Art, Activism, Social and Environmental Justice: Environmental Justice Resources

We believe in a safe climate and a better future, a just, prosperous, and equitable world built with the power of ordinary people.

596 Acres builds tools to help neighbors see vacant lots as opportunities and create needed green spaces that become focal points for community organizing and civic engagement in New York City.

GreenLatinos is a national non-profit organization that convenes a broad coalition of Latino leaders committed to addressing national, regional and local environmental, natural resources and conservation issues that significantly affect the health and welfare of the Latino community in the United States.

Idle No More calls on all people to join in a peaceful revolution, to honour Indigenous sovereignty, and to protect the land and water.

Founded in 1991, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) is a non-profit, 501(c)3 city-wide membership network linking grassroots organizations from low-income neighborhoods and communities of color in their struggle for environmental justice. NYC-EJA empowers its member organizations to advocate for improved environmental conditions and against inequitable environmental burdens by the coordination of campaigns designed to inform City and State policies.

The People’s Climate Movement is a project of dozens of organizations working together to solve the climate crisis.

We challenge big players at city, agency, and institutional scales to build Pollinator Pathways to connect existing green spaces across the globe. To do this, we arm our partners with a blueprint knowledge, timelines, guides, and ecological plans to create Pollinator Pathways that will last, supporting networks of native pollinators–one of the most profound agents of our Earth’s ecosystem.

Founded by legendary conservationist John Muir in 1892, the Sierra Club is now the nation's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization -- with more than two million members and supporters. Our successes range from protecting millions of acres of wilderness to helping pass the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act. More recently, we've made history by leading the charge to move away from the dirty fossil fuels that cause climate disruption and toward a clean energy economy.

Welcome to UPROSE! We are an intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally-recognized community organization that promotes sustainability and resiliency through community organizing, education, leadership development and cultural/artistic expression in Brooklyn, NY.