While on a toxic tour in Detroit with a youth organizer from Detroit Workers for Environmental Justice we happened to run past this crazy site.

Yep that’s the old Packard plant on FIRE!!!

Dang Detroit is one gritty city. Keep Checking the Weather for the full toxic tour of Detroit soon!

Today Catch Checktheweather.net Co-founders, Ellen Choy and Kari Fulton repping for Climate Justice at the USSF
10-12pm Kari Fulton is partnering with the Energy Action Coalition and Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative for a workshop on engaging youth with Climate Policy. This workshop will be held at Woodward Academy room 1437 Woodward is right off of Lafayette and 1-75
Then from 3:30- 5:30- Ellen Choy will be partnering with Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice to present Youth and Climate Justice. This workshop will feature a panel discussion featuring amazing Youth Climate …

 
June 22-26 Social, environmental and grassroots organizers from around the United States and the World will be in Detroit, Michigan for the 2nd United States Social Forum. The tagline: Another World is Possible, Another U.S. is Necessary.  The forum will feature thousands of workshops and panel discussions including many about environmental and ecological justice. Checktheweather.net will be repping with the Energy Action Coalition on Friday June 25, 2010 3:30pm for the Youth and Climate Justice workshop. Also the good folk at Movement Generation have compiled a partial listing of Ecological justice based workshops at …