Tegan Lengyel, Samantha Paredes, Liv Mondlock, and Belle October
Environmental Justice
The Water Crisis
Disruption in natural cycle
Sinkholes
Earthquakes
Loss of wetlands
Climate change
Overuse
People drinking unsafe water in rural communities
Disease/Death at higher rates in rural communities
Unaffordable safe drinking water
Limited availability of safe drinking water
Unaffordable water transportation systems
Rural communities carrying water by foot
Potential Solutions
Water Treatment systems
Desalination
Costly water system treatment
Rainwater catchment/Gravity Water
Poor communities lack the economic abundance to obtain these water treatments
Water policy
Water Privatization
The Inherent Contradictions of Capitalism
Theoritcal Origins of E.J.
Civil Rights Movement
Local and specific
E.J. movements
Sustainability theory