Sustaining Hope and Action in the Face of Global Environmental Injustice | Tanvi Gadhia | TEDxUMBC

Opening your eyes and heart to the injustices and suffering in the world often leads to despair. But some manage to stay open to recognizing our interconnection to the planet and its problems. How can one find inspiration and hope and see the value in the grief we feel for those less privileged than us and use this as a catalyst to make wise choices? Learn about the role communities can play in uplifting and empowering.

When a young Indian American woman visits India as a college student, she witnesses heartbreaking poverty. This triggers a deeper study of the intersections between our lives, our resource privilege, and those who are displaced by modern consumption. Learn ways to incorporate this understanding in all of our lives, and some insights into spinning heartbreak into action and personal agency through one woman's eyes. Tanvi has worked in community organizing, policy advocacy, environmental education, and human rights locally, nationally, and internationally and is currently the sustainability coordinator at UMBC.

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"The luxuries of a few of us come at the sacrifice of so much."