SJS Quiz

What is environmental justice?

• The fair treatment and involvement of all people in environmental laws, regulations and policies.

• Equal access to a healthy environment

• The same degree of protection from environmental hazards.

• All of the above

What does environmental justice make you think of?

Answer explanation

"Whether by conscious design or institutional neglect, communities of color in urban ghettos, in rural 'poverty pockets', or on economically impoverished Native-American reservations face some of the worst environmental devastation in the nation." --Dr Robert Bullard (the father of Environmental Justice)

Black and indigenous Americans have the highest rates of Asthma in the U.S.

• True

• False

Of communities near what are considered "harmful landfill sites" what percentage is communities of color?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 80%

Parks and trees improve health and cool down neighborhoods on hot days. Black Americans are 52% more likely live in areas lacking these.

• True

• False

Which of these is a real list of organizations in Minnesota working on Environmental justice?

• MN Tree Project, Greener St Paul, Clean Water Force, and SPEJ

• COPAL, MN350, Indigenous Peoples Task Force, and Renewable Energy Partners

• EJMN, Minnesota for Justice, Green R' Us, and Urban Canopy

• Heat Islands B-Gone, Let's Give People Clean Air, Solar For All, and Green Team

Answer explanation

"...ecological degradation and social injustice are mutually reinforcing products of the same flawed systems..."

What stood out to you during this quiz?