{"id":674,"date":"2017-11-10T20:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T20:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/staging\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2025-01-20T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T20:24:56","slug":"issue-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/campaigns\/issue-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UU Ministry for Earth is a source for actions, tools, stories, and connection to the global climate justice movement. Explore the major issue areas UUMFE focuses on, using a racial and economic justice-informed <a href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/about\/environmental-justice-framework-resources\/\">framework of environmental justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jump-menu\"><a href=\"#front-lines\">Front-lines Solidarity for Climate Justice,<\/a><a href=\"#social-justice\"> Social Justice &amp; Human Rights, <\/a><a href=\"#food-justice\"> Food Justice,<\/a><a href=\"#climate-change\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Climate Change<\/a> <a href=\"#ecology\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Ecology &amp; Rights of Nature,<\/a> <a href=\"#sustainability\">Sustainability<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"climate-change\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What is Climate Justice?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate justice is a concept that recognizes the unequal impacts of climate change on marginalized and vulnerable populations. It seeks solutions that address not only the environmental aspects of climate change but also a broad range of social, racial, and environmental injustices. It calls for a shift from focusing solely on greenhouse gases and melting ice caps to a civil rights movement with people and communities at its core.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/centerclimatejustice.universityofcalifornia.edu\/what-is-climate-justice\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University of California<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrfcj.org\/principles-of-climate-justice\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Robinson Foundation Climate Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2019\/05\/climate-justice\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">United Nations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/climate.mit.edu\/explainers\/climate-justice\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use this tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to explore your local area and the communities that are disproportionately impacted by climate injustice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start with your zip code.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then click to zoom in.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice the categories on the right and the respective percentiles of risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we don\u2019t run the risk of white savior complex, which communities are already doing the work of climate justice near you? How are you in relationship with them and following their lead?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Front-Lines Solidarity for Climate Justice<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1892\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1892\" src=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/front-lines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/front-lines.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/front-lines-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/front-lines-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Joe Brusky via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A climate justice framework centers the needs, voices, and leadership of those who are most disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and climate change, including Indigenous and low-income peoples, people of color, island nations, and youth.<\/p>\n<h3>Top links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/2017\/10\/10\/indigenous-peoples-day-resources\/\">Indigenous Rights &amp; Environmental Justice<\/a>: faith grounding and resources compiled for Indigenous Peoples Day 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/socdev\/unpfii\/documents\/DRIPS_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples<\/a>: a groundbreaking document adopted by the United Nations in 2007 that sets out many rights, including those related to land and self-determination<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/issues\/just-transition\/climate-justice-is-racial-justice-is-gender-justice-20170818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cClimate Justice is Racial Justice is Gender Justice\u201d<\/a>: a great interview with Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACP Environmental Justice &amp; Climate Justice Program, by Bill McKibben, published in Yes! Magazine, 2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rootedinrights.org\/therighttoberescued\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Right to Be Rescued\u201d<\/a>: a short documentary that tells the stories of people with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.movetoendviolence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Practice-Guide_Margins-to-Center.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cMovement Building Practice: Margins to Center\u201d (PDF)<\/a>: an activity guide for a group exercise to explore \u201cRadical Connection\u201d and intersectionality within movement work, developed by Move to End Violence and Movement Strategy Center to supplement their Transformative Movement Building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movetoendviolence.org\/lp\/transformational-movements-evergreen-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webinar Series <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended sources for info and action:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ienearth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indigenous Environmental Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.honorearth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Honor the Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthguardians.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earth Guardians<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourchildrenstrust.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Children\u2019s Trust<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"lts_button lts_button_sc lts_button_default lt_rounded   \"  style=\"background:#0016b0;color:#ffffff;border-color:#0016b0;\" href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/tag\/front-lines-solidarity\/\"   >ALL FRONT-LINES SOLIDARITY POSTS<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"social-justice\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Social Justice &amp; Human Rights<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1803\" src=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/KeepItInTheGround_COP21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/KeepItInTheGround_COP21.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/KeepItInTheGround_COP21-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/KeepItInTheGround_COP21-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nWhen cultures value profit over people, those who are already marginalized suffer the worst effects: from water and air pollution to toxic waste disposal to natural disasters to forced migration due to droughts, floods, and other climate impacts.