Volume 4 (2024) Eco-Justice

From Flint Michigan to battles against the Keystone Pipeline, individuals and communities in the US have mobilized to defend people of color and indigenous communities most affected by extractivist and polluting practices. In France, a wave of uprisings known as the Gilets Jaunes movement rose to contest the socio-economic injustice of a national carbon pricing policy supposedly aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the international level, a plethora of actors challenge the hypocrisy of the Global North’s neglect of their historically dominant role in causing global and environment and climate disruption. From environmental and climate justice to just transitions, ecological discourse and action are increasingly understood through the lens of justice.

Our fourth volume is dedicated to the ever-important topic of eco-justice. Through a diverse set of contributions, it is a testament to the unique and expansive lenses which the arts and humanities are capable of soliciting. Together, they expand and challenge our understandings of and sensibilities to eco-justice.

We extend our gratitude to all of our contributors, for helping to chart an eco-justice journey within and beyond the pages of Green Humanities.