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Environmental Justice ensures that all people, regardless of race, culture, income, education, or ability, have a safe, healthy environment and that environmental policies and laws do not disproportionately benefit or hurt certain groups.
Environmental Justice explores the relationship between environmental impacts and their effect on communities. The educational resources below explore Environmental Justice, how it manifests in NYC, and how schools and young people can take action!
Key Resources
Key Resources
Grades K-12
Climate Justice Educational Resources (Zinn Education Project)
Introduction to Environmental Justice and Classroom Poster Set (EcoRise)
Environmental Justice Curriculum (GrowNYC)
Elementary Roadmap Lesson: Green Space Advocacy
Grades 6-8
Landfill Lesson (Subject to Climate)
Wildfires & Environmental Justice (Subject to Climate)
Middle School Roadmap Lessons: Tree Equity, Urban Heat Effect and Tree Advocacy, and Transportation DesignÂ
Grades 9-12
EJNYC Mapping Tool (NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice) and EJNYC Data Explorer WebQuest Activity
High School Roadmap Lesson: EJ and Green Spaces
Additional Resources
Our partners offer an array of engaging classroom workshops, hands-on activities and more all about environmental justice!Â
Find experts who can help engage and inspire your students by searching through our partner resource directory. Â
To access more resources on the Sustainability Resource Portal (hosted on Google Drive), click HERE.
To access more resources on the Sustainability Resource Portal (hosted on Google Drive), click HERE.
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