Environmental Justice

READING LIST

• Environmentalism’s Racist History

  • Jedediah Purdy, The New Yorker

• Racism Is Killing the Planet: The ideology of white supremacy leads the way toward disposable people and a disposable natural world

  • Hop Hopkins, Sierra Club

• Confronting Racism and Brutality with Justice and Truth

  • Mitchell Bernard, NRDC

• Black Bodies, Green Spaces: Why is the image of an environmentally conscious African-American still hard for us to picture?

  • Tiya Miles, The New York Times

• Black Environmentalists Talk About Climate and Anti-Racism

  • Climate FWD: Newsletter, The New York Times

• The Impact of Environmental Racism in Detroit with Sen. Warren & Rep. Tlaib

  • Elizabeth Warren, YouTube

• Why environmentalists should support the Black Lives Matter protests

  • Brentin Mock, Grist

• The Green Movement Is Talking About Racism? It's About Time

  • Brentin Mock, Outside Online

• Racial Equity Challenge Resources

  • UNH Sustainability Institute

• More Than a Lens: Centering Justice Now and Post-Pandemic

  • Rob Friedman & Yukyan Lam & Khalil Shahyd, NRDC

LEARN MORE:

• Climate Justice Alliance

  • Climate Justice Alliance members by Region

  • Frontline Youth: Fighting for Climate Justice

• Alliance for Climate Education

  • Youth & Climate: Tonyisha, Climate Justice and Air Pollution in Illinois

• New York City Environmental Justice Alliance

• WE ACT

  • Mini Lesson: Environmental Justice

• Sierra Club: People & Justice

This Environmental Justice Resource Library will be updated frequently.

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