Watch the three videos that explore environmental justice through the challenges of access to water, food and energy.

Collect your ideas by noting them down on a piece of paper - don't be neat - just place them all over the paper.

If you find it easer, you can do this after watching the videos.

After watching all the videos, draw lines to connect different points in your notes.

Add + or - to show if something is amplfying an issue or reducing it.

1) What are the common barriers to access to water, food and energy?

2) What, if any, are the differences between access to water, food and energy?

3) Are there solutions to improving access to water, food and energy?

4) List specific examples that you want to keep for your toolbox of real-world-examples.

5) Can you identify the scale of these solutions?

Scales of action

There are many levels of operating scales for both sustainability and environmental justice.

Individual - we can make our own choices about how we live and what work we do. Some would say that this is not a choice for people living in poorer communities.

Businesses - there are many opportunities for business to make choices about how they operate. Companies may become B coorporations, impose ESG (Environmental Social Governance) standards, examine their supply chains and make them transparent, reduce energy consumption and transition to renewable energies.

Communities - different communities with shared beliefs such as religious, cultural, political and indigenous can work towards sustainability targets and fight for environmental justice rights.

Cities - depending upon political structures, many cities are choosing to set their own sustainability target (joining global movements such as C40 or becoming cities focused on local energy targets (my own city is an Energiestadt) or smart

Countries - set their own policies, laws and design their own socioeconomic systems. These are dependent on the political systems in place and the ability to set long term goals.

Global - the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are globally agreed.