Environmental Issues

Keeping the momentum from National Park’s Month in June, Green 2.0 continues the conversation on access to outdoor spaces with guest Jeanne Braha, Executive Director of Rock Creek Conservancy (RCC). RCC aims to restore and conserve Rock Creek Park, which is in the heart of Washington, DC. Braha and RCC are actively working to make green spaces more accessible to everyone.

Juan Martinez, Senior Program Manager at the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and Fresh Tracks founder, participated in Green 2.0’s Reimagining a Diverse and Inclusive Great Outdoors Congressional briefing held in coordination with Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Jimmy Gomez last month. This guest blog post is part of Green 2.0’s commemoration of Latino Conservation Week, which takes place July 17-25.

Social justice and environmental conservation are inextricably linked, and today’s youth are connecting the dots between both. EarthEcho’s Philippe Cousteau and Sadie Blancaflor write a guest blog post on the inspiring work of young leaders in the environmental movement.

The environmental law field has been slow to diversify and there is widespread agreement that diversity is critical to providing high quality work that has a deep and lasting impact. Bethany A. Davis Noll and Richard L. Revesz write a guest blog post on a series of events the New York City Bar’s Environmental Law Committee and Green 2.0 partnered on this year to highlight diversity and racial equity in the environmental law field.