Ecology Center Event

Very few activists and civil society leaders focused on zoning until they began to understand its immense power to shape our cities.

Zoning plays a key role in who bears the burdens and who reaps the benefits of development, including deciding where toxic facilities are sited and if affordable housing is possible. It has proven incredibly challenging, even for cities that want to do the right thing, to bring Environmental Justice issues and historically disenfranchised communities into planning processes with equity, collaboration, and transparency.

“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”

The Ecology Center has been working at the intersection of environmental and social justice for decades. In recent years, we launched the Climate Equity Collaborative and partnered with other community organizations on a Community Advisory Committee for the City of Berkeley, bringing formal recognition and representation for underserved community members who are impacted by climate change.

New approaches at play in Berkeley, California.

In this session, we will share the new approaches at play in Berkeley, and how other communities can draw from its process to listen, engage, and respond to those most often left out of and most impacted by environmental planning processes. This event is part of the 37th Annual Bioneers Conference held in Downtown Berkeley, California. For more information about the Bioneers Conference, please click here: the 37th Bioneers Conference

We are pleased to offer a 20% discount to our community.

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Environmental Justice, One City at a Time: The Berkeley Model
Hosted by Martin Bourque, Executive Director, Ecology Center
With: Pilar Zuniga, Community Engagement Program Director, Ecology Center;
and Alene Pearson, Deputy Director for the Planning and Development Department, City of Berkeley
Thursday, March 26, 4:45–6:00 pm