The Future of Environmental Justice

The idea of, and movements around, environmental justice continue to grow. From lead contamination of water in Flint, to infringement of Aboriginal rights for coal mines in Queensland, to the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities in the global south, environmental justice is embraced as a powerful organising discourse and demand. What is the future of Environmental Justice? What are some current trends and directions in both scholarship and activism? How can the idea of environmental justice be used to respond to new and ongoing environmental crises – and continued economic and political power arrayed against safe, just, and sustainable environments? This panel, made up of both longstanding leaders in environmental justice scholarship and new important voices, reflects on the meaning, and potential, of environmental justice as an idea, as an organising discourse, and as a political demand. More information click here. Chair: Prof David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute Speakers: Prof Robert Bullard, Texas Southern University Prof Maxine Burkett, University of Hawaii Assoc Prof Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State University Prof Lauren Rickards, RMIT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.