Ecolandscapes for Environmental Justice
Environmental justice at its core is the fair treatment of all people regardless of socioeconomic status. It ensures the health and wellbeing of all people, particularly marginalized communities, regarding hazardous waste, resource extraction, and safe land use and development practices. This page is meant to provide you with some starting points in learning more about environmental justice through the lens of the Capital Region. We hope that you feel inspired to learn, act, and connect with your community in a way that is meaningful to you!
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Recommended Reading
Surface Permeability and Environmental Justice in Urban Habitats: What's the Connection?
“Want Clean Water? Filter with Soil.” 2015. MSU Extension. June 17, 2015. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/want_clean_water_filter_with_soil.
“Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bioretention Rain Gardens in Removing Pollutants Associated with Tire Dumping and Roadside Pollution.” n.d. Accessed March 19, 2024.https://poverty.umich.edu/faculty-project/evaluating-the-effectiveness-of-bioretention-rain-gardens-in-removing-pollutants-associated-with-tire-dumping-and-roadside-pollution.
“Climate Change Impacts in the Northeast.” n.d. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/services/blog/2023/11/15/index.html.
Culler, Megan, James D. Wickham, Mahliha Nash, and Matthew Clement. 2024. “Impervious Cover Change as an Indicator of Environmental Equity Dynamics.” SSRN Scholarly Paper. Rochester, NY. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4727620.
Davis, Brian. n.d. “CSOs and Landscape as Infrastructure in Troy, NY,” 17.
Frazer, Lance. 2005. “Paving Paradise: The Peril of Impervious Surfaces.” Environmental Health Perspectives 113 (7): A456–62.
Kellogg, Scott. n.d. Urban Ecosystem Justice: Strategies for Equitable Sustainability and Ecological Literacy in the City. Accessed October 26, 2021.https://www.routledge.com/Urban-Ecosystem-Justice-Strategies-for-Equitable-Sustainability-and-Ecological/Kellogg/p/book/9780367858704.
Schell, Christopher J., Karen Dyson, Tracy L. Fuentes, Simone Des Roches, Nyeema C. Harris, Danica Sterud Miller, Cleo A. Woelfle-Erskine, and Max R. Lambert. 2020. “The Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Systemic Racism in Urban Environments.” Science 369 (6510). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay4497.
“Sunday Social Justice: Flooding in Marginalized Communities - The San Diego Union-Tribune.” n.d. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2024-02-11/heavy-rains-offer-revelations-and-reminders-about-environment-inequality.
“Type of Storm That Drenched New York Is up to 20% Wetter Due to Climate Crisis | Climate Crisis | The Guardian.” n.d. Accessed March 19, 2024.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/new-york-city-flooding-rain-storm-climate-change.
White-Newsome, Jalonne, Marie S. O’Neill, Carina Gronlund, Tenaya M. Sunbury, Shannon J. Brines, Edith Parker, Daniel G. Brown, Richard B. Rood, and Zorimar Rivera. 2009. “Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Environmental Justice: Advancing Knowledge and Action.”Environmental Justice2 (4): 197–205.https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2009.0032.