yaef2008

Young Adult Ecumenical Forum on Environmental Justice
Boston University, Marsh Chapel
July 26-29
www.yaef.net

The whole style of American politics is nonecological. Ecology is a comprehension of systems, interdependencies, webs of relationship, connections extending over space and time -- and the very essence of our politics is to zero in on single causes. -Walter Truett Anderson

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
-Ansel Adams

Environmental Justice:
Environmental Justice is the right to a safe, healthy, productive, and sustainable environment for all, where "environment" is considered in its totality to include the ecological (biological), physical (natural and built), social, political, aesthetic, and economic environments.

Fast Facts:
1. 437 of the 3,109 counties and independent cities in the U.S. failed to meet at least one of EPA's ambient air quality standards.
2. 313,000 HIRED farm workers in the U.S. suffer from pesticide-related illnesses each year.

Resources:
Environmental Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University
www.ejrc.cau.edu/
E.P.A-Environmental Justice Resource Page
http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/index.html
Environmental Justice Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org/community/ej-index.tcl
www.scorecard.org
Eco-Justice Ministries
http://www.eco-justice.org/
Young Adult Ecumenical Forum on Environmental Justice
www.yaef.net

Action:
1. Come to the Young Adult Ecumenical Forum on Environmental Justice (www.yaef.net).
2. Go to www.scorecard.org and oppose the EPA weakening pollution reporting.
3. Go to www.scorecard.org/community/ej-index.tcl and find out how your community is affected.
4. Go to http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/index.html to learn more about applying for Environmental Justice grants or becoming an Environmental Justice Community Intern.
5. Go to www.stepitup2007.org and join in a local action