it is an excellent story, one that sjsu students would learn a lot from reading. it is told from a first person narrative, with backstory on the author and her immigrant’s family experience. she discusses her commitment to her patients, the conflicts and personal dilemma she experienced as she engaged herself in proving that the water in flint was harmful to the children. it is an excellent book that tells the backstory of this environmental injustice and as important describes the process for righting the wrongs committed against this community. (tho i just read, that the citizens of flint still don’t have safe water!!!!!)
Great book! I think it hits a lot of boxes for the campus read: environmental theme that focuses on inequality, environmental racism, activism, public health, research and science, politics, and immigration themes. It’s also a captivating read. I can see a lot of opportunity for cross-campus activity, it’s a hot topic that many students may remember hearing about and may have seen to some extent in their own communities.
I picked up this book at the library out of a sense of a duty. I ended up loving this book. It has many themes that our students will relate to: immigration, relationships with immigrant parents, combining work and family, negotiating the political system of a big city. These are in addition to the main theme of environmental justice and malign neglect by the government. It is extremely well-written, and I would like to see a book by a young woman author on the list. As Faustina said, I can see many departments being interested in this book.
While Glaciers Slept is a collection of beautiful lyrical personal essays that weave in the author’s life and story juxtaposed against an analysis of nature. Sometimes the author discusses the formation of glaciers and living creatures on glaciers. Othertimes, she compares the loss of her mother and father, grief and mourning to the loss of the natural world, for example the extraction of natural resources from Alaska. Within each essay, the author weaves in references to climate change and references small and big ways that climate change can be addressed. The essays are complex, yet accessible. This book would be a great way for students to understand their own places in the natural world and within the context of climate change.
it is an excellent story, one that sjsu students would learn a lot from reading. it is told from a first person narrative, with backstory on the author and her immigrant’s family experience. she discusses her commitment to her patients, the conflicts and personal dilemma she experienced as she engaged herself in proving that the water in flint was harmful to the children. it is an excellent book that tells the backstory of this environmental injustice and as important describes the process for righting the wrongs committed against this community. (tho i just read, that the citizens of flint still don’t have safe water!!!!!)
Great book! I think it hits a lot of boxes for the campus read: environmental theme that focuses on inequality, environmental racism, activism, public health, research and science, politics, and immigration themes. It’s also a captivating read. I can see a lot of opportunity for cross-campus activity, it’s a hot topic that many students may remember hearing about and may have seen to some extent in their own communities.
I picked up this book at the library out of a sense of a duty. I ended up loving this book. It has many themes that our students will relate to: immigration, relationships with immigrant parents, combining work and family, negotiating the political system of a big city. These are in addition to the main theme of environmental justice and malign neglect by the government. It is extremely well-written, and I would like to see a book by a young woman author on the list. As Faustina said, I can see many departments being interested in this book.
While Glaciers Slept is a collection of beautiful lyrical personal essays that weave in the author’s life and story juxtaposed against an analysis of nature. Sometimes the author discusses the formation of glaciers and living creatures on glaciers. Othertimes, she compares the loss of her mother and father, grief and mourning to the loss of the natural world, for example the extraction of natural resources from Alaska. Within each essay, the author weaves in references to climate change and references small and big ways that climate change can be addressed. The essays are complex, yet accessible. This book would be a great way for students to understand their own places in the natural world and within the context of climate change.