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Reconstructing Environmental (In)Justice

June 10, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 7:40 pm

Basic Info

Date:
June 10, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Event Website / RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reconstructing-environmental-injustice-registration-350706240807

Who's Hosting This Event?

University of Texas Environmental Science Institute
Who We Are:

The Environmental Science Institute was founded by The University of Texas at Austin as a multi-disciplinary institute for basic scientific research in environmental studies. The Institute serves as a focal point on campus for a wide scope of interdisciplinary research and teaching involving the complex interactions of the biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere in the Earth system, as well as the human dimensions of these interactions.

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Reconstructing Environmental Injustice
Event Category:

Other

Event Topics
Equality/Justice
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Environmental injustice refers to the uneven distribution of environmental benefits and burdens based primarily on race, but also other marginalizing factors such as income and gender. In this conversation, Dr. Bruno will describe how this phenomenon spans across Texas and its history, with a focus on Port Arthur, Texas, where the largest petrochemical refinery in the Northern Hemisphere is nestled within a Black community.

Tianna Bruno is a Provost’s Early Career Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on the intersection of Black geographies, environmental justice, and critical physical geography. Her research also uses environmental records, to highlight the mutual experiences of degradation and survival between Black communities and their surrounding ecologies.

Time: 7:00 – 7:40 p.m.
The event will be streamed live and will include a Q&A session with Dr. Bruno.

Venue

Online