Video
- Climate and Gentrification
- Four Indigenous Communities, One Goal: Environmental Justice
- Atomic Homefront
- Popaganda: Environmental Justice
News Publications
- East St. Louis Kids Struggle with Life Threatening Disease
- Environmentalism’s Racist History
- Environmental Inequalities
- The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations
- Toxic Waste and Race; Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty
- Why are our Parks so White?
- How The Environmental Movement Can Recover Its Soul
Academic Journals and Books
LaDuke, W. (2015). All Our Relations: Native struggles for land and life. Boston, South End Press.
Alkon, A. H., & Agyeman, J. (2011). Cultivating food justice: Race, class, and sustainability. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
Bullard, R. D. (1994). Dumping in Dixie: Race, class, and environmental quality. Boulder: Westview Press.
Hurley, A. (1997). Fiasco at Wagner Electric: Environmental Justice and Urban Geography in St. Louis. Environmental History,2(4), 460-481. Retrieved from here.
Agyeman, J. (2012). Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice. New York, NY: New York University Press.
Bullard, R. D., & Wright, B. (2012). The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities. New York: New York University Press.
University Courses
For a list of courses related to environmental justice that is periodically updated, please visit this website.
Additional Resources
- Race is the single biggest indicator of whether you live near hazardous waste (The study)
- The United Church of Christ’s National Report on the Racial and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Communities with Hazardous Waste Sites
- Principles of Environmental Justice and EJNet
- Think People of Color Don’t Care about the Environment? Think Again
- Report expounds on old problem: lack of diversity in green groups
- The Garden: a gripping documentary on the South Central Farmers of LA and the intersection of land ownership, race, and politics
Get Involved with Environmental Justice
WashU’s Environmental Justice Initiative
Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE)
Dutchtown South Community Corporation (DSCC): So Fresh So Clean So Creative
The Rooted in the Community National Network
Just Moms STL (West Lake Landfill activism)
Missouri Coalition for the Environment
US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice