Title

Indigenous environmental justice and sustainability

Abstract

A distinct formulation of Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) is required in order to address the challenges of the ecological crisis as well the various forms of violence and injustices experienced specifically by Indigenous peoples. A distinct IEJ formulation must ground its foundations in Indigenous philosophies, ontologies, and epistemologies in order to reflect Indigenous conceptions of what constitutes justice. This approach calls into question the legitimacy and applicability of global and nationstate political and legal mechanisms, as these same states and international governing bodies continue to fail Indigenous peoples around the world. Not only do current global, national and local systems of governance and law fail Indigenous peoples, they fail all life. Indigenous peoples over the decades have presented a distinct diagnosis of the planetary ecological crisis evidenced in the observations shared as part of Indigenous environmental declarations.

Link to article (open access)

Indigenous environmental justice and sustainability

Description

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume 43, April 2020, Pages 35-40

Date Created

April 2020

Creator(s)

Deborah McGregor, Steven Whitaker, Mahisha Sritharan

Format

PDF

Article Type

Scholarly Article

Denomination

Indigenous Traditions

Audience

All audiences/General public

Issues

english Eco-Justice

english Human Health & Well-being

english Climate

english Energy

english Water

english Farms, Food, Gardens