rootsandculture

by Clairmont Chung Part I Saving our environment is much more than carbon emissions and global warming. That is part of it. But environment is foremost about the quality of our lives. Developed nations convene global summits to discuss acceptable levels of carbon emissions and then promptly ignore any recommendations. Similarly, they either ignore even UN sponsored conferences on racism or attend and then walk out  i . The result is the same because the attitude is the same. The attitude is the same because the subject matter is related and born of the same history.  The quality of our lives gives way to profit. The result is a continuing attack on our environment. Environmental degradation and oppression is immediate family. The level of particulates in the atmosphere matters little to the average citizen. For the majority of the world, environment is about the bars on our windows and alarms on our homes. Its about failing schools and healthcare. It's about expanding pr