Hispanics are Interested in the Green Movement October 26, 2010
by Jennifer Brandt HAF helps communities to integrate “green
thinking” into their homes, workplaces, and local environments.
Poverty and other factors marginalize Hispanics in this country,
and as a result, Hispanics are disproportionately affected by
changes in energy costs, rising food prices and other impacts of
climate change. Hispanics’ quality of life is being negatively
affected by pollution. Poor air quality is disproportionately
harming Hispanics. According the American Lung Association,
Hispanic-American children have a higher rate of asthma than
Caucasian children. In the Northeastern United States, Hispanics
have an asthma death rate more than twice the rate of
Caucasians. HAF’s beneficiaries from around the country have
called in to express their interest around the following
environmental issues: - clean water - reducing waste/ proper
waste disposal - cleaner transportation options - green
construction - energy savings - healthy foo