About EJF
Working towards a safer, healthier and more just environment for all.
Environmental Justice Forum (EJF) advances environmental justice through student and youth stewardship, environmental protection, climate action, community participation and informed social action.
Who We Are
Making environmental understanding accessible. Enabling people to participate. Supporting informed action.
Environmental challenges can affect communities differently. Those with fewer resources and less influence can often be more vulnerable to environmental degradation and climate-related risks.
EJF works to strengthen environmental understanding and participation by connecting knowledge, people and action. Our work creates spaces for students and young people to learn and contribute, for experts and practitioners to share knowledge, for communities to participate in environmental decision-making, and for evidence and public concerns to inform institutional and policy conversations.
We approach environmental justice as a shared responsibility — one that requires informed citizens, engaged communities, capable institutions and sustained action.
What We Do
Five interconnected areas of work.
Mission, Vision & Values
What drives our work, and where we aim to go.
Our Values
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Environmental protection must also consider who is affected, who has access to resources, who participates in decisions and who bears the consequences of environmental change.
We value reliable information, scientific understanding and responsible analysis. Our work seeks to distinguish evidence from assumption and informed discussion from misinformation.
Environmental decisions affect communities. We believe people should have meaningful opportunities to understand issues, participate in discussions and contribute to decisions that affect their lives and surroundings.
Environmental responsibility is shared across generations. We encourage students, young people, institutions and communities to take an active role in protecting the environment.
Environmental action should create space for different experiences, perspectives and forms of knowledge, particularly those of people and communities who are often less represented in decision-making.
Complex environmental problems cannot be addressed by one group alone. We value constructive collaboration among students, experts, communities, institutions, government and civil society.
Awareness is only a beginning. We seek to connect understanding and evidence with practical, constructive and accountable action.
Our Approach
Understand. Engage. Advocate. Act.
We believe meaningful environmental action begins with understanding the problem. Our approach connects research and evidence with public engagement, technical understanding and institutional dialogue.
Environmental justice requires more than identifying problems. It requires the ability to understand environmental challenges, communicate evidence, involve people, engage institutions and translate knowledge into action.
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