Environmental crisis cannot be resolved without social justice.

Evidence

The crux of the problem is that the mainstream environmental movement has not sufficiently addressed the fact that social inequality and imbalances of power are at the heart of environmental degradation, resource depletion, pollution and even overpopulation. The environmental crisis can simply not be solved effectively without social justice. (p. 23) Taken together, the insights of dissident ecological traditions help provide a critical pedagogy of place with a challenging socioecological framework, a framework focused on cultural conflict in a multicultural, global society and attuned to the political assaults on both human and biotic diversity in particular local places. — David A. Gruenewald, The Best of Both Worlds, 57

Categorization

• SHARE: Quote-worthy formulation distinguishing dissident ecological traditions from mainstream environmentalism — good for a colleague in environmental justice.
• XREF: connects to: Modernity’s exclusion of nature from justice created its sustainability crisis — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 473; Global South environmental justice operates embedded in broader social-justice movements, not standalone — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 282; One integrated justice discourse can serve both human and ecological struggles — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 552

Related

• One integrated justice discourse can serve both human and ecological struggles (similarity 0.87)
• Eco-justice joins ecological and cultural critique in four linked commitments. (similarity 0.86)
• Global South environmental justice operates embedded in broader social-justice movements, not standalone (similarity 0.85)
• No single all-inclusive theory of environmental and ecological justice is required (similarity 0.84)
• Southern environmental justice movements have displaced skepticism of green agendas (similarity 0.84)
• Modernity’s exclusion of nature from justice created its sustainability crisis (similarity 0.83)
• Ecological-space distribution can serve social and ecological justice at once. (similarity 0.83)
• The same justice framework can bridge human and nonhuman realms (similarity 0.83)
• Environmental inequality is a sociohistorical process spanning production and consumption (similarity 0.82)
• Justice dimensions are inseparable in global environmental movement discourse (similarity 0.82)
• Environmental problems require cultural analysis, not just scientific study (similarity 0.82)
• A shared justice vocabulary can unify environmental and ecological justice movements (similarity 0.82)
• Environmental justice unites material and postmaterial demands within one political movement. (similarity 0.82)
• Environmental injustice spans burdens, enforcement, and unequal access to environmental goods. (similarity 0.81)
• Ecological justice theory must pluralize into recognition and capability discourses (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Modernity’s exclusion of nature from justice created its sustainability crisis #corroborates (0.85) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 473
• Global South environmental justice operates embedded in broader social-justice movements, not standalone #expands (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 282
• One integrated justice discourse can serve both human and ecological struggles #corroborates (0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 552