Wealth and vegetation go together, and that exacerbates environmental injustice. The poor bear the burden of degraded environments.

Formally, I did my studies in the sciences, but I was very conscious that I was being deprived of culture. While studying neuroscience, I was running a rock-music festival and was able to use that as a platform to explore what it takes to produce art for 20,000 inebriated 20-somethings.

We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.

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