EnviroJustice

EnviroJustice is a relatively new organization that promotes fundamental systemic change, environmental and social justice through education, activism and mobilization from a progressive, faith-based perspective. We are global in scope and local in focus. Our job at EnviroJustice is to speak in broader terms and to articulate, disseminate and integ... rate the bigger picture into the landscape of both the environmental and faith-based communities. We tap into systems of thought and practice - very personal and developed early in childhood - that have oftentimes been allowed to become separate and distinct to the detriment of both. And so we speak in terms of praxis and the interconnection with love and justice. Like the Civil Rights Movement that helped to launch the drive for environmental justice in the United States, EnviroJustice sees the world through a different lens. Although rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition, EnviroJustice is deeply ecumenical and strongly based in science. We understand the influence of the corporate sector, the power global financial institutions hold in the marketplace, and how to leverage that influence and power to achieve real change in the world. As stated in our bylaws, the primary objectives and purposes of EnviroJustice shall be the promotion of environmental justice beneficial to the public interest through education, activism and mobilization from a faith-based perspective. Specifically, the bylaws provide that we shall engage in the following activities: Provide educational resources and materials to the public promoting the principles of environmental justice; Emphasize faith-based perspectives within the environmental justice movement; Organize progressive faith-based communities to support environmental justice issues; Promote the ethical, balanced and responsible uses of land and renewable resources in the interest of a sustainable planet for humans and other living things; Advocate on behalf of victims of environmental degradation; and Work to transform the global ...Read More