Environmental Justice and Ethics
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
California League of Conservation Voters
http://www.ecovote.org/
Focus is on promoting environmentally responsible candidates and
issues. This watchdog group keeps a record of the environmental
votes of elected officials.
Center for Health, Environment and Justice
http://www.chej.org/
Center for Health, Environment and Justice was founded in 1981, by
Lois Gibbs, the community leader at Love Canal. CHEJ seeks to
help local citizens and organizations come together and take an
organized, unified stand in order to hold industry and government
accountable and work toward a healthy, sustainable future. The
site offers timely news releases and upcoming legislative action and
especially emphasizes the safety of children.
Environmental Ethics / compiled by Prof. Ron Epstein
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Environ/Enviroethics.htm
Originally developed as a Web site resource for students of a
particular professor at SF State University, this site is loaded
with information on all aspects of environmental justice and ethics.
Topics covered range form the environment effects of war to
nanotechnology to global warming. Be advised though, that the
information was last updated in 2004.
Environmental Justice/Environmental Racism
http://www.ejnet.org/ej/
This is an excellent and current Web site offering key documents in
this field, as well as general background information on the issue.
There are also numerous links to other Web resources. The site
offers a global perspective on environmental justice.
Environmental
Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University
http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/
This is an excellent site from the Environmental Justice Resource
Center at Clark Atlanta University. It offers current news
stories, hot topics, reports and articles and event listings.
The mission of the Resource Center is to serve as a research, policy
and information clearinghouse for issues related to environmental
justice.
Greenaction
for Health & Environmental Justice
http://www.greenaction.org/index.shtml
Greenaction mobilizes community power to change government and
corporate policies and practices to protect health and to promote
environmental justice. The organization's Web site gives very
up-to-date information on issues of environmental justice mainly in
California, but nationally as well. It also offers information
and advice on getting involved as an activist for environmental
justice.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- Environmental Ethics
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-environmental/
Environmental ethics is the discipline that studies the moral
relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status
of, the environment and its nonhuman contents. This site is
basically an encyclopedic entry that defines the various issues in the
field of environmental ethics with excellent and thorough data.
The history and development of this issue are also included.
Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)
CQ Researcher
http://library2.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
This database provides full text articles, many with
pictures, graphs and statistics. http://library2.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
Health & Wellness Resource Center
http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?userGroupName=cclc_rio&prod=HWRC-2
This database has full text articles in a good mix of
scholarly journals as well ass more popular publications.
SIRS http://sks.sirs.com
This database provides current, full text article covering
business, government and personal information for the U.S. and
world-wide as well.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Encyclopedia of environmental issues
Call number: Ref GE10.E52 2000
Environmental activism : a reference handbook
(Contemporary world issues)
Call number: GE195.S88 2003
The essentials of-- the environment
Call number: Ref GE105.K47 2005
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Media
The following media can be located in the Rio Hondo College
Library, to be viewed in the Library.
Witness to the future
Call number: Video 001068
Discusses how ordinary citizens transform themselves into
environmental activists. Covers problems with radioactive gases
released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Hanford,
Washington, large doses of pesticide in California's San Joaquin
Valley, and particulates from the petrochemical and oil
industries in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley".
Articles
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The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our online
databases -
http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 6 sample searches below are from the ProQuest database. Use Advanced Search and type each term in a separate box:
1. SUB(Environmental justice) [from Peer-Reviewed Journals only]
2. SUB(Environmental justice) AND (SUB (environmental policy))
3. SUB(Environmental justice) AND (SUB (location of industry))
4. SUB( Environmental justice ) AND SUB(Low income groups)
5. SUB( Environmental justice ) AND international
6. SUB( Environmental justice ) AND SUB (hazardous substances)
Researched and evaluated by:
M. Hogarth, Librarian 11/2001
last update: E. Ball, Librarian 11/2009