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There’s a Little “Wild” Out There For All of Us
*What is a Chicano environmentalist? It’s not that far-fetched an idea. VL By Jose G. Gonzalez, Medium Growing up, my memories of the outdoors are a combination, a blend, amestizaje […]
Tierra Y Agua: The Land & Water Conservation Fund
*We don’t talk too much about environmental issues in the Latino community, so we have to fight the perception that we’re a one-issue community. Latinos have a history of heritage […]
Thinking of César Chávez and a Changing Climate
*Climate change and the environment may sound like new struggles, new causas, but they’re as ingrained as Cesar Chavez’s organizing ideas. VL By Jose Gonzalez, Green Chicano “It’s amazing how […]
A New Shade of Green: Arte and Community-Building for Conservation
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco This week will be the second Americas Latino Eco Festival. In case you missed it, an all-star lineup of artists, film makers, writers, performers, advocates, and […]
My Public Lands: Nuestra Tierra Comunal
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco Recently, the Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) coordinated a program to get 100 Latino youth out to Joshua Tree National Park. This was in conjunction with the […]
Monuments Matter—Connections to and with Latino Communities
*On March 11, 2014 President Obama President Obama established the Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of California Coastal National Monument. How does this designation relate to how Latino communities connect to public […]
El IPCC Que? Don’t forget the IPCC Report
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco The US government “shut down” brought on a host of problems on the environmental front, from the closing of our National Parks to preventing of the […]
Ranitas Contaminadas—Agricultural Chemicals in Sierra Frogs
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco There is a little rhyme in Spanish that goes: “Sana, sana, colita de rana, si no sanas hoy, sanarás mañana” It is a common rhyme to […]
Get the Lead Out: Ojo Con El Plomo In Your Salsa
By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco *This article was been corrected for accuracy and clarification. The statement “Next time you make enchiladas with El Pato, careful you may get a mouthful of lead […]