Southwest Houston Environmental Justice Tours
November 15 - December 6, 2025
Southwest Houston Environmental Justice Tours is a project organized by artist Naomi Kuo, and the Mosaic Learning Center. The project aims to bring greater awareness to the intersections of race, class and environmental issues in Southwest Houston through interactive group learning experiences. The project invites diverse members of the local community to learn and engage together.
Participants will be brought to sites of environmental and historical importance in Southwest Houston, where they have the opportunity to hear from local organizations and environmental advocates, and to process the information collectively through artmaking and interfaith spiritual practices. Illustrated educational pamphlets provide further background information about the sites, outline the tour contents, and introduce opportunities for action.
Events are free to attend with registration! More details on Eventbrite, with full itineraries emailed following registration. Join us for any or all 3 events!
November 15 - Community Park Day
1:00-4:00pm at Oyster Creek Park Pavilion
Get excited about our upcoming tours with a sustainability-themed fun day at a beloved community park! Pick up illustrated tour pamphlets, meet our tour partners (including a snake and baby alligator), treat yourself to boba, participate in a clothes swap, make an upcycled craft, and sign up for an hour of Zumba!
November 22 – Get to Know Your Neighbors / Coal & the Unseen
9:00am-2:30pm at Brazos Bend State Park and W.A. Parish Generating Station
Explore the beauty of our local wildlife ecosystems while learning about environmental issues impacting our community. Knowledgeable guides at Brazos Bend State Park will lead you around 40 Acre Lake, sharing insights and stories along the way. And at the W.A. Parish, we'll learn how this coal plant impacts neighboring communities.
December 6 – Buried but Not Forgotten / Environmental Justice 101
9:00am-2:30pm at Bullhead Camp Cemetery, Imperial Sugar Factory, Lone Star & Blue Ridge Landfills
Our second day of tours will take us to the Bullhead Camp Cemetery and Imperial Sugar Factory to learn about the convict leasing system and the Sugar Land 95. Then we will pass by the Lone Star and Blue Ridge Landfills and learn about air quality monitoring, waste streams, and Houston environmental justice history.
Our project partners include Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County Environmental Organization, Close Parish Coal, Society of Justice & Equality for the People of Sugar Land, and Friends of Sugar Land 95. This project was made possible with support from the Ministry in the City HUB Collaborative Seed Grant, administered by the City Seminary of New York.