www.soulofenvironmentalism.org
Nine economic, environmental, and social policy leaders provide a perspective on the role and connectivity of environmental and progressive movements today. They discuss the crucial importance of race and class in the environmental movement.
A project that sought to foster a more diverse and inclusive grassroots movement around health, housing, land use, and environmental justice. Participants engaged in a series of anti-racist, anti-oppression trainings to examine the barriers that exist among their communities and in their work.
Changing the Social Climate
A conversation between Michel Gelobter, Executive Director of Redefining Progress, and Catherine Lerza, Senior Philanthropic Advisor at the Tides Foundation, about global warming as it relates to economic and social justice (a Tides Foundation publication).
A historic conversation of more than 90 leaders from environmental justice, public health, conservation, faith-based and community organizations that came together to address the challenges of working together across racial and other barriers and to begin to heal some of the misunderstandings of the past.
Pyramid Communications and The Nature Conservancy conducted surveys and discussion groups among people and organizations of color in Washington, New Mexico, and Colorado with the intent of developing a strategy for increasing partnerships with communities of color. Through analysis of the information collected and the shifting demographics of the western U.S., the authors identified the need for the conservation community to successfully work with communities of color and provided effective outreach strategies and tools.
Conservation Based Affordable Housing: Improving the Nature of Affordable Housing to Protect Place and People
This Conservation Fund report spotlights the opportunity to develop housing for low- and moderate-income residents while protecting natural and working landscapes. It includes case studies, information about limited development as a conservation tool and a perspective on where this trend may be headed.
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Author, Paul Mohai, presents both statistical and anecdotal evidence that African Americans care about the environment. On many issues, such as protection of open space and national parks, African Americans rated their concern at the same level as their white counterparts. On other issues, such as rain forest extinction and the greenhous effect, African Americans showed higher concern.