Environmental Justice and Space, Place, & Identity

Scholarship on environmental justice is of course of central interest to those of us who study or work at academic institutions. Here are some resources to help you on this journey.

• Sample Searches for Environmental Justice Articles and Books

  • Articles

    • Articles about environmental justice since 2020 in Google Scholar. ("Try Harvard Library" links require a Harvard PIN.) Place keywords of your interest in the search box. You could try lots of things, like: Oklahoma, particulates, Latinx, Blackness. Pro tip: see this page to connect Google Scholar directly to Harvard's library resources.

    • Articles from any time in Google Scholar. With Australia, amenities, diabetes, religion.

  • Books

    • Books about environmental justice in HOLLIS.

    • Search for books in Borrow Direct (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Penn, Stanford, University of Chicago, and Yale.

• Selected Databases (Search Engines) for Academic Publications on Environmental Justice

  • Environment Index

  • Race Relations Abstracts

• Selected Academic Centers on Environmental Justice

  • Colorado State University

  • Deep South Center for Environmental Justice 

  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) Climate Change Consortium

  • HBCU / Community-Based Organizations Gulf Coast Equity Consortium

  • Northeastern University 

• Contact a Harvard Librarian for Help on Environmental Justice (or any other topic!)

• Search Google for Academic Conferences on Environmental Justice