<\/p>\n<h3>Top links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uusc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/water_report_july_2016_update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Invisible Crisis: Water Unaffordability in the United States<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uusc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/water_report_july_2016_update.pdf\">PDF<\/a>): a 2016 report by Dr. Patricia Jones and Amber Moulton, published by the UUSC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/defending-the-human-right-to-water\/table-of-contents-6e40de74a63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defending the Human Right to Water: A Decade of Support for Global Water Justice<\/a>: a 2016 report by Amber Moulton, published by the UUSC (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uusc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/human_right_to_water_retrospective.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ej4all.org\/assets\/media\/documents\/ej4all-Who'sInDangerReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who&#8217;s in Danger? (English)<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/ej4all.org\/assets\/media\/documents\/ej4all-QuinesEstanElPeligro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00bfQui\u00e9nes Est\u00e1n en Peligro? (Espa\u00f1ol)<\/a>: a report that documents the risk of chemical disaster posed to low-income communities and communities of color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended sources for info and action:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uusc.org\/campaign\/climate-forced-displacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unitarian Universalist Service Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalwitness.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Witness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenforall.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green for All<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"lts_button lts_button_sc lts_button_default lt_rounded   \"  style=\"background:#0016b0;color:#ffffff;border-color:#0016b0;\" href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/tag\/social-justice\/\"   >ALL SOCIAL JUSTICE &amp; HUMAN RIGHTS POSTS<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"sustainability\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Food Justice<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1889\" src=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainable-garden2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1802\" src=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainable-garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainable-garden.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainable-garden-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainable-garden-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nFood justice involves ensuring that all people have access to nutritious food, that those who work in the food industry are free from exploitation and earn a living wage, and that food is grown, sourced, and consumed in ethical ways.<\/p>\n<h3>Top links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grassrootsonline.org\/what-we-do\/publications-and-resources\/educational-resources\/food-thought-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food for Thought and Action: a Food Sovereignty Curriculum<\/a>: a free, four-module curriculum from Grassroots International on how the food system works, its failures, and hopeful alternatives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/2010\/01\/15\/1457\/\">Ethical Eating and Food Justice<\/a>: resources and actions for UUs on fair trade, labor, local food, and other ethical eating and food justice concerns, curated by UUMFE<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmworkerjustice.org\/resources\/reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reports from Farmworker Justice<\/a>: a series of cutting-edge reports on the many issues faced by agricultural workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended sources for info and action:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmworkerjustice.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Farmworker Justice<\/a> (don\u2019t miss their great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmworkerjustice.org\/fj-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmworkerjustice.org\/latest-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest news<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciw-online.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/viacampesina.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Via Campesina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iatp.org\/issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute for Agriculture &amp; Trade Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"lts_button lts_button_sc lts_button_default lt_rounded   \"  style=\"background:#0016b0;color:#ffffff;border-color:#0016b0;\" href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/tag\/food-justice\/\"   >ALL FOOD JUSTICE POSTS<\/a>\n<p><!--[toggle title=\"FOOD JUSTICE\"]Access to quality food and ethical eating, including ethical agriculture, labor, food systems, and food choices [display-posts post_type=\"post\" category=\"null\" tag=\"food-justice\" layout=\"layout4\" posts_per_page=\"5\" id=\"\"] [\/toggle]--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"front-lines\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Climate Change<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1805\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/resist-spectra.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Peter Bowden. Image shows a large, interfaith gathering in resistance to the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/resist-spectra.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/resist-spectra-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/resist-spectra-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Peter Bowden. Image shows a large, interfaith gathering in resistance to the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s no denying that climate change is happening, and is human-caused. There\u2019s also no denying that those on the front-lines of the climate crisis are among those who have contributed least to creating the problem, such as island nations, Indigenous peoples, and those who directly depend on the land for sustenance.<\/p>\n<h3>Top links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uusc.org\/campaign\/climate-forced-displacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UUSC\u2019s Environmental Justice &amp; Climate Change Program<\/a>: UUSC works with partners across the world to address the human rights concerns of climate-forced displacement<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climateindex.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Change Index<\/a>:\u00a0The Climate Change Index gives you the facts about climate change and its impact on our economy, our health, our national security and other factors for all Americans.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ejnet.org\/ej\/climatejustice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 Principles for Just Climate Change Policies in the U.S.<\/a> (PDF): a set of principles that came out of the 2002 National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climateoutreach.org\/resources\/climate-change-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faith and Climate Change<\/a>: a guide from Climate Outreach and GreenFaith for how to effectively talk about climate change with people of faith and multi-faith audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended sources for action:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/clergyclimateaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clergy Climate Action Pledge<\/a> &amp; the <a href=\"http:\/\/climatedisobedience.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Disobedience Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/get-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">350.