Public meeting: Environmental justice in your community

Monday, April 30, 2012 - 19:00

'Environmental justice' was coined in the 1980s in the United States by activists and academics to describe the unequal racial distribution of environmentally harmful activities. Since then the concept has been developed further by communities, activists, lawyers and academics to encompass not only the distribution of environmental harms and benefits but also rights to recognition and participation by citizens and communities in decisions affecting their health, amenity and well being. Presenter: Elizabeth McKinnon (lawyer, EDO).

Kellaway Avenue Neighbourhood Centre, 5 Kellaway Ave, Moonee Ponds. Presented by The Environment Defenders Office & Friends of Steele Creek.