ecojustice
Green equity movement
Ecojustice is the principle that environmental protection and social justice are inseparable—that pollution, climate change, and resource depletion disproportionately harm marginalized communities.
The term bridges environmental activism with civil rights concerns: The ecojustice movement fights against toxic waste dumps in low-income neighborhoods.
Also styled eco-justice.
Advocacy for nature protection
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- movementChange in position
protest · organizing · coalition · solidarity · mobilization · demonstration · resistance · lobbying
Disproportionate pollution burden on minorities
- toxic exposureContact with harmful substances
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
extraction · exploitation · marginalization · vulnerability · redlining · dumping · contamination · health disparities
Fitting to new conditions
- mitigationReduction of severity
- climate refugeesPeople displaced by environmental catastrophe
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
flooding · food security · water scarcity · heat island · resilience · vulnerability · fossil fuels · emissions
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- frameworkUnderlying support system
compliance · governance · mandate · reparations · accountability · remediation · zoning · land rights
Non-urban population centers
- tribal nationsSelf-governing native communities
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- fisherfolkPeople who catch seafood
- Global SouthEconomically disadvantaged nations collectively
Appalachia · Niger Delta · Standing Rock · Bhopal · Amazon · Pacific Islands · campesinos · favelas
environmentalism
Advocacy for nature protection
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
movement · protest · organizing · coalition · solidarity · mobilization · demonstration · resistance · lobbying · direct action
environmental racism
Disproportionate pollution burden on minorities
- toxic exposureContact with harmful substances
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
colonialism · extraction · exploitation · marginalization · vulnerability · redlining · dumping · contamination · health disparities · poverty
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- mitigationReduction of severity
- climate refugeesPeople displaced by environmental catastrophe
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
drought · flooding · food security · water scarcity · heat island · resilience · vulnerability · fossil fuels · emissions · decarbonization
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- treatyBinding pact between nations
framework · compliance · governance · mandate · reparations · accountability · remediation · zoning · land rights · water rights
rural communities
Non-urban population centers
- tribal nationsSelf-governing native communities
- farmworkersAgricultural manual laborers
- fisherfolkPeople who catch seafood
Global South · Appalachia · Niger Delta · Standing Rock · Bhopal · Amazon · Pacific Islands · campesinos · favelas · townships
ecojusticeenvironmental racism
Disproportionate pollution burden on minorities
ecojusticeeco-fascism
Authoritarian environmentalism by force
justice, ecosystem, eco-friendly, eco, social justice, ecocide, environmental justice, ecofeminism, ecocentric