Reading Questions
What specific sector of green infrastructure does the author focus on?
Flood Risk Control initiatives.
What culture is Carmen an educator, advocate, and member of?
Santa Ynez band of Chumash Indians (Chumash peoples)
True or false: According to our author, Green Infrastructure initiatives have historically had a negative impact on communities of color or lower overall income.
True.
What language does Carmen speak and teach?
Sʰamala.
According to the Author, should we be looking towards the global north or global south for examples of scientific and cultural innovation?
The Global South
What is "boat" in Chumash culture?
Hint: Carmen worked on one and discussed it in class.
Tomol / Tomolo
What year was this article published in?
Hint: Think about the events the article discusses and how our actions could/should respond to such.
2020.
What was Carmen's "First Job"?
Managing the door of her grandmothers' house.
Which President was responsible for creating the Prairie States Forestry Project in response to the Dust Bowl?
Frankin D. Roosevelt.
Who in Carmen's life guided her toward understanding how to do body healing?
Her grandmother.