Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste Landfill

This video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism” talks about the early days of the environmental justice movement and how the health of minority communities can be compromised by the disproportionate numbers of hazardous waste facilities located there.

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Environmental Justice in Dallas

Follow a Dallas community's fight to receive federal Superfund status to clean up the damage from a high-polluting lead smelter, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism."

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PCB Cleanup in Seattle

In this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: “Poisoned Waters,” a Seattle community, concerned about its health, fights to clean up PCBs in its neighborhood.

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Poisoned Waters: How Can Communities Fight Industrial Pollution?

From FRONTLINE Poisoned Waters, this video explores how communities can fight industrial pollution.

Poisoned Waters: Is There a Smarter Way to Grow?

From FRONTLINE Poisoned Waters, this video looks at one community's efforts to grow while preserving the environment.

Protesting a Natural Gas Facility

Meet a high school student who mobilized her community to stop construction of a liquefied natural gas facility, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute.

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Taking Action for a Clean Environment

In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore activism, some of the tactics that youth activists may use to influence others and bring about change, and the characteristics activists possess.

Teen Fights for Toxic Waste Cleanup

Meet a student who successfully lobbied her state legislature about toxic waste sites in her neighborhood, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute’s New Leaders Initiative.

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