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GreenFaith’s environmental health and justice tours provide a first-hand introduction for clergy, lay members and other individuals to view for themselves the damage caused to human health and the environment by environmental degradation. These tours are noteworthy for the involvement of citizen leaders in the places visited, as well as notable environmentalists from both not-for-profit organizations and government.
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"Growing up in the Ironbound neighborhood
in Newark , I experienced firsthand the impacts of environmental
injustice. Although I felt a great sense of pride for my
hardworking, diverse community I could never shake the deep
sense of resentment about the degraded conditions we lived
in – the abandoned sites, foul odors, lack of greenspace..." |
