The environmental law field has been slow to diversify and there is widespread agreement that diversity is critical to providing high quality work that has a deep and lasting impact. Bethany A. Davis Noll and Richard L. Revesz write a guest blog post on a series of events the New York City Bar’s Environmental Law Committee and Green 2.0 partnered on this year to highlight diversity and racial equity in the environmental law field.

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is a grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The organization understands that the climate crisis is a human issue, and one of the many systems of injustice that intersect to disproportionately burden, black and brown communities. “Here at CCAN, we…

Green 2.0 Deputy Director Adriane Alicea sat down with Ramón Cruz, President of Sierra Club to discuss how narrative shifts happen in the environmental movement, being unapologetic about who you are, what inspires him about this generation of young people and how each of us can hold elected officials accountable this Earth Day.

The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) is a non-partisan non-advocacy organization working to make the environment more accessible, relatable, relevant, and connected to the daily lives of all Americans. “At NEEF, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) is at the core of our mission and how we approach our work. Making the environment accessible, relatable, relevant,…

Our Climate’s commitment to DEIJ is not just to the issues themselves, but to also dismantle racism and build power within their organization.