abdullah et. al, 2015) the populations we work with. Physical environments that display; broken windows, trash, litter, a lack of maintenance to green space or architecture are thought to produce actions that resemble the environment; higherContinue reading “Broken Windows Theory & Social Work Practice”
“Keney Park” Never Heard of it? Blame Environmental Racism and Systems of Oppression.
The most renowned parks in America have a discarded counterpart: “Keney Park” in Hartford, CT -all designed by Fredrick Olmsted- better known for NYC’s “Central Park” Boston’s “Emerald Necklace Conservancy” Frederick Olmsted, an American Landscape designer best known for Central Park (New York, NY) and The Emerald Necklace (Boston, MA), also created Keney Park (Hartford,Continue reading ““Keney Park” Never Heard of it? Blame Environmental Racism and Systems of Oppression.”
Environmental Justice Framed Through the 5 Senses
Structural developments have the ability to influence community engagement and overall lower stress, which in return can have positive effects on reducing mental and physical ailments. Even short exposures to natural settings can support individuals in overall health. Stress can be viewed as one of the most influential causes of health problems: anxiety, depression, andContinue reading “Environmental Justice Framed Through the 5 Senses”
EcoFeminism
Language can be used as a tool for social influence. In reference to my own beliefs about the world, Nature is often viewed as feminine “Mother Nature” and the content of the language often used when speaking about Nature is more often than not negative; we mainly hear of historical and present references to theContinue reading “EcoFeminism”
From Artist to Social Worker
The only thing which have changed are the tools held in my hand and the means by which my artistic “thesis-theme-message” (whatever we may call it in the both the high-class art scene and the street art scene) each artist has a message… how we convey that message varies. Policy practice is a realistic roleContinue reading “From Artist to Social Worker”
