Environmental justice requires the consideration of how marginalized people―such as those in poverty or poor housing, seasonal agricultural workers, women, and others―are also disproportionately impacted by environmental issues like unsafe drinking water, pollution, toxic wastes, climate change, lack of green spaces, workplace exposure to risks, and other risks.

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Produce and consume our food in sustainable ways in order to alleviate hunger, poverty, food insecurity, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, says that “everything is closely related” and that “today’s problems call for a vision capable of taking into account every aspect of the global crisis.”