BSB Blog

A blog exploring the ideas of environmental justice, social justice, and community. Plus the occasional dip into design, art and music.

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Environmental Justice Links  
Environmental Justice The Wikipedia entry.
Environmental Justice Net Environmental Justice Net site
Environmental Justice Resource Center Simple site with a great many resources
Federal Highway Administration Transportation specific environmental justice statistics and related information
EPA Environmental Justice Pages  EPA site on Environmental Justice. The EPA also recently updated their Environmental Justice Tool, which according to the data entered, provides the user with a map combined with statistical information for “preliminary analysis of Environmental Justice areas of concern.” Analysis variables include water and air areas, clean-up sites, transportation factors and more. It is a great place to get started gathering information about your community or any other US area.
Superfund Sites Where You Live  Locate Superfund sites. Do you live near one?
Invisible 5 Invisible-5 is a self-guided critical audio tour along Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It uses the format of a museum audio tour to guide the listener along the highway landscape. 
Green Collar Jobs Campaign Green-Collar Jobs Campaign creates opportunities in the green economy for poor people and people of color through policy advocacypublic outreach, and an employment pipeline - the Green Jobs Corps.
   
Social Justice Links  
Office for Social Justice From the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. “The Mission of the Office for Social Justice is to serve those most in need by calling for Justice.”
Southern Poverty Law Center Complete with Hate Maps, loads of information, news, ways to help and much more. Become a member!
Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center An organization that is a great example of direct social justice action on any scale. The NWAWJC’s mission is to “improve the conditions of employment for low-wage workers in northwest Arkansas by educating, organizing and mobilizing them, and calling on people of faith and the wider region to publicly support the workers’ efforts.”
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a strategy and action center working for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America. Based in Oakland, California, we promote positive alternatives to violence and incarceration through our four cutting-edge campaigns.
Boiled Down Juice This blog explores readings, discussions, experiences, and other forms of communication that bring together social justice, human rights-based education, and folklore studies.