我们的家?: Student 环境正义 Stories

国外博彩app电影系列

The two large issues of climate change and environmental injustice go hand in hand with many of the world’s problems. To raise awareness for the underrepresentation of such topics, graduate and undergraduate students at 国外博彩app share how they were personally impacted by climate change and environmental injustice. This four-part film series highlights various environmental issues, such as protesting to protect native lands, evacuating from natural disasters, or dealing with government oppression. Students' personal connections to their stories will be made explicit, providing viewers action plans to change the world around them. The intent of the film series is to educate its viewers on the depredating effects of inequality and climate change throughout the United States with the hope that, with attention and care actions can occur to reverse the damages humanity has caused to Mother Earth. 

加布里埃尔·罗宾逊 is a junior at 国外博彩app double majoring in Film and Environmental Studies. Robinson aspires to use her two contrasting majors to address the intersected problems of climate change, racism and environmental injustices by using film as a medium to educate society. 作为导演, Robinson wants to encourage conversations about climate injustices in film and will be premiering the series during 2022年地球会谈. 观看Gabriella的视频: 什么是家? 

完整视频系列

Line 3 Pipeline in Duluth, Minnesota 
featuring Gabriela Batinitch, Environmental Studies, '23

Line 3 Pipeline runs from Alberta Canada to Lake Superior. With the vast amounts of controversy, Enbridge Oil continues its 2014 project of expanding the pipeline. After fatalities during a 1991 oil spill in Grand Rapids, Minn., residents such as Gabriela and Indigenous members from the Ojibwe community are risking their lives to protect their health and environment. 看这里. 
 
Protecting Mauna Kea in Hawai'i 
Featuring Jaina Galves, Environmental Studies and Film, '22

In 2019, the sacred mountain of Mauna Kea is under threat of having a 30-meter telescope built for research purposes. Mauna Kea is home to several burial grounds, sacred lands, and waters. With the Hawaiian government’s lack of support, Indigenous Hawaiians are fearing for their rights, cultural history and visibility. 像许多关心的年轻人一样, Jaina Galves shares her stories from being on the front lines of protecting such a sacred place to her community. 
 
夏威夷的食物不公平 
Featuring Taylor McKenzie, Environmental Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, '22 

The state of Hawai’i is world-renowned for many of its fascinating ecological characteristics. With the majority of the state having the soil conditions to farm, there is hardly any farming, resulting in over 85% of food being imported to the state. Taylor McKenzie addresses the food scarcity dependent on imported goods that if resolved, could also solve climate change. 
 
Floods and Hurricane Matthew in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Featuring Trish Brownlee, Masters of Divinity Program

The damages of Hurricane Matthew were horrific, but many individuals in Fayetteville, 比如崔西, had their homes flooded two weeks prior—setting families far from being prepared for the storm. With everything taken from her family, Trish took a positive approach to the damages by creating an art exhibit to share with the world on the devastating impacts when governments lack in preventative care. 
 
视频系列 

• 导演: 加布里埃尔·罗宾逊 (Film Studies and Environmental Studies, '23)
• Best Boy, Script Advisor and Researcher: Isabella Marez (Social Work Studies, '22)
• Sound Designer and Camera Operator: Logan Ossentjuk (Marine Biology with Film Studies Minor, '21)
• 电影制作人/编辑: Ha'aheo Auwae-Dekker (Film Studies, '22), 援助an Rose (Environmental Studies with Film and Biology Minors, '23), Sophia Heyman (Film Studies, '22)