All Types of Justice and the Just Transition

To put the weeks authors into conversation is pretty easy. Each author had a definition of a just transition, my favorite of them being, a fair shift to an economy that is ecologically sustainable, equitable and just for all its members.  In the Movement Justice Generation they discussed the need to queer the movement. This was really intriguing to me and caught my attention because it set a precedent for me in regards to comparing movements. A lot of the times people compare the LGBTQ movement with the civil rights movement and though there are some similarities there is often a disconnect between the two organizationally. However I can appreciate the author being able to take some positive and inspiring elements from the Queer Movement to use in the Just Transition Movement. They honored the movements embodiment of resistance to the colonization of land and body and believed that this is an element that they can use in the Just Transition movement being that queer people are among the vulnerable populations to climate change as well as people of color and low income. The purpose of a Just Transition is to transform from a extractive economy to a regenerative economy. An extractive economy, an economy based on the removal of wealth from communities through the depletion of natural resources and the exploitation of labor resulting in the accumulation of wealth by those outside of the communities that are exploited, is the trash system that we are presently living in(Movement Generation 2017) . A regenerative economy is based on caring and sacredness, deep democracy, ecological and social well being and regeneration which will result in the overall well being of the global whole.

As a communications major, a plethora of the readings in core classes are based on the knowledge production of old white men from the colonialist and pre-colonial era. I find it hard to believe that these men included in all their theoretical definitions and practices those that they were enslaving and exploiting. So it's hard for me to really relate or even care about their theories today. That being irritatingly stated I thoroughly appreciate these class readings as a whole being the complete opposite of the norm. A lot of the scholarly articles being women and women of color makes my heart smile and gives me a much needed break for the readings that are so "important" to communication theory.

Bibliography

McCauley, Darren, Rachel Heffron. 2017. "Just Transition: Integrating Climate, Energy and. Enviornmental Justice." Energy Policy 119:1-7.

Mersha, Sara. 2017. "Black Lives and Climate Justice: Courage and Power in Defending Communities and Mother Earth" Third World Quarterly 39(7): 1421-1434

2017. "From Banks and Tanks to Cooperation and caring: A Strategic Framework for a Just Transition." Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Zine.