The Cloud Factory April 30, 2008
When eighteen year-old Marisol discovers that a coal power plant in her Chicago-based Latino neighborhood of Little Village may be the cause of her sister’s asthma, she becomes a youth activist fighting for cleaner air and alternative energy. But when she learns that the dirtiest polluting industries in America are predominantly located in low-income communities of color, her struggle to achieve a greener world involves another battle —one to expose environmental racism. In order to raise awareness about the damaging impact of the coal power plant in Little Village, Marisol organizes youth in Little Village to create a multimedia Google mapzine documenting the toxics and assets in her community. In doing so, she networks with others youth environmental activists from around the country who join in her effort to build a global online Map for Environmental Justice. A video by Marisol Becerra with Zane Scheuerlein
