COMMUNITY-BASED COLLABORATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - SOUTH-EAST HALIFAX ENVIRONMENTAL REAWAKENING

The paper describes environmental racism and its underlying causes and then presents a case Study of environmental racism in the United Stat es where a toxic dump and large hog production factories are systemati cally sited in poorer areas. These are also areas with an above averag e proportion of African Americans and American Indians. The paper also describes a programme of environmental awakening in one area to fight environmental racism and to support isolated, rural and semi-rural co mmunities in their efforts to recover environmental values. This progr amme includes community workshops; environmental health consultations; a quantitative analysis of environmental justice; seminars to raise a wareness of environmental health and festivals and other means of prom oting greater awareness of the main environmental issues.