Nature Positive: Interrogating Sustainable Design Frameworks for Their Potential to Deliver Eco-Positive Outcomes by Janis Birkeland

“…It must increase nature and environmental justice in real, not relative, terms. The necessary technologies and design concepts for nature-positive development already exist. …”
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Economics as Religion and Christianity as <i>oikonomia</i>: Giorgio Agamben and the <i>Homo Sacer</i> by Gaël Giraud

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TRAUMA, MADNESS AND COMING OF AGE IN LINDA HOGAN’S SOLAR STORMS by Yonka Krasteva

“…Linda Hogan’s poetry, fiction and non-fiction have increasingly been linked to eco-criticism, ecofeminism, and environmental justice especially with the publication of her second and third novels, Solar Storms and Power. …”
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One Size Does Not Fit All: Individualizing Climate Action Plans in Southern California by Moore, Danielle

“…This thesis has taken an environmental justice lens and applied it in analyzing Imperial Beach’s climate action plan. …”
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Inequities in Air Pollution Exposure in the U.S.: An Exploration of Disparity Metrics Across Geographic and Temporal Scales by Chen, Christina

“…As policy makers begin to prioritize environmental justice concerns through the identification of disproportionately impacted communities, careful selection of indicators and metrics will be vital for ensuring that inequities are properly captured in decision making processes. …”
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Integrating Human Health into Environmental Impact Assessment: Review of Health Impact Assessment in Thailand by Phayong Thepaksorn, Wattasit Siriwong, Sathirakorn Pongpanich

“…The review resulted in the following recommendations to increasing Thailand’s EHIA capacity: 1) develop tools and guidelines for implementation in each project types; 2) train EHIA experts and conduct EHIA courses to build capacity; 3) ensure meaningful participation of private sector and the public; 4) bring together all parties in the debate, and build consensus through community participation and the upholding of environmental justice including EHIA communication; and 5) work to ensure strong public participation and political engagement. …”
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Human–Animal Interactions in Disaster Settings: A Systematic Review by Haorui Wu, Lindsay K. Heyland, Mandy Yung, Maryam Schneider

“…Efforts to promote social and environmental justice for humans and their co-inhabitants should support the welfare of both humans and animals in disaster settings. …”
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Drought, water management, and social equity: Analyzing Cape Town, South Africa's water crisis by Cameron M. Calverley, Suzanne C. Walther

“…This increase in water shortages has significant implications for environmental justice and equity concerns. One such region impacted by both water scarcity and deep-seated inequality is the Western Cape of South Africa, whose drought crisis reached peak recognition when the City of Cape Town released its notice of “Day Zero” in 2018, the day the city would turn off the taps to residents. …”
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The Co-occurrence of Specialty Vape Shops, Social Disadvantage, and Poor Air Quality in the United States: An Assessment of Cumulative Risks to Youth

“…The increased incidence of vape shops in poor air quality neighborhoods, particularly in an urban context with increased traffic emissions, further points to potentially disproportionate impacts on disadvantaged populations due to cumulative social and environmental risks. This raises environmental justice and health equity concerns. Retailer-focused strategies aimed at limiting youth exposure to electronic cigarettes' labeling and advertising, preventing sales to minors, and limiting the number of retailers in low-SES neighborhoods may reduce initiation and help prevent tobacco-related health disparities among youth.…”
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Beyond Engagement Exercises: Exploring the U.S. National Citizens’ Technology Forum from the Bottom-Up by Jason Delborne, Maria Powell, Mathilde Colin

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Using geospatial data to identify land grabbing. Detecting spatial reconfigurations during the implementation of the Nacala Development Corridor in Mozambique with remote sensing a... by Ricardo Gellert Paris, Andreas Rienow

“…Data from land conflicts databases (Land Matrix and Environmental Justice) were analyzed with remote sensing Landsat and MODIS imagery using multiple indexes, an EVI time series, and the application of the LandTrendr algorithm. …”
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AI chatbots contribute to global conservation injustices by Danilo Urzedo, Zarrin Tasnim Sworna, Andrew J. Hoskins, Cathy J. Robinson

“…Drawing on distributive, recognition, procedural, and epistemic dimensions of environmental justice, we interviewed and analysed 30,000 responses from ChatGPT on ecological restoration expertise, stakeholder engagements, and techniques. …”
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Spatial clustering of hazardous waste, water, air violations in the US by Iris Hui, John Coyle, Abraham Ryzhik

“…In addition, systemic factors such as socio-demographic characteristics as well as environmental justice indices should not correlate with violations. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of the study of urban green spaces and health behaviors by Sining Zhang, Xiaopeng Li, Zhanglei Chen, Yu Ouyang

“…Burst detection analysis reveals three research frontier trends: the correlation between urban green space and health behavior; the driving and impact factors; and the study of environmental justice and social equity. This paper aims to systematically review the progress and basic situation of urban green spaces and health behaviors research around the world, which helps to gain a comprehensive understanding of this field, as well as provide value and references for subsequent research.…”
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Entangled with Mother Nature through Anthropogenic and Natural Disasters by Sina V. Pfister, Edwin B. P. de Jong

“…Through intermittent ethnographic research between 2015 and 2019, we have concluded that the entanglements with Mother Nature in Constitución are the result of what we call Andean performative pragmatism, and the overrepresentation of women within the group of people who care for Mother Nature can be interpreted through an ecowomanist perspective that stands for the creation of social and environmental justice. As such, the findings offer a fresh and updated way to understand and interrogate the challenges confronting present-day human–nature relations in times of climate adaptation both in Chile and far beyond.…”
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Language and Social Justice in US Climate Movements: Barriers and Ways Forward by Julia Coombs Fine

“…Specific barriers include: (1) English-only communications; (2) the combination of incomprehensible jargon with a dry, emotionless register; (3) the use of Dominant American English in prescriptive climate communication materials such as phonebanking scripts; (4) language policing of discourses of environmental justice and environmental racism; and (5) a form of linguistic ventriloquism in which adult organizers pressure youth to express climate grief in their stead. …”
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Practicing environmental data justice: From DataRescue to Data Together by Dawn Walker, Eric Nost, Aaron Lemelin, Rebecca Lave, Lindsey Dillon

“…By drawing on environmental justice, critical GIS, critical data studies, and emerging data justice scholarship, EDGI hopes to inform our ongoing engagement in projects that seek to enact alternative futures for data stewardship.…”
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Community listening sessions: an approach for facilitating collective reflection on environmental learning and behavior in everyday life by Nicole M. Ardoin, Rachelle K. Gould, Deborah Wojcik, Noelle Wyman Roth, Matt Biggar

“…We make recommendations for future use of Community Listening Sessions for collecting qualitative data in a participatory, equitable way in what can be challenging, high-social-cost discussions, yet those that are critical for addressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, socio-environmental justice, and others that are essential to the future of our species and planet.…”
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The Politics of Survival in Puerto Rico: The Balance of Forces in the Wake of Hurricane María by Fernando Tormos

“…Yet, if the Left wants to remain relevant, it must collaborate with the youth, student, community, feminist, farmer, and environmental justice groups that are bringing new energy to the island. …”
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Plants of place: justice through (re)planting Aotearoa New Zealand’s urban natural heritage by Maria Rodgers, Ocean Ripeka Mercier, Rebecca Kiddle, Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Fabian Neuhaus, Natalie Robertson

“…It has the potential to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, decolonisation efforts, spatial justice and environmental justice. Celebrating natural heritage and planting ‘plants of place’ can contribute in some part to righting past injustices and preparing for a changing future.…”
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