We're Not Enthusiastic About Plastic
By: Rachel Tsang, Amelia Raden, Vania Workman Von Ussar, Erin Lee, Ellison Zhao, Isabella Davidman, Minhua Chen
Contributors: Haridat, Malla, Teacher
Publisher: Barnard Athena Center
Published: 2021
Place of publication: [New York, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Environmental justice; Environmentalism; Teenage girls; High school students; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease); Sex discrimination against women; Feminism; College students
Description: Teen authors Rachel Tsang, Amelia Raden, Vania Workman Von Ussar, Erin Lee, Ellison Zhao, Isabella Davidman, and Minhua Chen educate audiences on some of the most pressing issues of environmental justice with a focus on criticizing the continued use of plastic and its disastrous environmental impacts. The authors emphasize intersectionality in environmental justice and detail the impacts of landfills on low income communities of color. They also write about the marketing trend of "greenwashing" and advocate for a more sustainably conscious consumption. The zine contains hand drawn illustrations, cut outs,and  handwritten text printed on white paper.  — Nayla Delgado
Notes: Cover title.

This zine was made for the Barnard Pre-College Program (PCP), Young Women's Leadership Initiative (YWLI) Leadership in Action (LIA) class in summer 2021.

This zine was made during the COVID-19 pandemic, but is not explicitly about the virus.

Printed in color from a pdf.

Freedoms and restrictions are not stated. Assume copyright.

Gift; student creators and Barnard Athena Center; 2021.