Open AccessOperation Bluetongue: immigrants, nature and belonging
Author(s) -
Mendes Leandro
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
trans/forming cultures ejournal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1833-8542
DOI - 10.5130/tfc.v5i1.1580
Subject(s) - immigration , natural (archaeology) , economic justice , sociology , political science , geography , law , archaeology
Leandro Mendes is an activist and educator who coordinated Operation Bluetongue, a program which addressed the interaction between recently arrived migrants and the natural environment in urban Sydney. This is an edited transcript of the talk he delivered to the Cities Nature Justice conference, December 2009, followed by questions and answers