Environmental Justice

Standing up for our health and homes.

Uniting and Building Movements

by Van Jones, Sarah van Gelder

posted Dec 10, 2008

Van Jones has been a critical bridge between the environmental and social justice worlds through his call for green collar jobs. Sarah van Gelder asked him what it was like for him to act as that bridge.

Carl Pope & Van Jones

by Van Jones, Carl Pope

posted Jun 09, 2008

Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss Environmentalism, New Media, Civil Rights, the Economy

People We Love :: Erica Fernandez

posted Feb 03, 2008

16 year-old Erica Fernandez received a 2007 Brower Youth award for her campaign to stop the building of a liquefied natural gas plant.

People We Love

posted Jul 29, 2007

People We Love: Kelydra Weckler, Reverend Todd Eklof, Lauren Jacobs, Corbin Harney

Interview with Bineshi Albert and Bruce McClackey

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Jun 27, 2007

Interview with Bineshi Albert and Bruce McClackey during the Freedom Caravan to the US Social Forum

Economic Rebirth After the Storm

by Meizhu Lui

posted Feb 24, 2006

United for a Fair Economy helps the devastated Houma Nation organize a new economic model for itself.

Just, Green & Beautiful Cities

by Carl Anthony

posted Jun 03, 2005

Carl Anthony on the regional equity movement, and making cities work.

Two Crises, One Solution

by Van Jones

posted May 25, 2005

We face devastation of the natural world and violence in human communities. There's a way to solve both these crises. A reverence movement would anchor a different economics, a restorative economics. Working with nature, we can create wealth sustainably and spread it more equitably. Solution-based, investment-driven environmentalism.

The Green Belt Movement :: The Story of Wangari Maathai

by Mia MacDonald

posted Mar 25, 2005

Wangari Maathai, founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement, recently won the Nobel Peace Prize. Her message: Peace is founded in healthy ecosystems, access to natural resources, and democracy.

Principles of Environmental Justice

posted Mar 31, 2003

Declaration from the People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit.

Book Review: Planet Dialectics by Wolfgang Sachs

by Misa Saros

posted Sep 30, 2000

In Planet Dialectics, Wolfgang Sachs repeatedly asks the nagging question: "Whose development and of what?"

Peace Trees, Vietnam

by Gay-Wynn Cooper

posted Jun 30, 1999

Although public opinion has turned against the use of landmines, a large number remain active, a lethal reminder of wars long over. One group of Americans and Vietnamese are removing landmines and restoring an indigenous ecosystem ...

Mothers For Eco-justice

by Tracy Rysavy

posted Jun 30, 1998

Mothers in East Los Angeles, Detroit, and other communities started out saying "no" to toxic neighbors. Now they are also building a future for their cities.

Paving Paradise

by Heidi Werver

posted Mar 31, 1998

Traditional methods didn't work for the troubled students at the Pan Terra Alternative High School, so counselor Larry Davies turned to nature to help teach and heal them.