In September 2022, Typhoon Merbok hit Alaska. Alaskan Native communities lost homes, critical food storage, and faced many catastrophic consequences. Philanthropy often responds to these types of ...

Participatory justice is a central part of the environmental justice movement, as outlined by several of the Principles of Environmental Justice: Environmental Justice demands the right to participate ...

In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted ...

Explore how architecture can promote environmental justice and equity in urban design, addressing climate change and ...

Society has to confront a multitude of existential challenges all at once: political instability, the digital divide, climate and environmental justice. Historically, Black communities have been left ...

Around the world, some of us are not able to drink from the tap because the water is loaded with toxic heavy metals that have seeped into the groundwater. Some of us have to stay indoors for days on ...

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: 30 YEARS OF FEDERAL FOCUS examines the state of environmental justice movement in the 30 years since former President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12898, making the issue ...

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with the Rev. Ben Chavis, an environmental justice pioneer. In 1981, ...

Touted for its pristine waters and health benefits, Warren County, North Carolina, was the last place one would expect to find a toxic waste dump. That is, Dollie Burwell realized, until you factor in ...

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