Resources . . .
Toxic Wastes at Twenty, 1987-2007
A follow-up study to the landmark study Toxic Waste and Race in the United States, a report commissioned by the United Church of Christ and released 20 years ago that put the environmental justice movement on the map two decades ago, the 2007 report again finds a clear racial pattern where waste sites are located and the way the government responds or does not respond to contamination emergencies in people of color.
Identifying Polluters in Your Area
Scorecard is a national database of in-depth pollution reports prepared by county, covering air, water, chemicals, and more. Scorecard is now operated by Green Media Toolshed, of which EnviroJustice is a member organization.
Environmental Justice Case Studies
There are a number of environmental justice stories that deserve expanded coverage in order to understand the extent of the issues invovled.
Case studies of the Love Canal and Newtown Creek incidents are now available.
Opening the Letter
Opening the Letter: A Congregational Guide to God's Earth Is Sacred. The National Council of Churches presents Opening the Letter, a new study guide, which offers a study and worship resource that broadly and powerfully articulates the scriptural and theological foundations of our call to care for God's creation.
In September of 2004, top theologians created a statement in response to one of the most harmful and insidious false gospels of our time: the notion that care for God's sacred, yet wounded, Earth should not concern Christians. The new study guide provides opportunities for educational forums to discuss and explore this important ecumenical statement on the environment.
The guide has four study sessions centered on different sections of God's Earth Is Sacred, as well as resources for worship, group building resources, and suggestions for retreats.
Produced by the National Council of Churches, the study guide was written by former Earth Ministry staff member Tanya Marcovna Barnett.
Sharing God’s Planet
Sharing God's Planet was commissioned by the Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs Council and is commended by the Council as a contribution to study, discussion and action. It was written by Claire Foster, Policy Adviser for Science, Technology, Medicine and Environment for the Archbishops’ Council.
Books and Other Sources . . .
Julian Agyeman, "Alternatives for Community and Environment: Where Justice and Sustainability Meet," Environment 47 (2005), 10-23
__________, Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice (New York: New York University Press, 2005)
Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water, (New York: New Press, 2003)
Robert D. Bullard, ed., The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution, foreword by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2005)
Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement, Critical America series, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, eds. (New York: New York University Press, 2001)
Devra Davis, When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution (New York, Basic Books, 2003)
Thomas R. Dunlap, Faith in Nature: Environmentalism as Religious Quest, foreword by William Cronon, Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books series, William Cronon, ed. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004)
Richard C. Foltz, Frederick M. Denny, and Azizan Baharuddin, eds., Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust, Religions of the World and Ecology series, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, eds. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003)
Ross Gelbspan, Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled the Climate Crisis — and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster (New York: Basic Books, 2004)
Roger S. Gottlieb, A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet's Future (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006)
Ronnie Greene, Night Fire: Big Oil, Poison Air, and Margie Richard's Fight to Save Her Town, (New York: HarperCollins, 2008)
Tom Hayden, The Lost Gospel of the Earth: A Call for Renewing Nature, Spirit and Politics, revised and updated edition (Brooklyn, N.Y.: IG Publishing, 2007)
Dieter T. Hessel and Rosemary Radford Ruether, eds., Christianity and Ecology: Seeking the Well-Being of Earth and Humans, Religions of the World and Ecology series, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, eds. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000)
Daniel Hillel, The Natural History of the Bible (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Crimes against Nature: How George W. Bush & His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country & Hijacking Our Democracy, with a new afterword by the author (New York: Harper Perennial, 2004)
Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (New York: Harper Collins, 2007)
Fred Pearce, When the Rivers Run Dry: Water—The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century (Boston: Beacon Press, 2006)
David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle, eds., Power, Justice and the Environment: A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement, Urban and Industrial Environments series, Robert Gottlieb, ed. (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2005)
Clive Ponting, A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations (New York: Penguin Books, 1992)
Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (New York: Penguin Press, 2008)
__________, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin Press, 2006)
__________, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (New York: Random House, 2001)
Peter Pringle, Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto—The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest, with an updated Introduction and Afterword (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003)
Andrew Schneider and David McCumber, An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana, Uncovered a National Scandal (New York: Berkley Books, 2005)
Peter Singer and Jim Mason, The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2006)
Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman with Michael Fox, Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of our Water (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007)
David Suzuki, The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, with Amanda McConnell and with a new introduction (Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2002)
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, ed., Judaism and Ecology: Created World and Revealed World, Religions of the World and Ecology series, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, eds. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002)
Mark I. Wallace, Finding God in the Singing River (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005)
Jim Wallis, Faith Works: Lessons from the Life of an Activist Preacher (New York: Random House, 2000)
Films and Documentaries . . .
Laurie David, Lawrence Bender and Scott Z. Burns, An Inconvenient Truth (USA: Paramount Classics and Participant Productions, 2006), 100 minutes
Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold, Blue Vinyl: The World's First Toxic Comedy (USA: Docurama, 2002), 98 minutes
Chris Paine, Who Killed the Electric Car? (USA: Sony Pictures Classics, 2006), 92 minutes
Alan Snitow, Thirst (USA: Snitow-Kaufman Productions, 2004), 65 minutes