Environmental Justice

For this blog, I actually looked up the definition of Environmental Justice, and the definition it gave me, I'm not entirely sure if it's completely accurate, but it basically sums up to "the fair treatment of all people regardless of race, gender, color, etc. And implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. Environmental Justice seeks to address topics such as pollution, industrial facilities, and crime. This meeting a place of social and environmental isSues because it is recognizing the main problems of human society, and the affects it directly has on the environment as well. Recognizing that there may be differences between humans, whether race or gender or simply how much money is made, and working to better these situations will help better social controversies and in turn help the environmental issues as well. Whether it's decreasing pollution, or watching industrial output, etc.
"NIMBY" is the acronym that is used to describe the phrase "not in my backyard." This phrase is used whenever something in a residential area could be proposed, that could take away the beauty of why some people chose to live there, and decrease land properties. NIMBY is significant because it also shows that there are people who are trying to stop the continuous march of industrialism and that they also want a better world to live in. For people to use this phrase requires a deal of sacrifice on their part, because they could be going against what they majority of people want, and having to deal with the repercussions of it. A current local issues that came to the top of my head when I was thinking what to write for this part of my entry, was the solar panel field that is not sitting at the main entrance of FGCU. Yes, these solar panels run Academic Building 7 and they cut down energy costs, but they provide a huge eye sore, making the land look sparse, and this doesn't include that hundreds of trees had to be cut down, destroying the habitats that utilized this area before we did. The stakeholders in this project would be the people funding these panels, because not only are they gaining from the costs, but potentially being seem for a moment as trying to be environmentally positive, although it is clear they are not looking at both sides of the spectrum. For these panels, of course they could gain money, but if you think about it that's it. But they could also lose money if things went wrong, their stature could be ruined, etc. So to me, I don't understand why people feel the need to demolish acres of land just for some solar panels. It doesn't seem fair to the environment and the animals that once thrived there.