The Promise and Peril of Environmental Justice
A critique of environmental justice movements in the United States.
A critique of environmental justice movements in the United States.
This paper explores the context of environmental justice (EJ) in Scotland, and presents a case study whereby the main attributes for an indicator of EJ were identified, encompassing procedural and distributive aspects of justice.
Marcel Wissenburg argues that ‘global and ecological justice’ represents an informal combination of four distinct and sometimes conflicting ideas: global justice, protection of the ecology, sustainability and sustainable growth.
Barlow draws on her extensive experience and insight as a water activist to lay out a set of key principles that show the way forward to what she calls a “water-secure and water-just world.”
Should Trees Have Standing? continues to serve as the definitive statement as to why trees, oceans, animals, and the environment as a whole should be bestowed with legal rights.
This film follows a resistance movement to the building of a dam on the Upper Yangtze River in southern China, highlighting Chairman Mao’s efforts to subjugate nature in the name of progress.
This film follows resistance to mining companies and the Peruvian government by local residents, focusing on the small town of Tambogrande.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal, Judi Bari gives an update on the lawsuit against FBI for its handling of the 1990 car bombing; Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney’s car were bombed and they were both arrested for terrorism activities.
This film investigates the crises facing China’s environment from the perspectives of four activists.
This film recounts the formation and rise of Greenpeace as one of the world’s most prominent environmentalist organizations.