We held an Impact Data Chat focused on Environmental Justice in April and had a rich conversation with representatives from foundations, evaluation firms, and nonprofits.

Below we share a list of resources and discussion items from the conversation. Please feel free to share other tools we should add and we will continue to update this.

Initiatives & Websites

• Mapping for Environmental Justice, community-led movements - Berkeley, University of California https://mappingforej.studentorg.berkeley.edu
• Project Drawdown. EJ dimensions in their solutions library https://drawdown.org/solutions-overview
• Climate Displacement and Resilience Database https://belonging.berkeley.edu/climatedisplacement/climate-displacement-and-resilience-database
• Google doc on resources for EJ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K-N6o07mUl5xSLVwHGhe54m550bUBVHUefW6OjOVxcM/edit#gid=0
• Yale University, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative https://environment.yale.edu/research/centers/justice-equity-diversity-and-sustainability
• NYU Law is starting a new program related to EJ
• Daily Climate https://www.dailyclimate.org/
• UNPFII (annual conference)  https://social.desa.un.org/issues/indigenous-peoples
• 350.org https://350.org
• Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator https://www.caribbeanaccelerator.org

Research, Blogs, and News Articles

• Environmental justice research lab. Research projects and nice infographics on different thematic topics. https://ejresearchlab.usc.edu/en/elementor-oil-drilling-climate-crisis-and-health/
• Nature and mental health research project: https://www.bcnuej.org/projects/greenme/
• Women's Movements and SDGs report by ImpactMapper, EJ related outcomes in  https://www.impactmapper.com/sdg5-projects/new-report
• A report based on quantitative and qualitative methods on issues of environmental consciousness in Malawi: https://we.tl/t-Eb0EX2mitg
• Environmental justice is a feminist issue https://www.mamacash.org/resources/enviromental-justice-is-a-feminist-issue/#:~:text=Feminist%20environmental%20justice%20groups%20promote,rather%20than%20concepts%20like%20domination.
• Podcast Interview With MADRE Policy and Campaigns Manager Akhila Kolisetty on Gender, Militarism and Climate Justice, https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IRHvJ9gksWl1KUKNXDWTu?si=d_nIJIGnR6K4E6NHSTUymQ
• Incorporating Climate Justice into AI Development https://revolve.media/interviews/ai-environment-ethics

AI Initiatives

• Observatoire des forêts d’Afrique Centrale, chatbot on forest data (https://www.observatoire-comifac.net/?lang=en)
• https://dust.tt/
• dashwork.ai

Frameworks for Environmental Justice

• An applied environmental justice framework for exposure science. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-022-00422-z
• UN Women Feminist climate justice: A framework for action report (2023) https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2023/11/feminist-climate-justice-a-framework-for-action
• A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice https://ssir.org/articles/entry/a_framework_for_business_action_on_climate_justice

Funds

EJ Donors

• Building Equity and Alignment for Environmental Justice (BEA) https://bea4impact.org/
• Climate Justice Resilience Fund https://www.cjrfund.org
• Bezos Earth Fund, environmental justice program https://www.bezosearthfund.org/our-programs/environmental-justice
• Global Greengrants Fund https://www.greengrants.org/
• Youth Climate Justice Fund https://ycjf.org
• Legal Empowerment Fund https://globalhumanrights.org/updates/lef-launches-request-for-proposals-on-climate-justice/
• EJ4Climate Grant Program http://www.cec.org/grant-programs/ej4climate/
• EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants Program https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/environmental-justice-small-grants-program
• Environmental Justice Fund South Africa https://ejfundsa.org.za/apply-for-support/
• THE HIVE FUND FOR CLIMATE AND GENDER JUSTICE https://hivefund.org/
• Climate Justice for All Projects Grants https://www.climaterealityproject.org/apply/grant

Call For Proposals

• Gitlab-AI call for proposals: green jobs and poverty reduction/living wage projects  https://gitlabfoundation.notion.site/Green-Jobs-for-Economic-Opportunity-7c3700342bff4f3586ba136e750ceec3
• Mozilla Technology Fund - AI and Environmental Justice https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fund/awards/mozilla-technology-fund-mtf/call-for-proposals/
• Bezos Earth Fund AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge https://www.bezosearthfund.org/ai-climate-nature

Documentaries

• Global Environmental Justice Collection http://gej.docuseek2.com/‍
  • 36 documentary films focused on environmental justice issues around the world.

Nonprofits working on EJ issues

• Women’s Earth Alliance regional programs https://womensearthalliance.org
• MADRE www.madre.org
• WE ACT for Environmental Justice https://www.weact.org/
• Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide https://elaw.org/
• Earth Justice https://earthjustice.org/
• Indigenous Environmental Network https://www.ienearth.org/
• Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project https://www.nuestra-tierra.org/about
• Sunrise Movement https://www.sunrisemovement.org/about/#objective

Other

• Climatebase fellowship and job board https://climatebase.org/
• Ecosia https://www.ecosia.org/

Notes and Recommendations from the Discussion

• Conversation on culturally sensitive qualitative/ethnographic and participatory methods used in the past in projects including those with an environmental focus:  some text
  • Participant Observation
  • In-Depth semi-structured or unstructured Interviews
  • Collaborative Cultural Documentation
  • Story Circles
  • Artifact cataloging
  • Knowledge-Exchange Focus Groups
  • Landscape Narrative Walks
  • Photography / Videography
  • Analog media like painting, writing, drawing

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