Ayyukan Adalci na Muhalli na Texas

Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS) kungiya ce mai zaman kanta da ke gabashin Houston . An kafa shi a cikin 1995, kuma an sadaukar da shi don kare muhalli ta hanyar manufofi, wayar da kan jama'a, ayyukan shari'a, da ilimi. Sun yi imanin cewa kowa yana da damar rayuwa a cikin yanayi mai kyau da tsabta. Wasu daga cikin abubuwan da suka shiga cikin al'umma sun hada da: matasa a Makarantar Sakandare ta Furr, inda suke ba da horo da ayyukan, da kuma Cibiyar Kula da Al'ummomi masu dorewa a Jami'ar Texas A & M. Kokarinsu na baya sun haɗa da fadada damar samun harshe tare da Hukumar Texas kan Ingancin Muhalli (TCEQ) da yin ƙoƙari akan bututun Keystone XL. Tarihi Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS) an kafa ta ne a cikin 1995 ta hanyar Juan Parras, Bryan Parras da Ana Parras a ƙarƙashin sunanta na asali, Unidos Contra Environmental Racism . An haifi kungiyar ne daga sadaukarwa ga adalci na muhalli, yana mai da hankali kan magance haɗarin muhalli wanda ke shafar al'ummomin da aka ware. Ɗaya daga cikin kamfen ɗin su na farko da sanannun ya yi niyyar dakatar da gina makarantar sakandare ta Cesar Chavez, aikin da aka shirya a kusa da masana'antun masana'antu masu haɗari. Wannan ƙoƙari ya nuna sadaukarwarsu ga bayar da shawara don yanayin aminci da adalci, musamman ga mutanen da ke fama da rauni. Manyan shirye-shirye da shirye-shiryen TEJAS ta yi aiki tare da makarantar sakandare ta Furr, wacce aka kira "Makarantar Shari'a ta Muhalli ta Farko a cikin Al'umma" ta hanyar jaddada aikin kimiyyar ɗan ƙasa da aikin Adalci na muhalli a Houston. Cibiyar Green a makarantar sakandare ta Furr tana mai da hankali kan ilimin dalibai game da muhalli da batutuwan kiwon lafiya, kamar ciwon sukari da kiba. Haɗin gwiwa tare da kungiyoyi kamar Gidauniyar Shuka Itacen 'ya'yan itace da USDA Forest Service, ɗalibai a makarantar sakandare ta Furr sun jagoranci ayyukan agroforestry na birane, dasa itatuwan' ya'yan itacen sama da 200 da ƙirƙirar shimfidar wurare masu ɗorewa. Haɗin gwiwa tare da Texas A&amp;M, ɗaliban digiri sun gudanar da bincike a cikin al'umma, sun tattara bayanai ta hanyoyi daban-daban, kuma sun shiga cikin ƙoƙarin kare muhalli. Karramawa Juan Parras, wanda ya kafa TEJAS, ya sami kyaututtuka, gami da lambar yabo ta CEC Synergy a cikin 2008, Cibiyar Sealy don Kiwon Lafiya da Magunguna HERO a cikin 2009, da kuma lambar yabo ta Robert Bullard ta 2015 daga Sierra Club. Har ila yau, yana daga cikin Majalisar Ba da Shawara kan Shari'a ta Muhalli ta Fadar White House. Manazarta