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Explores the contours of Latinx Catholic environmentalism
Home-based conservationist measures such as cultivating backyard gardens, avoiding consumerism, and limiting waste are widespread among Spanish-speaking Catholics across the United States. Yet these home-based conservationist practices are seldom recognized as environmental because they are enacted by working-class immigrant communities and do not conform to the expectations of mainstream environmentalism.
In Falling in Love with Nature, Amanda J. Baugh tells the story of American environmentalism through a focus on Spanish-speaking Catholics, shedding light on environmental actors who have been hidden in plain sight. While dominant narratives about environmental activism include minorities, primarily in the realm of environmental racism and injustice, Baugh demonstrates that minority communities are not merely victims of environmental problems. They can be active agents who express love for nature bas

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    Publisher: New York University Press
    Publication Date: 1/19/2024 12:11:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781479824052, 978-1479824052
    ISBN10: 1479824054

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    Explores the contours of Latinx Catholic environmentalism
    Home-based conservationist measures such as cultivating backyard gardens, avoiding consumerism, and limiting waste are widespread among Spanish-speaking Catholics across the United States. Yet these home-based conservationist practices are seldom recognized as environmental because they are enacted by working-class immigrant communities and do not conform to the expectations of mainstream environmentalism.
    In Falling in Love with Nature, Amanda J. Baugh tells the story of American environmentalism through a focus on Spanish-speaking Catholics, shedding light on environmental actors who have been hidden in plain sight. While dominant narratives about environmental activism include minorities, primarily in the realm of environmental racism and injustice, Baugh demonstrates that minority communities are not merely victims of environmental problems. They can be active agents who express love for nature bas

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