Get Involved - READ
- Covid Plus Decades of Pollution Are a Nasty Combo for Detroit
- Detroit’s most vulnerable residents face inequalities like toxic air, lead poisoning, and water shutoffs. Now they’re fighting back - features Michelle Martinez, former Sierra Club staff and now coordinator of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition.
- Struggling to breathe in 48217, Michigan’s most toxic ZIP code - Detroit Metrotimes article featuring numerous Sierra Club leaders.
- Mobile Air Alerts plus information about Smog, Soot, and Asthma and Climate Disruption
- Choking to Death in Detroit: Flint Isn't Michigan's Only Disaster - Newsweek article featuring Rhonda Anderson, Regional Organizing Manager for the Sierra Club in Detroit.
- Fighting for the Right to Breathe in Detroit and Michigan - This letter was authored by Alisha Winters, a mother, a former Sierra Club Michigan Chapter board member and community leader in River Rouge, Michigan, home to one of the DTE coal plants that contribute 85 percent of the sulfur dioxide pollution in Wayne County. The American Lung Association gave Wayne County a grade of 'F' in its 2015 "State of the Air" report.
- Wayne County's Mounting Pollution Problem - For decades, residents from the City of Detroit and nearby downriver neighborhoods have been affected by a number of heavy industrial operations in their communities.
The Michigan Department of Community Health has deemed this area the “Epicenter of Asthma Burden,” due to the health consequences these local families face. - The Burden of Asthma in Detroit
- Coal-Fired Power Plants Disproportionally Impact Communities of Color, says NAACP by Audrey Haynes, (2012).
- The report, Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People , investigates the overall toxicity of emissions or 'dirtiness' of coal plants, and combines emissions ratings with demographic data to rank a coal plant's effect on neighboring communities.
- Must-read report: Detroit's 48217 zip code is Michigan's most polluted
- Meet The People Fighting Pollution In Michigan’s Most Toxic ZIP Code
- What is a Green New Deal?
Get Involved - JOIN / SUPPORT
- Sierra Club Environmental Justice Action Group
- MOBILE AIR ALERTS
- East Michigan Environmental Action Council
- Great Lakes Environmental Law Center
- United Community Housing Coalition - helping keep people in their homes
- Soulardarity - lobby the state for more fair energy practices
- We The People of Detroit - help people keep their water turned on
- Brightmoor Connection Food Pantry
- Michigan Voice
- Peoples Movement Assembly - Detroit
- Focus: HOPE
- Michigan United
- Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Get Involved – WORK ON A COMMUNITY FARM
Earthworks Urban Farm - The Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Earthworks Urban Farm is a 1.5-acre certified organic farm located on the east side of Detroit. We seek to build a just, beautiful food system through education, inspiration, and community development. As a working study in both social justice and in knowing the origins of the food we eat, Earthworks strives to restore our connection to the environment and community- Michigan Voices for Good Food Policy -
Supports policies that expand opportunities for rural and urban farmers to produce good food, sustain the environment, and contribute to healthy and vibrant communities. Michigan Voices was a coalition-building project of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. - Buckets of Rain - We aim to support the rebuilding of Detroit by transforming blighted areas into agricultural oases - growing hope, feeding lives one garden at a time