{"id":14701,"date":"2026-03-16T14:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/?p=14701"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:32:32","slug":"climate-justice-book-group-the-battle-for-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/2026\/03\/16\/climate-justice-book-group-the-battle-for-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Justice Book\u00a0Group: The Battle\u00a0for\u00a0Paradise\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>4 Fridays on Zoom (5\/22, 5\/29, 6\/5, 6\/12) from 12:30 \u2013 1:30 pm<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"A book named &quot;The battle for paradise&quot; written by Naomi Klein\" class=\"wp-image-14702 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/image.png 364w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/image-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Description: The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists by Naomi Klein examines the aftermath of Hurricane Maria as a lens into the intersection of climate disaster, racial injustice, and economic exploitation. Klein documents how Puerto Rico&#8217;s crisis was seized upon by outside investors and policymakers to push through privatization and austerity measures, while grassroots Puerto Rican communities fought back with bold visions for a more just and sustainable future. This short but powerful book invites readers to consider who bears the greatest burden of climate change and who gets to shape recovery. Faculty are encouraged to join this four-session discussion as an opportunity to deepen their engagement with climate justice themes and explore how disaster, power, and community resilience connect to the civic challenges our students face every day.&nbsp;Caroline Fitzpatrick will&nbsp;facilitate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6 Seats<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bcfacultycommons.formstack.com\/forms\/cjbook_group_sp26\">Sign up<\/a>\u00a0to receive the Zoom link. Copies of the book will be made available to\u00a0registrants.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Open to faculty and staff.\u202f For more information, contact&nbsp;Sonya Doucette<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Fridays on Zoom (5\/22, 5\/29, 6\/5, 6\/12) from 12:30 \u2013 1:30 pm&nbsp; Description: The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists by Naomi Klein examines the aftermath of Hurricane Maria as a lens into the intersection of climate disaster, racial injustice, and economic exploitation. Klein documents how Puerto Rico's crisis was <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/2026\/03\/16\/climate-justice-book-group-the-battle-for-paradise\/\">...more about Climate Justice Book\u00a0Group: The Battle\u00a0for\u00a0Paradise\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3811,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[190],"class_list":["post-14701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-spring-2026"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-12 14:28:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14703,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14701\/revisions\/14703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}