Planet Detroit’s managing editor Nina Ignaczak spoke with Michelle Martinez, inaugural director of the Tishman Center for Social and Environmental Justice at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment & Sustainability. Martinez has 15 years of experience of practicing environmental justice in her hometown Detroit. Most recently she served as Executive Director of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition; she is a founding member of the Coalition and continues to serve on the board. Michelle also serves on the Board of Directors of We the People Michigan, and is a contributing columnist to Planet Detroit, an online publication serving Detroit audiences with climate and environmental news.
We spoke about climate change, carbon justice, and how a “carbon fundamentalist” approach will only get us so far in the fight against climate change.
Panel:
- Michelle Martinez, Director, Tishman Center for Social and Environmental Justice at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment & Sustainability
- Moderated by Nina Ignaczak, Editor, Planet Detroit and Michigan Climate News
