Pathways to Change: Community and Environmental Transformation

This chapter explores responses to the crises and injustices laid out in the previous six chapters and examines a path forward. We emphasize that the kind and magnitude of human changes needed range from the personal to the global and everything in betwee

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vironmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life

The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life

Ande A. Nesmith • Cathryne L. Schmitz Yolanda Machado-Escudero Shanondora Billiot • Rachel A. Forbes Meredith C. F. Powers • Nikita Buckhoy Lucy A. Lawrence

The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life With Contributions by Lacey Sloan Foreword by Ike Mana

Ande A. Nesmith School of Social Work Morrison Family College of Health University of St. Thomas Saint Paul, MN, USA Yolanda Machado-Escudero Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL, USA Rachel A. Forbes Graduate School of Social Work University of Denver Glenwood Springs, CO, USA Nikita Buckhoy School of Social Work Wayne State University Detroit, MI, USA

Cathryne L. Schmitz Department of Social Work University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, NC, USA Shanondora Billiot School of Social Work Arizona State University Phoenix, AZ, USA Meredith C. F. Powers Department of Social Work University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, NC, USA Lucy A. Lawrence Department of Social Work Warren Wilson College Asheville, NC, USA

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We dedicate this book to our families, our communities, and all life on this planet, both current and those to come in future generations. While we take seriously the gravity of the climate crisis, we hold on to hope that through individual and collectiv