Course Library

Bullard, Robert D. 2008. Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity. MIT Press.
“Racism disguised as smart growth is still racism” (372) argues the ‘father of environmental justice’ in this examination of (un)fair urban development options

Gino-Whitaker, Dina. 2019. As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock. Beacon Press.
an Indigenous activist explores women’s leadership, food and water rights, treaty violations, and sacred land protections across America through the centuries

Ray, Sarah Jaquette. 2013. The Ecological Other: Environmental Exclusion in American Culture. University of Arizona Press.
a look into how disabled, immigrant, and Indigenous communities are negatively positioned – and often harmed – by the US’s mainstream conservation movement

Schlosberg, David. 2007. Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature. Oxford University Press.
the ‘classic’ text in environmental justice building on community activism and political theory to underscore the need for both procedural and distributive justice

Smith, Linda Tuhiwai. 2013. Decolonizing methodologies: Research and indigenous peoples. Zed Books Ltd.
a critical examination of the basis of Western research, and the positioning of the indigenous as 'Other' that explores the embedding of imperialism through "regimes of truth"

Sze, Julie. 2020. Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger. University of California Press.
an Asian American professor’s ‘cautiously hopeful’ take on environmental mobilisation in response to racial and class divides from Puerto Rico to Dakota

Taylor, Dorceta E. 2014. Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility. New York University Press.
a comprehensive study of racially motivated zoning laws and government (in)action demonstrating how minority communities are literally dumped on

Wald, S. D., D. J. Vázquez, P. S. Ybarra, and S. J. Ray. 2019. Latinx Environmentalisms: Place, Justice, and the Decolonial. Temple University Press.
an anthology showcasing Latinx scholarship in film, art, and literature that evokes disability, animal, and queer studies to create a decolonial environmentalism

Zimring, Carl A. 2015. Clean and White: A History of Environmental Racism in the United States. New York University Press.
a historical account of how the racially bigoted perception of non-whites as ‘dirty’ was created and is maintained, shaping today’s environmental inequalities

An American Ascent (2014, 66 minutes)
the first Black expedition to climb Denali defies stereotypes in outdoor adventure

Beyond Recognition (2015, 24 minutes)
an Ohlone woman establishes an Indigenous urban land trust in California

Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek (2014, 56 minutes)
a teacher works against corporate interests bulldozing ancestral lands

Green Warriors Series (2017-2019, 3 episodes x 54 minutes)
journalists uncover environmental harms in Indonesia, South Africa, and Paraguay

Mni Wiconi - Water is Life (2016, 8.5 minutes)
a brief look at the battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, created by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Standing Rock from VICELAND’s Rise Series (2017, 110 minutes)
Sioux women’s resistance and pan-tribal protest to the Dakota Access Pipeline

Urban Roots (2011, 93 minutes)
Black gardeners in Detroit forge inner-city environmental transformation

All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020, 102 minutes)
a look at voter suppression in the US, exploring its historical roots and contemporary realities

Deep Pacific Podcast
This podcast amplifies the voices of everyday Pasifika people exploring topics within important cultural, political, and/or socioeconomical themes such as Pacific identity, indigenous languages, decolonization of the islands, queerness in cultures, and more through indigenous points of view. Hosted by Kalåni Reyes, an Indigenous Pasifika millennial woman in STEM.

Dismantled
Dismantled is a podcast for intersectional environmentalists and voices focused on climate justice. Intersectional Environmentalist works to dismantle systems of oppression in the environmental movement, believing that conversations about the climate crisis must centre, and be led by, those most impacted by it: Black, Indigenous + POC communities.

Earth Matters
Distributed by Australia’s Community Radio Network, Earth Matters reports on local, national and international environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. 3CR is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, traditional owners of the land from which they transmit people powered radio.

Living Downstream
Hosted by NCPM News Director Steve Mencher, Living Downstream explores environmental justice in communities from California to Indonesia.

Stepping into Truth
Actor, political consultant, and life coach Omkari Williams explores the power of stories and hosts conversations on race, gender, and social justice. Her approach to life is inspired by Alice Walker: “Activism is the rent I pay for living on the planet.”

Stories from Home: Living the Just Transition
The translocal organising strategy and mobilising capacity of the Climate Justice Alliance is building a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. Their podcast spans across landscapes and languages to provide the listener with experiences from the often overlooked but extremely valuable climate justice work of everyday people as they decolonize through cooking, paint future visions on the page, build family, take back food systems and more.

We Be Imagining
The We Be Imagining Podcast examines the intersection of race, tech, surveillance, gender and disability in the COVID-19 era. Check out their episode with Abiodun Henderson, founder of Gangstas to Growers.

He wahī paʻakai: A package of salt
Dr Emalani Case offers stories and reflections inspired by paʻakai, salt: “This blog was created to provide a space, like the ocean’s edge lined with rocks, where the waves can collect in stoned pockets, beginning to crystallize, taking new shapes and forms, new purpose. Like salt, the ideas shared here may appear to be fixed in writing: solid and unchanging. Yet, they are as fluid as the sea they come from...”

Justice Studio
Justice Studio is a UK-based social enterprise offering an alternative consultancy model motivated by empathy. Justice Studio uses their work to support those in society who are most disadvantaged, or who lack a voice, such as children, adults at risk, offenders, and communities affected by migration, conflict or unequal power relations. Their blog provides concrete advice for organisations and individuals seeking to make internal change as well as analyses of pressing social issues.

Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner
Kathy is a Marshall Islander poet, performance artist, educator. She also co-founded the youth environmentalist non-profit Jo-Jikum, dedicated to empowering Marshallese youth to seek solutions to climate change and other environmental impacts threatening their home island. This blog hosts some of Kathy's poetry, reflections about current event, and news about climate activism around the Pacific.

Native Movement
Native Movement is dedicated to building people power, rooted in an Indigenised worldview, toward healthy, sustainable, & just communities for ALL. The organisation supports grassroots-led projects that align with their vision, that dismantle oppressive systems for all, and that endeavour to ensure social justice, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and the rights of Mother Earth. Their blog highlights ongoing projects and Indigenous voices on current events.

WE ACT for Environmental Justice
It is well-documented that some of the most polluted environments in America are where people of color live, work, play, and pray. WE ACT was started in 1988 when three fearless community leaders saw that environmental racism was rampant in their West Harlem neighborhood, and they demanded community-driven, political change. The WE ACT blog captures ongoing activities and shares perspectives on environmental racism and justice initiatives around the US.