The fair distribution of environmental costs and benefits, and the recognition of social inequalities in relation to environmental issues.
Historical Roots of Environmental Inequality: This topic involves examining the historical factors that have contributed to environmental injustice and inequality, such as colonialism, racism, and economic exploitation.
Social Construction of Nature: This topic explores how the idea of "nature" is socially constructed and how it has been used to justify environmental injustices.
Environmental Racism: This topic involves examining how race and racism intersect with environmental issues, such as the siting of toxic waste facilities in marginalized communities.
Environmental Health: This topic focuses on the health effects of environmental degradation and pollution, especially in low-income and marginalized communities.
Environmental Policy: This topic involves examining the laws, regulations, and policies that shape environmental decision-making, and how they can perpetuate environmental injustice.
Environmental Advocacy and Activism: This topic explores the ways in which individuals and communities can advocate for environmental justice and push for change.
Climate Change and Environmental Justice: This topic focuses on the intersection of climate change with environmental justice, including the disproportionate impacts on marginalized communities.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: This topic involves examining the environmental knowledge and practices of Indigenous and other traditional communities, and how they can inform environmental decision-making.
Environmental Ethics: This topic explores the moral and ethical dimensions of environmental issues, including how environmental justice is connected to broader ethical concerns.
Environmental Education: This topic involves examining how environmental education can promote environmental justice and empower individuals and communities to take action.
Racial environmental justice: Addressing the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color.
Gender environmental justice: Addressing how environmental hazards disproportionately affect women and girls.
Indigenous environmental justice: Addressing the unique relationship between Indigenous peoples and their environment.
Economic environmental justice: Addressing how environmental hazards disproportionately impact low-income communities.
Global environmental justice: Addressing the negative impacts of environmental degradation on the global community, particularly in developing countries.
Intergenerational environmental justice: Addressing the responsibility we have to ensure that future generations have access to clean air and water, climate stability, and biodiversity.
Environmental racism: A form of environmental injustice that specifically addresses the systemic discrimination of communities of color in environmental policies and practices.
Environmental health justice: Addressing the intersection of environmental hazards and public health.
Food justice: Addressing unequal access to nutritious food and the environmental problems that can be associated with industrial agriculture.
Climate justice: Addressing the unequal burden of climate change impacts on vulnerable populations globally.