Environmental Justice
YES! Media’s environmental justice coverage recognizes that people are not separate from the environment but are an integral part of it—and responsible for its care. Because Indigenous and frontline communities suffer the worst impacts of environmental injustice, we center their experiences and solutions in our coverage. We lift up the stories of people who are holding polluters accountable, passing life-sustaining legislation, enshrining the legal rights of nature, and decolonizing their relationship with the land. As such, we don’t aim to “save” the environment, but to move away from extractive models (and industries) that create inequitable and unlivable futures for all living things. Instead, we feature intersectional, holistic models that balance the needs and rights of all life—human and non-human—on this planet.
Apocalypse Chow: Don’t Let Corporations Define Vegetables
Clawing Back Public Protections of Our Land, Air, and Climate
Immigrant Farmworkers Keep Each Other Safe from the Avian Flu
The Movement to Ban Plastic Production
Ending Malnutrition Takes More Than Just Food
Lessons in Climate Adaptation From Florida’s Hurricane Recovery
Pushing Back Against Disaster Capitalism in Florida
Taking Back the Power (Literally)
Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food
Community-Powered Solar in Puerto Rico
Justice at the Tap
Doulas Work on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis
A Taste of Home: How Ethnic Grocery Stores Create Community
Decolonizing Regenerative Cattle Ranching
Labor and Climate Form a More Perfect Union
Combining Old and New: Aquaponics Opens the Door to Indigenous Food Security
Where a Free Meal for Food-Insecure Families Is Just a Text Away
Individuals Are Not to Blame for the Climate Crisis
Justice at the Heart of Climate Activism
Growing Food and Latino Culture in Tucson’s Barrio Centro
Cultivating Food Sovereignty Through Regenerative Ocean Farming
There Is Enough Food, Just Not Enough Food Access
The Unsung Caribbean Roots of the Vegan Food Movement
To End Fossil Fuels, End Settler Colonialism
Our Vision to Create the Best Stories Imaginable
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