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Looking to Support Black-Owned Sustainable Businesses? Here’s a Shortlist
In honor of Black History Month, I’ve put together a shortlist of five black-owned businesses that are dedicated to sustainability. You’ve heard it before, but where you invest your money really does matter. Not only do we need to put an effort into supporting small businesses, but we also need to be seeking out those that are owned by minority groups.
To enact real change, we need to not only take time for self-reflection, but we need to actively support the black community.
In today’s blog, I really wanted to emphasize black-owned businesses that are implementing sustainable practices within their operations because climate change disproportionately affects black communities.
Black communities are more vulnerable to severe weather and floods, air pollution, and heat-waves. This is due to geographic location, proximity power plants and factories, and lack of tree cover and heat-trapping pavement.
Supporting black communities will help reduce the inequities gap, and supporting sustainability will help reduce the effects that these communities are disproportionately experiencing.
The businesses I chose to include showcase the creativity, innovation, and sense of responsibility the black community has to offer and has me…
