AboutFor Educators: Environmental Justice Movement
Unit Resources
Visit the Avoice exhibit on the Environmental Justice Movement.
Environmental Justice Movement Timeline
Bullard, Robert and Beverly Wright. Race, Place, and the Environmental Justice after Hurricane Katrina. Westview Press: New York, NY, 2009
Friedman, Thomas L. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How it Can Renew America. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Publisher, New York, NY, 2008
Hawken, Paul. Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw It Coming. Viking Press: New York, NY, 2007
Lerner, Steve. Diamond: A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 2006
Leuzzi, Linda. To the Young Environmentalist: Lives Dedicated to Preserving the Natural World. Franklin Watts Press: Danbury, CT, 1998
Avoice: African American Voice in Congress
http://www.avoiceonline.org
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
http://www.thecongressionalblackcaucus.com
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF)
http://www.cbcfinc.org
Environmental Justice, Environmental Racism
http://www.ejnet.org/
This is a web resource for Environmental Justice activists
Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org
This is a pollution information site where you can search for the in-depth reports for your county, covering air, water, chemicals, etc.
Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University
http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/
This web site provides the most current information about environmental issues that are occurring today: articles, Katrina updates, the latest legal actions on landfill and waste dumps, videos, and legislative actions (local, state, and federal).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Compliance and Enforcement
http://epa.gov/compliance/resources/fags/ej/
This site is an excellent source for learning about environmental protection, compliance with the nation’s environmental laws and enforcement of those laws.
Trouble the Water. Dir. Carl Deal; Tia Lessin. Zeitgeist Films, 2008.
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Dir. Spike Lee. HBO Home Video, 2006.
