What is Environmental Justice
More than just a recognition of ecological interdependency, our Seventh Principle calls us to recognize that human beings are are part of this mutuality. Too often "environmentalists" and "racial/economic justice advocates" have been at odds with each other. Environmental justice is the recognition that the same paradigm of dominion that has led to environmental degradation also reinforces economic and racial inequities. Only by seeking solutions that address both can we solve either.
While the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has passed many resolutions and statements addressing environmental concerns over the years, these statements have not necessarily recognized the social justice aspect of environmentalism.
In 1994 the UUA voted to adopt a Statement of Conscience called Environmental Justice, which specifically pertaining to the issue of environmental justice. This Statement of Conscience encourages Unitarian Universalists to address environmental concerns through the lenses of gender, race and class at the denominational, congregational, and personal level.
Given our long history of working for gender and racial justice, environmental justice is a natural extension of our values expressed in the world.
For more information contact environment @ uua.org.
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Last updated on Monday, February 13, 2012.
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