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For more information, please contact [email protected]. Diversity and the Future of the U.S. Environmental Movement Emily Enderle EDITOR Foreword Spirit, Stewardship, Justice, and the Earth: James Gustave Speth The Power of Religion for the Sake of the Dean, Yale School of Forestry & Environment Environmental Studies The Reverend Fletcher Harper Executive Director, GreenFaith Pilar Montalvo Assistant Dean and Diversity Coordinator, Canoncito at Apache Canyon: Coming to A Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Sense of Place Studies Holly YoungBear-Tibbetts Dean of External Relations, Framing the Discussion College of Menominee Nation Emily Enderle Master of Environmental Management The Innovation of Diversity '07, Yale School of Forestry & John “Jeff” R. Cook, Jr. Environmental Studies Founder and former President, The Environmental Careers Organization Diversifying the American Environmental Movement Better Science Through Diversity: Marcelo Bonta Disciplinary and Cultural Diversity in the Director, Center for Diversity & the Environmental Sciences Environment Dr. Robyn Hannigan Charles Jordan Director and Judd Hill Chair of Chairman, Board of Directors Environmental Sciences, Arkansas State The Conservation Fund University Mission Critical: A New Frame for Preventing Environmental Health Risks to Diversity and Environmental Progress Children and Promoting Collaborative Angela Park Research and Environmental Justice Founder and Director, Diversity Matters Dr. Frederica P. Perera Professor, Mailman School of Public A Personal View on the Importance and Health, Columbia University, and Director, Imperative of Diversity Work Columbia Center for Children’s Felicia Marcus Environmental Health Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, The Trust for Public Land Indifference to Cultural Inclusion: Not an Option in the Environmental Movement Class Notes: Thoughts on Diversity in the Effenus Henderson Classroom and in Environmentalism’s Past Chief Diversity Officer, Weyerhaeuser Matthew Klingle Company Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College Generating Change: Why Reaching a Diverse Environmental Citizenry is We are Bridges Important for the Future of the Dahvi Wilson Environmental Movement Associate, Commonwealth Institute, and Chip Giller Fellow, Redefining Progress Founder and President, Grist 21st Century Environmentalists: Diversity, Action: The Next Step Toward Achieving Hope, Unity, and Action for a Better World Diversity and Inclusivity in the U.S. Bryan Garcia Environmental Movement Program Director, Center for Business and Emily Enderle the Environment at Yale Master of Environmental Management '07, Yale School of Forestry & Combating Climate Change: Why All Environmental Studies Should Be Involved Jerome C. Ringo President, Apollo Alliance LAND Code Plant Ecology 9/13/04 11:31 PM Page 56 Diversity and the Future of the U.S. Environmental Movement Emily Enderle, editor yale school of forestry & environmental studies 2007 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) Publication Series Title Diversity and the Future of the U.S. Environmental Movement Volume editor Emily Enderle Series editor Jane Coppock Book design Peter W. Johnson and Maura Gianakos Cover Image The Tree of Life, The Children’s Art Carnival, Multimedia Workshop, Ages 4-7, Artist Instructor Catherine Lazure. An award-winning, community-based organization located in Harlem, New York City, the Children’s Art Carnival’s mission for 37 years has been to provide at risk and under- served youth with skills and opportunities that enable them to realize the potential for becoming positive, creative, and productive adults through the use of visual and communication arts. http://www.childrensartcarnival.org Cover design Maura Gianakos and Jane Coppock Page layout Dorothy Scott, North Branford, CT Print on demand YaleRIS Paper 100% post-consumer, FSC-certified Acknowledgments The editor gratefully acknowledges generous support from the following in the production of this volume: Jim and Sandra Leitner Yale F&ES Publication Series Yale F&ES Dean’s Office Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. – Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. Yale F&ES Development Office Yale F&ES Student Groups: Multi-Ethnic Student Association, Yale Chapter of the Society of American Foresters, Land Use Coalition at Yale, Industrial Environmental Management and Energy, Climate, Coalition on Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Student Affairs Committee Carpenter-Sperry Fund at Yale To obtain copies All individual chapters of this book are available as free downloadable pdfs at www.yale.edu/environment/ publications. Printed copies can be ordered at the same website. The opinions, findings, and interpretations of research contained in this volume are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions of their institutions, those who contributed financially to the project, or the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. ISBN 0-9707882-6-6 © 2007 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Table of Contents Foreword 1 James Gustave Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Pilar Montalvo, Assistant Dean and Diversity Coordinator, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Framing the Discussion 5 Emily Enderle, Master of Environmental Management '07, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Diversifying the American Environmental Movement 13 Marcelo Bonta, Director, Center for Diversity & the Environment Charles Jordan, Chairman, Board of Directors, The Conservation Fund Mission Critical: A New Frame for Diversity 35 and Environmental Progress Angela Park, Founder and Director, Diversity Matters A Personal View on the Importance and Imperative of 51 Diversity Work Felicia Marcus, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, The Trust for Public Land Class Notes: Thoughts on Diversity in the Classroom and in 73 Environmentalism’s Past Matthew Klingle, Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College We are Bridges 95 Dahvi Wilson, Associate, Commonwealth Institute, and Fellow, Redefining Progress 21st Century Environmentalists: Diversity, Hope, Unity, and 107 Action for a Better World Bryan Garcia, Program Director, Center for Business and the Environment at Yale Combating Climate Change: Why All Should Be Involved 115 Jerome C. Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance Spirit, Stewardship, Justice, and the Earth: The Power of 125 Religion for the Sake of the Environment The Reverend Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith Canoncito at Apache Canyon: Coming to A Sense of Place 149 Holly YoungBear-Tibbetts, Dean of External Relations, College of Menominee Nation The Innovation of Diversity 165 John “Jeff ” R. Cook, Jr., Founder and former President, The Environmental Careers Organization Better Science Through Diversity: Disciplinary and 173 Cultural Diversity in the Environmental Sciences Dr. Robyn Hannigan, Director and Judd Hill Chair of Environmental Sciences, Arkansas State University Preventing Environmental Health Risks to Children and 183 Promoting Collaborative Research and Environmental Justice Dr. Frederica P. Perera, Professor, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, and Director, Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health Indifference to Cultural Inclusion: Not an Option in the 201 Environmental Movement Effenus Henderson, Chief Diversity Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company Generating Change: Why Reaching a Diverse Environmental 219 Citizenry is Important for the Future of the Environmental Movement Chip Giller, Founder and President, Grist Action: The Next Step Toward Achieving Diversity 227 and Inclusivity in the U.S. Environmental Movement Emily Enderle, Master of Environmental Management '07, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies speth and montalvo 1 Foreword James Gustave Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Pilar M. Montalvo, Assistant Dean and Diversity Coordinator, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies We were pleased when Emily Enderle approached us about her idea for this book. The book comes at the perfect time. Building an inclusive environmental community that spans economic status, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation cannot wait. We would all be well advised to look to our own organizations and activities to see where improvements can be made, interests fostered, and real dialogue and collaboration developed. The public’s renewed focus on environmental concerns, from climate change and clean energy to biodiversity loss and deforestation,