In the pursuit of a positive environmental future, it is important to consider humans as a component of nature rather than separate of it. The field of environmental justice recognizes the integrated relationships between peoples and natures. Environmental justice leaders provide visions for a socially […]
An Upstate New York native, Dr. Robin W. Kimmerer’s career as a plant ecologist and scholar aims to include the role of indigenous knowledge in the pursuit of ecological restoration and sustainability. An enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer has dedicated her life […]
Coming from South Bronx, Majora Carter has spent most of her career motivated by environmental justice issues that pertain to urban communities. Carter has been a major advocate for change in the placement of urban green spaces and the creation of “green collar” jobs in […]
Winona LaDuke is an American environmentalist, writer, and advocate for the preservation of Native American land claims. With family heritage from the Ojibwe tribe located in the White Earth Reservation of Minnesota, LaDuke became an activist and community leader within the broader Native American community […]
Karen Washington is a political activist and community leader who has spent her life fighting for food justice. Recognizing that lower income, urban communities tend to have less access to fresh, local products, Washington has mobilized many urban neighborhoods to start community gardens and hold […]
Dr. Beverly Wright is a scholar and advocate for environmental justice in the American South. She helped found the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice which addresses health inequities in the famed “Cancer Alley” of lower Mississippi and helped monitor the fairness of disaster relief […]
Often described as the father of environmental justice, Dr. Robert D. Bullard is a professor and writer who has dedicated his life to researching and shaping the field of environmental justice in academic literature. He has written eighteen books that address a variety of EJ […]