Anti-Racism & Environmental Justice Resources

Sustainable Seattle stands in solidarity with the Black community and pledges to call out and work to dismantle our inherently racist and oppressive systems until there is true justice and equity for all. We won’t solve climate change without properly addressing social justice. Climate justice is racial justice. Here is a growing list of resources to learn more about the intrinsic link between anti-racism work and environmental justice: 

Black Environmentalists Talk About Climate and Anti-Racism by Somini Sengupta

Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism definitions by Green Action

From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement by Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster

Failed Promises: Evaluating the Federal Government’s Response to Environmental Justice

Our People, Our Planet, Our Power by Got Green and Puget Sound Sage

Racism is Killing the Planet by Hop Hopkins

The Least Convenient Truth Part 1 – Climate Change and White Supremacy by Bani Amor

TOWARD A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STUDIES: Black Lives Matter as an Environmental Justice Challenge

White supremacy produces disproportionate environmental pollution by Jibril Kyser