Environmental Activism: An Interview With Melissa Banks

With all the issues , we as minorities have to tackle, why should we be involved with global warming and other tree hugger issues? But did you really stop and think that we are major stakeholders. We face the ramifications of the fall-out each and every day. The press, as with so many other issues involving minorities, just doesn't cover it. Remember Flint, Michigan?

Environmental Sustainability Expert, Melissa Banks, speaks to The Walt Weekly.

About Melissa Banks

MelySustainable was started by Mel Banks, a born & raised Brooklynite turned Queens and Long Island local.

Growing up in East New York Brooklyn ,as a woman of color, she has always been passionate about the environment, dividing her time between Brooklyn and the beaches and swamps of Florida. In her youth, she attended various environmental programs in New York City including the now closed Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, Christodora and the Girl Scouts of America. She kept her love for the environment through her studies, majoring in Wildlife Conservation at the High School for Environmental Studies, Environmental Studies with a minor in Urban Studies at CUNY Queens College and majoring in Environmental Science in her graduate studies.

Mel started MelySustainable, a sustainable living blog in 2019. MelySustainable was created to serve as both a resource and a community of people from all over the world, specifically underserved communities. The blog focuses on sharing information and advice pertaining to environmental conservation and sustainability.