Defining Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

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La Justicia Ambiental

La Justicia Ambiental es el tratamiento justo y la participación de todas las personas, independientemente de su raza, color, nacionalidad o ingresos, en lo que concierne al desarrollo, aplicación y cumplimiento de las leyes, reglamentos y políticas ambientales.

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La Justicia Ambiental

La Justicia Ambiental es el tratamiento justo y la participación de todas las personas, independientemente de su raza, color, nacionalidad o ingresos, en lo que concierne al desarrollo, aplicación y cumplimiento de las leyes, reglamentos y políticas ambientales.

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Fisheries and Human Rights

Aquaculture production is often thought of from the perspective of the environment and the repercussions to the economy and environment, if managed poorly. However, the seafood industry is also very much linked to a range of social issues from human rights to worker rights and sustainability. We can’t care about the ocean and its resources without caring for people, from small fishers to coastal communities. Together, let’s unpack how seafood gets to market and the people at the center of the industry.

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Pesquerías y Derechos Humanos

La producción acuícola suele considerarse desde la perspectiva del medio ambiente y de las repercusiones en la economía y el medio ambiente, si se gestiona mal. Sin embargo, la industria de los alimentos de origen marino también está muy vinculada a una serie de cuestiones sociales, desde los derechos humanos hasta los derechos de los trabajadores y sustentabilidad. No podemos preocuparnos por el océano y sus recursos sin preocuparnos por las personas, desde los pequeños pescadores hasta las comunidades costeras. Juntos, aprenderemos cómo llegan los mariscos al mercado y cómo la gente es la base de la industria.

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Food Justice

If we care about the Earth and its resources, we must care and understand how food arrives on our plates, as well as who makes it possible for us to be nourished, from farmworkers, meatpackers, and the sustainable methods for growing our food. There’s a dark side we can’t dismiss – it’s vital to know how some agriculture methods and polluters are jeopardizing the health and endangering the lives of communities, as well as our air and water, for industrial scale agricultural production of meat, chicken, dairy, and commodities including soy grown to feed livestock. This module is intended to augment "What’s on Your Fork," ensuring an environmental justice perspective is seen, heard, and felt in connection to food justice.

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Justicia Alimentaria

El propósito de este módulo es el de mejorar "Qué Hay en Tu Tenedor (What’s on Your Fork)," garantizando que una perspectiva de justicia ambiental sea vista, escuchada y sentida en relación con la justicia alimentaria. Si nos preocupamos por la Tierra y sus recursos, debemos entender cómo llega la comida a nuestros platos, así como quién hace posible que nos nutramos: desde los trabajadores agrícolas y los empacadores de carne hasta los métodos sustentables para cultivar nuestros alimentos. Hay un lado oscuro que no podemos descartar - es vital saber la manera en que algunos métodos agrícolas y los contaminadores arriesgan nuestra salud, nuestras comunidades, nuestro aire y nuestras aguas. Este peligro surge debido a la producción agrícola a escala industrial de carne, pollo, productos lácteos y productos básicos, incluyendo la soya para alimentar al ganado.

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FISHstory Lesson Plan

The FISHstory lesson plan will prepare students so that they can participate in the SAFMC's citizen science project, FISHstory, on the Zooniverse crowdsourcing platform. Students will learn the basics of fish morphology, anatomy, and more! 

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Snack-Sized Science: Chalk It Up to Ocean Acidification Worksheet

The Chalk It Up to Ocean Acidification worksheet provides background information, detailed instructions and more to accompany our Snack-Sized Science video.

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What’s the Problem with Trawling?

Commercial trawling has a devastating effect on biodiversity in areas where it has been used. Large commercial trawlers have been historically decimating both marine environments and significantly decreasing stock levels to a level at which they are unable to recuperate. The impact on communities sitting on the seafloor, known as benthic communities is devastating, the primary culprit being drag trawlers with beams of up to 12 meters, and several beams often deployed at the same time. This lesson looks at the effect of commercial trawling on both fish stocks and benthic community biodiversity. Students will understand relative sizes and impacts of large-scale fishing operations, and devise a plan to reduce the impacts of trawling. Students perform percentage calculations and analyze graphs.

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