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourpowercampaign.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Justice Alliance &amp; Our Power Campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/citizensclimatelobby.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citizen\u2019s Climate Lobby<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended sources for climate change info:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9YZNgPhJrD8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Planet Faith &amp; Science Initiative &#8211; ClimateMatters.TV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">InsideClimate News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climate.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Global Climate Change portal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Central<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalchange.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Global Change Research Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climate.trunity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Climate Portal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"lts_button lts_button_sc lts_button_default lt_rounded   \"  style=\"background:#0016b0;color:#ffffff;border-color:#0016b0;\" href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/tag\/climate-change\/\"   >ALL CLIMATE CHANGE POSTS<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"ecology\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ecology &amp; Rights of Nature<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1876\" src=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ecology.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ecology.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ecology-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ecology-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nEcosystems are communities of interacting living beings and natural systems, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/therightsofnature.org\/bigger-picture\/\">Rights of Nature<\/a> is a framework for respecting the rights of \u201call beings to the freedom they require to realize their full potential in the larger web of existence.\u201d This calls us to work for ecosystem conservation and restoration, biodiversity, clean air and water, and the rights of animals.<\/p>\n<h3>Top Links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/pages\/living-planet-report-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Wildlife Fund 2016 Living Planet Report<\/a>: global populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles declined by 58% between 1970 and 2012. This report details these findings, and actions needed to preserve &amp; restore biodiversity.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therightsofnature.org\/what-is-rights-of-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is \u201cRights of Nature\u201d?<\/a>: a great summary of the Rights of Nature framework with links to additional resources, from the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, a global network of organizations and individuals committed to supporting legal systems that recognize, respect, and enforce Rights of Nature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended sources for info and action:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therightsofnature.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/celdf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uuam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UU Animal Ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biologicaldiversity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Biological Diversity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earth Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/waterkeeper.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waterkeeper Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"lts_button lts_button_sc lts_button_default lt_rounded   \"  style=\"background:#0016b0;color:#ffffff;border-color:#0016b0;\" href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/tag\/ecology-nature\/\"   >ALL ECOLOGY &amp; RIGHTS OF NATURE POSTS<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"food-justice\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"sustainability\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sustainability<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1887\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1887\" src=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainability.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainability.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainability-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sustainability-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Francesco Pasqualetti via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sustainability means living within the ecological limits of the Earth\u2019s ability to regenerate, meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. Pollution, overconsumption, poverty, escalating inequality, habitat loss and biodiversity decline, and climate change all make our current global society fundamentally unsustainable.<\/p>\n<h3>Top links:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movementgeneration.org\/justtransition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strategic Framework for a Just Transition<\/a>: a zine by Movement Generation Justice &amp; Ecology Project<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pachamama.org\/engage\/awakening-the-dreamer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Awakening the Dreamer<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pachamama.org\/engage\/intensive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Game Changer Intensive<\/a>: online education programs from Pachamama Alliance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>: seventeen goals adopted by the United Nations to \u00a0end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all, with specific target objectives to reach by 2030.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uua.org\/action\/statements\/responsible-consumption-our-moral-imperative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cResponsible Consumption is Our Moral Imperative\u201d<\/a>: a 2001 Statement of Conscience passed by the delegates to the UUA General Assembly<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overshootday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earth Overshoot Day<\/a>: a project to identify the date each year that humanity\u2019s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. You can also calculate your personal Overshoot Day (aka ecological footprint).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended sources for info and action:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footprintnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Footprint Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/transitionnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transition Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storyofstuff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Story of Stuff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interfaithpowerandlight.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interfaith Power &amp; Light<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"lts_button lts_button_sc lts_button_default lt_rounded   \"  style=\"background:#0016b0;color:#ffffff;border-color:#0016b0;\" href=\"https:\/\/uumfe.org\/tag\/sustainability\/\"   >ALL SUSTAINABILITY POSTS<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UU Ministry for Earth is a source for actions, tools, stories, and connection to the global climate justice movement. Explore the major issue areas UUMFE focuses on, using a racial and economic justice-informed framework of environmental justice. 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