What is Environmental Justice?
Broadly, the EPA defines environmental justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, culture, national origin, income, and educational levels with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of protective environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Fair treatment means that everyone is fully protected from disproportionate and adverse human health and environmental effects (including risks) and hazards, including those related to climate change, the cumulative impacts of environmental and other burdens, and the legacy of racism or other structural or systemic barriers.
Why does this matter?
Everyone should have equitable access to a healthy, sustainable, and resilient environment in which to live, play, work, learn, grow, worship, and engage in cultural and subsistence practices.
Welcome
Join BC's Office of Student Life for a special Earth Week event in partnership with the Sierra Club as we educate attendees about environmental laws and the actions being taken to preserve our planet. Learn how you can make a difference, engage in insightful discussions, and explore ways to contribute to a more sustainable future. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate and protect the Earth!
BC Databases
Below, you will find a list of databases helpful for environmental justice topics:
- Environmental Studies and Policies: OneFile This link opens in a new windowEnvironmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policy makers, and corporate interests
- Environmental Studies In Context This link opens in a new windowUnderstand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowCovering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Includes full-text open access content, plus indexing and abstracts.
Earth Overshoot
Print Books
Our History Is the Future by Call Number: E99.D1 E87 2019ISBN: 9781804295502Publication Date: 2023-09-26
The Wild and the Toxic by Call Number: RA566.3 .T47 2019ISBN: 9781469651644Publication Date: 2019-05-13
Land of Extraction by Call Number: HD9506.U63 W427 2024ISBN: 9781479821259Publication Date: 2024-03-12
Chasing the Red Queen by Call Number: SB957 .D94 2014ISBN: 9781610915182Publication Date: 2014-12-18
The Real Cost of Fracking by Call Number: TD195.G3 B36 2014ISBN: 9780807084939Publication Date: 2014-08-05
On [fire] : the burning case for a Green New Deal by Call Number: GF75 .K59 2019ISBN: 9780735279247Publication Date: 2019
eBooks
Environmental Racism in the United States and Canada : Seeking Justice and Sustainability by ISBN: 9798400646959Publication Date: 2020
