Environmental-Justice

Examining the spatial inequalities of the green transition and how the Global North's 'sustainability' depends on the Global South's vulnerability.

A critical exploration of the green energy transition's hidden costs, examining how lithium mining perpetuates colonial extraction while claiming sustainability.

Exploring how the promise of sustainable mining depends on rendering ecological and social costs invisible through 'entropic omissions.'

A synthesis and vision for how we can transition to sustainable urbanism that centers environmental protection, community rights, and global equity in the materials we use to build our cities.

Analyzing how large corporations dominate sand extraction industries while governments fail to regulate, creating systemic inequality and environmental injustice.

Exploring the global sand extraction crisis and its impacts on communities, ecosystems, and inequality—from artisanal miners to elite capture and hidden health costs.

Addressing social and environmental justice in the circular economy, focusing on labor rights, equity, and governance.

Investigate the human and environmental toll of mining critical minerals for electric vehicles, exposing how clean driving shifts burdens to vulnerable communities in the Global South.