The environmental justice movement’s founding principles integrated justice dimensions from its earliest moments.

Evidence

Within the environmental justice movement, one simply cannot talk of one aspect of justice without it leading to another. This dedication to a broad understanding of justice was apparent—in both the process and the results—very early in the movement at the First National People of Color Leadership Summit and in the principles that were developed there. As Dana Alston argued at the summit: ‘Our vision of the environment is woven into an overall framework of social, racial, and economic justice’ (Alston 1992: 50). Taylor (1993: 57) notes that the environmental justice movement ‘integrates both social and ecological concerns much more readily [than the traditional environmental movement] and pays particular attention to questions of distributive justice, community empowerment, and democratic accountability.’ — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 265

Categorization

• XREF: Grounds the typology in its movement origin — recognition and participation demands coexisted with equity claims from the start. — connects to: Movement literature invoked justice dimensions piecemeal without systematic definition — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 191; Injustice is experienced simultaneously across distribution, recognition, participation, and functioning. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 264; Justice theory expanded because real movements first broadened justice’s meaning — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 174 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Environmental justice comprises recognition and participation as well as distribution #expands (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 12
• Global environmental justice movements define justice as distribution plus recognition, participation, and capabilities. #expands (0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 276
• Justice dimensions are inseparable in global environmental movement discourse #expands (0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 333