Environmental Justice
How the Just Label elevates equity from the ground up
In the building industry, HMTX Industries and CallisonRTKL are early adopters of the social justice "nutrition label" for companies. Read More
The world-changing potential of STEAM-powered youth
An Indigenous educator, inventor, author and environmental activist, 20-year-old Danielle Boyer has already accomplished more than most adults when it comes to increasing diversity, Read More
Waste: an environmental justice issue we should be talking about
MacArthur Fellow Catherine Coleman Flowers exposes the indignity, danger and inequity of failing sanitation infrastructure in the south. Read More
Northeast states move towards more sustainable, healthier transit
State members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative forged a bipartisan agreement to providing greener public transportation options to underserved communities. Read More
These faith leaders organized and won 2 major environmental victories in Louisiana
Churches and other places of worship helped strike down an industry-backed ballot amendment and delay a massive plastics project. Read More
Farmworkers have been left behind by fractured labor and disaster aid systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed massive shortcomings in the nation’s labor and disaster aid systems, which have for decades failed to protect workers who come to the U.S. every year for seasonal work. Read More
Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?
Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. Read More
How to talk about racial justice in sustainability
Now is the time to shake the foundation of how we operate as a society. Read More
Is your environmentalism intersectional? It should be
Intersectional Environmentalist was founded in June with a mission of dismantling systems of oppression in the environmental movement. Read More
Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South
An expanding wood pellet market in the Southeast has fallen short of climate and job goals — instead bringing air pollution, noise and reduced biodiversity in majority Black communities. Read More