Environmental justice is above all the need of our present generation to reconnect with the natural world. We propose to initiate this through organic gardening. This is crucially important today in light of the use of pesticides that farmers use, the engineering of seeds, etc.. We must learn again the sources of our food. Moreover, poor people are amongst the worst affected by environmental problems and especially by foods contaminated by pesticides and other harmful chemicals.

One of the leading environmentalists of today is Thomas Berry.

                           

Elisabeth Ferrero does organic gardening with her philosophy students on Saturday mornings, in a natural setting at St. Thomas University, close to a chickee hut built by the Miccossukee Indians, where most of her classes are held.