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”
Tag Archives: environmental policy
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”
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”
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
