Jen White-Johnson Everpress T-shirt Collab
We all deserve to breathe easy and collectively. This T-shirt was created in tribute to those fighting and advocating for climate and environmental justice.
Climate action must address the underlying social structures that have created environmental inequity. This is why disability justice is climate justice. Climate justice is disability justice. ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Disability Justice is Climate Justice
CLIMATE JUSTICE FACTS TO UPLIFT:
Nearly 1 billion people, or 15 percent of the world’s population, are disabled
Climate change impacts disproportionately affect Disabled people who often lack the resources to adapt to climate change.
Climate change affects disabled folks in dynamic ways.
Disability Justice acknowledges that all bodies are valuable, hold beauty, and are deserving of care. This extends to our community bodies, to the bodies of our plant and animal kin, and to our shared planetary body itself, the earth.
Sources:
- Disabled Writer, Marlina Chertock
- Environmental Health News
- Sins Invalid: Disability Justice is Climate Justice