Our Mission:
Justice.
We offer leadership at making the environment safe from chemicals and to defend people's rights to a healthful environment.
World over, pollution kills three times more people than AIDS, malaria & tuberculosis combined, accounting for one in four deaths in the poorest countries.
In every country, the poorest and most vulnerable communities suffer the most from environmental pollution and are the least able to access justice.
What is environmental injustice?
Environmental injustice refers to the inequitable exposure of poor, minority, and disenfranchised populations to toxic chemicals, contaminated air, food & water, unsafe workplaces and other forms of pollution, and the consequent disproportionate burden among these populations of pollution-related disease.
We do Precision Toxicology
Precision toxicology is an emerging scientific approach to environmental justice and health protection by establishing causation between chemicals and their adverse health effects, and between polluters and the victims of pollution.
We train environmental advocates
Lasting solutions require a common understanding among our future leaders, in all sectors, who make strategic decisions based on scientific facts and a shared commitment to a healthful environment.
We do action research
Action research gathers information with the community needing help — to combat specific environmental health problems. As actions are applied, the dimensions of the problem are revealed, helping to untangle its complexity. The outcomes are effective interventions that protect people’s lives and their livelihoods.
Our Consortium
We are the Environment Care Consortium, a collaborative team of over 100 science, legal and public health experts & students that confront the global health and justice problems caused by pollution. Our solution is 'action research' that uses precision toxicology and environmental governance to reduce the burden of pollution, based on vastly improved opportunities for effective recourse.
Our Program
The problem of environmental injustice has three parts: pollution from multiple sources, public health crises from environmental toxicity concentrated among the poorest communities, and the failure of regulatory efforts. Our action research program combines scientific and governance investigations to reveal the complex relationships operating across environmental, public health, and societal & legal domains.
We intervene to protect public and environmental health while also providing remedial strategies that preserve sustainable economic development.
education
Environmental justice begins with knowledge. We therefore inform communities about their options. We train judges, policy makers & industry leaders in precision toxicology. We teach the next generation of environmental advocates.
Public health
Environmental protection is intrinsically linked to public health. For to have healthy people, the environments must be healthy. Our program prioritizes interventions that produce measurable public health outcomes.
Science
Our program combines systems biology with analytical chemistry, ecology, quantitative genetics, evolutionary theory, high performance computing, artificial & human intelligence, epidemiology & toxicology to restore justice.
Law & Governance
Law captures a society’s values. Our program uses law as a mediating institution capable of engaging people competing in the private sector with the significant institutions of public life. Legal action can operationalize scientific knowledge in decision making.
5 June 2018
“To achieve sustainable development, it is necessary for us to recognize the fundamental importance of protecting the environment and of the rights [of people] that depend on it."
Joint Statement by the UN Environment Program and the Special Rapporteur on human rights & the environment / Read Full Article
Get Involved
We have participating institutions in 12 countries, ranging from universities and government agencies to NGOs. Our activities are wholly dependent on consolidating people’s expertise and existing resources to achieve community-level outcomes. By expecting take-up of our solutions across spheres of influence, and with the support from our donors, impact in the form of environmental justice, reduced inequalities, and improved health can be achieved on national and global scales.
If you care about the plight of our environment and want to do something about it, here is how to get involved:
Sign Up to a Program
We create programmes by building open collaborations with public, private and nonprofit sector partners within our consortium.
Study opportunities
There are options to receive training in environmental advocacy while obtaining a University degree or certification.
Join the Consortium
Take part in our action research program by joining the consortium to achieve environmental health outcomes.