This is a working list of resources for continued learning about climate change, environmental health & justice, and ways to take action and connect with other like-minded organizations and artists in the Houston area.
To add a resource to the list, please fill out this short form or leave a comment on the blog.
This list was started as part of the “Net-work” Art Encounters at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston on Sept. 21, 2023. Participants learned how to make plastic yarn with post-consumer plastic waste and worked together to create a plarn net. As a companion to the activity, zines were passed out that invited people to be part of a ecological learning network, with a QR code to this blog post.
[Updated 4/19/24]
**recommended reading
Pollution
[Plastics]
**Center for Climate Integrity: The Fraud of Plastic Recycling (Feb 2024)
**Beyond Plastics: The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change (Oct. 2021)
Center for International Environmental Law: Fueling Plastics reports
United Nations Environmental Programme: Beat Plastic Pollution (interactive educational page); Plastic Leaching into Soil (10/17/22)
CNN: Unprecedented Levels of Plastic Pollution in Oceans (3/8/23); Plastic Recycling Climate Impact (4/22/23)
NYTimes: Types of Plastics Families Should Avoid (4/17/20)
Houston Organizations
Houston Climate Justice Museum - art & educational exhibitions, events, networking, opportunities for action
Sunrise Movement Houston - local chapter of a national movement for climate action and political activism; digital educational resources
Air Alliance Houston - a non-profit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts from air pollution and advance environmental justice.
Northeast Action Collective & West Street Recovery - a disaster recovery nonprofıt which uses Hurricane Harvey home repair and community engagement to build more broadly towards social justice and an equitable recovery.
Texas Master Naturalists, Coastal Prairie Chapter (Fort Bend, Wharton and Waller Counties; other chapters in other TX counties) - free presentations and other resources about local ecology and conservation efforts; a community of trained volunteers.
Urban Harvest - volunteering opportunities at community gardens, classes on gardening, nature, permaculture, farmers markets