Here in Portland we think of ourselves as Green. But how green are we? And who is greener than whom? It comes down to the hard question: How much Green can you afford? My guests this morning join us from across Cascadia and deep into Southwestern parts of the country. Joseph Santos-Lyons, Co-Director of the seminal group, Organizing People-Activating Leadership based in Portland; Josh Vincent with the Oregon Toxics Alliance, George Luhan with the SW Organizing Project and Adoni Morales, Immigrant Rights Activist in Albuquerque, New Mexico bring a variety of perspectives on the impact of environmental crime on the underprivileged, the disenfranchised, the working poor – who often are employed by the same industries that are killing them. Environmental justice is really justice for all – because habitat is interconnected. It’s complex…but it isn’t complicated…
- KBOO