Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

Aerial view of Seattle’s South Park neighborhood with homes and trees in the foreground, industrial buildings along the Duwamish River, and steam rising from the Ash Grove Cement plant under a cloudy sky.

Duwamish Valley Organizers Appeal Permit Allowing Ash Grove to Burn More Tires

Jan 23, 2026

3 min read

David Bulindah at Horseneck Farm with crops grown by Wakulima USA farmers during the 2025 season. He's smiling and holding the large crops in his hand; the farm is visible behind him.

King County Farmers Collectives Grow Community and Food Sovereignty

Syris Valentine

Jan 17, 2026

5 min read

Nyema Clark, founder and director of Nurturing Roots Farm, holds a white chicken while a youth reaches out to pet the chicken's feet.

South End Groups Provide Food and Farming Opportunities for Youth

Jan 03, 2026

8 min read

Collage reflecting environment stories in 2025, featuring wildlife research, habitat restoration work, environmental advocates, kayaking on an urban waterway, and text reading “2025 Reflections: Environment.”

2025 Reflections: Looking Back at Environmental Justice Coverage

Dec 29, 2025

3 min read

A shot of overlapping sandbags on top of decorative steps in the park

Preparing the Duwamish Valley for Future Flooding

Syris Valentine

Dec 19, 2025

7 min read

View through the Gathering Space glass into Recompose’s Greenhouse, showing a wall of illuminated hexagonal vessels and a small potted plant below, where bodies undergo the human composting process to become soil.

COLUMN | How Human Composting in SoDo Challenges Class-Based Death Care

Dec 04, 2025

6 min read

Small bat on a blue knitted blanket with its mouth open as a gloved hand gently holds it under bright light.

Death in the Dark: The PNW's Race to Stop the Bat Plague

Caroline Guzman

Nov 15, 2025

6 min read

Two men work on painting a large outdoor mural shaped like a raised fist on the ground, using black paint and paper stencils at a community park site near a street and power lines on a sunny day.

Skyway's 'Black Panther Park' Grows From Food Justice to Freedom Art

Nov 04, 2025

4 min read

Edwin Alberto Hernández-Reto stands with David Goldberg from the City of Seattle (to his left), Bryce Hesterman from NextCycle Washington (to his right), and youth students with DVSA in front of the biodigester.

South Park Biodigester Fuels Model for Community-Led Sustainability

Oct 25, 2025

5 min read

Southeast Asian-presenting woman in a red jacket standing beside a colorful outdoor mosaic art installation made of vibrant tiles in blue, red, yellow, and white patterns at a park.

South End Gem Awards | Maria Batayola: Leading With Love and Justice in Beacon Hill

Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero

Oct 22, 2025

3 min read

Indigenous woman holds a red, white, yellow, and black flag featuring an Indigenous hand symbol in front of the Athenian restaurant at Pike Place Market in Seattle.

South End Life: In New Children's Book, South End Author Honors the Spirit and Leaders of Standing Rock

Oct 16, 2025

5 min read

Group of seven people smiling under a yellow canopy at a Skyway Coalition community event, gathered around a 3D terrain model.

A Groundbreaking Skyway Project Will Create Permanently Affordable Homes

Jadenne Radoc Cabahug

Sep 16, 2025

6 min read

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