ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Environmental Justice Name College Affiliation

Thesis statement/Question  Does equity in the use of the environment affect the quality of life?  The equal use of environmental resources is key to ensuring that there is peace and benefits to all hence reduced suffering.  Most of the world problems are linked to poor use of the environment selfish gains by few individuals.  When the environment is destroyed, people who depend on them for livelihood end up suffering.

Introduction  It is common in the world today that minority groups have a higher level of environmental risks more that those that have power.  The risks are caused by environmental racism and injustice due to unequal distribution of environmental resources  These problems can be used to determine the exposure of risks as far as the environment is concerned

Issues  Ethics and environmental conservation  Minorities and environmental risks  Race and the environment  Inequality and the environment  Environmental injustice and neglect  Environmental justice  The Utilitarianism theory and morality  Gender and environment  The roles of religion and politics in environmental justice.

Ethics and environmental conservation  According to the Utilitarianism theory, things should be done correctly because this ensures maximum benefits and reduces suffering.  It is immoral for individuals to exploit the environmental where everyone is not benefiting  People should join hands and conserve the environmental regardless of who they are.

Minorities and environmental risks  The people who mostly face high risks when the environment is messed are the minorities.  The natives like the aborigines or Australia and primitive groups In America face high discrimination when it comes to policy formation.  The fact that such groups are locked out of policy formulation means that they end up being on the receiving end.

Race and the environment  Discrimination is one of the things which caused environmental injustice especially before the civil movements.  There are cases where people have limited access to the environment because of their race.  Lack of participation would mean that such races lack the political ability to participate in environmental matters.

Inequality and the environment  The environmental equality denies people equal chance to access forest resources.  Environmental equality could means people taking resources from the environment at the expense of others.  With the world discovering new resources every day, there are cases where foreigners exploit resources and mess up the environment at the expense of locals who don’t benefit.

Environmental injustice and neglect  There is a close relationship between environmental injustice and inequality.  For inequality, the environment is mainly unfairly distributed while for injustice people are denied.  Injustices can be any form of discrimination  There is no way one can participate in activities which are beneficial unless there are given a chance.

Environmental justice  Environmental justice is the fair treatment all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development.  Fair treatment means that people should get maximum benefits from the environment and minimal negatives from the same.  Meaningful involvement could mean the public contribution can influence the regulatory agency's decision

The Utilitarianism theory and morality  The environmental should be exploited for the sake of the common good so that all can have maximum benefits  Unfair practices like the environment by large cooperates for their own gains is immoral  The morals and ethics should be adhered to for the sake of humanity.  The theory encourages a moral society.

Gender and environment  While other forms of discrimination have been dealt with, gender parity remains a problem when it comes to the environment.  There are many ways through which gender can be an issue as far as the environment is concerned.  Women are barred from participating in environmental affairs in some communities due to cultural problems.  Women are discouraged from certain decisions which affect the environment

The roles of religion and politics in environmental justice  When it comes to peace justice and equality, the church plays a key role.  Politics are mainly concerned with the allocation of resources.  The church can be a voice of reason where there is a conflict concerning environmental management  The government can control who exploits what resource hence in position to control pollution.

References  Peter, M.(2011). How to manage the environment. London: Macmillan  Tunai, H.(2011). Environmental justice. Nairobi: Longman