Fourth World Theory: The Evolution of . . . by Olon F. Dotson

“…Fourth World theory is a methodology for examining and developing greater understanding of the extent of the distress and abandonment commonly found in the cores of American cities resulting from de-industrialization, historic segregation and discrimination patterns, suburban sprawl, erosion of a viable tax base, racism, inability to embrace the concept of desegregation and civil rights legislation, fear, despair, crumbling infrastructure systems, disinvestment in urban school systems, and environmental justice issues. This article uses the analytical lens of Fourth World theory to examine how such structural and cultural forces contributed to the severely distressed conditions now found in the city of Gary, Indiana. …”
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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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Non-governmental organization’s legitimacy for proposition of popular legal action in environmental subject.<br> Legitimidade das organizações não-governamentais para propositura d... by Rafaela Campos de Oliveira, Juliana Campos de Oliveira

“…Since then, the Constitutions of several countries has begun to protect the environment more effectively, including access to environmental justice. This article proposes the inclusion of NGO’s as active legitimates to Popular Environmental Action.…”
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Research in a Changing World: Normative questions and questions that matter by Bob Jickling

“…And, importantly, it feels like a geopolitically opportune time to reflect on research directions in this field, as issues like climate change and socio-environmental justice shift from the periphery towards the centre of public interest. …”
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Rebranding the Neoliberal City: Urban Nature as Spectacle, Medium, and Agency by Joern Langhorst

“…The most visible discourses on post-industrial urban sites emphasize issues of environmental justice, pollution mitigation, adaptive reuse, and, in the context of urban redevelopment and renewal, benefits and performances based on ecological functions and processes. …”
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Green Courts in India: Strengthening Environmental Governance? - Student Note by Raghav Sharma

“…The Indian experience, involving easy access to justice through Public Interest Litigation, demonstrates that 'independent' and 'powerful' superior courts are indispensable for securing environmental justice. However, this ideal turns into a mirage when the superior courts fail to satisfactorily resolve environmental disputes involving scientific and technical questions due to lack of permanent expert panels to assist them. …”
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Improving the Accuracy of Urban Environmental Quality Assessment Using Geographically-Weighted Regression Techniques by Kamil Faisal, Ahmed Shaker

“…The findings of the research can help the authorities and decision makers to understand the empirical relationships among environmental factors, urban morphology and real estate and decide for more environmental justice.…”
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Land Tenure Security and Health Nexus: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating the Connections between Land Tenure Security and Health by Walter Dachaga, Walter Timo de Vries

“…Based on a narrative review of literature, this inter-disciplinary paper shows that land tenure security can influence health outcomes via four pathways—infrastructure access, environmental justice, psycho-ontological security, and social cohesion. …”
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La biodiversité, une ressource, mais aussi un fardeau ? Intérêt et limites des notions de services et disservices écosystémiques pour repenser les interactions nature-sociétés dans... by Julien Blanco, Clémence Moreau, Chloé Guerbois, Cécile Barnaud, Pierre-Cyril Renaud, Marc Deconchat, Émilie Andrieu

“…In this contribution, we develop the non-conventional idea that integrating the contested concept of ecosystem disservice (EDS), which refers to the nuisances associated with ecosystems, improves the understanding of these processes, and may eventually help towards more environmental justice. We focus on three case studies where environmental issues provide both ES and EDS: wild boar in the Mont Lozère (France), farm trees in the coteaux de Gascogne (France), and elephant in Hwange (Zimbabwe). …”
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A perfect storm: embodied workers, emplaced corporations, and delayed reflexivity in a Canadian 'Risk Society' by Deborah Davis Jackson

“…Consequently, even as activism for occupational and environmental justice was effecting change in similar industrial centers throughout Ontario and the Great Lakes region, these changes failed to take hold in Chemical Valley. …”
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California’s zero-emission vehicle adoption brings air quality benefits yet equity gaps persist by Qiao Yu, Brian Yueshuai He, Jiaqi Ma, Yifang Zhu

“…Abstract Zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) adoption is a key climate mitigation tool, but its environmental justice implications remain unclear. Here, we quantify ZEV adoption at the census tract level in California from 2015 to 2020 and project it to 2035 when all new passenger vehicles sold are expected to be ZEVs. …”
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Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco‐theo‐citizenship by Jeremy Kidwell, Franklin Ginn, Michael Northcott, Elizabeth Bomberg, Alice Hague

“…Primary values emphasised included “environmental justice” and “stewardship.” Analysis of the data indicated that groups in this network are distinctive in two particular ways: (1) group focus on mobilising values and environmental concern towards “community building” can produce what looks like a more conservative approach to climate change mobilisation, preserving and working slowly within institutional structures, with a primary focus not on climate change mitigation per se but on the consolidation and development of the community and broader network; and (2) these groups can often under‐report their accomplishments and the footprint of their work on the basis of a common religious conviction which we have termed a “culture of modesty.”…”
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“They're just trying to survive”: The relationship between social vulnerability, informal housing, and environmental risks in Loíza, Puerto Rico, USA by Ivis García, Nicolas Hernandez

“…Although most research on this topic has concentrated in the Global South, there are no studies within the US disaster management system on these environmental justice topics—primarily because housing informality is heavily under studied in the US and the Global North. …”
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Fractured landscapes: The racialization of home buyout programs and climate adaptation by Elyse Zavar, Lauren Ames Fischer

“…Moving past recognition towards an agenda of action, we contend that co-production of knowledge is essential to inform environmental-decision making and that the sustainability research community and its allied fields must center environmental justice frameworks for equitable climate adaptation.…”
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Actores y ambientalismos: Continuidades y cambios en los conflictos socio-ambientales en el Perú by Anthony Bebbington, Denise Humphreys Bebbington

“…These are: conservationist, nationalist-populist, livelihood based, environmental justice, and deep ecological. This article suggests that different environmentalisms lead to different ways out of existing conflicts: some of these emphasize practices of compensation while others suggest the need for open and frank public debate. …”
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Communicating environmental data through art: the role of emotion and memory in evoking environmental action by Dorsey B. Kaufmann, Kunal Palawat, Shana Sandhaus, Sanlyn Buxner, Ellen McMahon, Mónica D. Ramírez-Andreotta

“…Two novel data sharing types were designed to communicate roof-harvested rainwater data to environmental justice communities: (1) A static booklet and (2) An interactive environmental art installation called Ripple Effect paired with a booklet. …”
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