Green Gentrification: When Parks Become Weapons of Displacement
Season 2 Episode:7. June 09, 2026
Exposes how green infrastructure can deepen environmental racism, driving our anti-displacement commitments and solidarity with racialized communities facing green gentrification.
Summary: Examines how environmental improvements can accelerate the displacement of low-income and racialized residents (green gentrification).Connection: Partners with tenant unions and supports community land trusts to ensure environmental improvements do not displace the people who need them most.
Key Takeaways: • Green infrastructure projects can exacerbate environmental racism and displacement• Green gentrification represents a form of neocolonial dispossession• Environmental justice requires housing protection alongside greening interventions• Community-led planning is essential to prevent green development from harming residents• Racialized communities bear disproportionate burdens of both pollution and green gentrification
Keywords: Green gentrification, racial inequity, environmental justice, Barcelona.
Source: Racial inequity in green infrastructure and gentrification: Challenging Compounded Environmental Racisms in the Green City, Alex Laszewicki et al.
The Feminist Park is a pioneering intersectional feminist urban initiative that reimagines public green space through the lived experiences of women, migrants, LGBTQI+ people, and racialised communities. Rooted in care ethics, anti-racism, and queer theory, the project challenges the androcentric design of cities by co-creating inclusive, safe, and ecologically regenerative parks. By combining rigorous scientific research with grassroots feminist praxis, the Feminist Park advocates for the right to the city for all bodies,particularly those historically excluded from public space. Learn more and join the movement at www.feminist-park.org.