Environmental Justice

Since its inception in 2015, JOSHUA’s environmental group has continued to fulfill its mission of building relationships in the community to advance issues that align with our core values of equity, education, and advocacy. This task force was central in the establishment of the City of Green Bay Sustainability Commission, rallying with local organizations to oppose oil pipelines due to environmental concerns and tribal rights, being a part of community clean ups, and hosting an annual electronics recycling event. 

While the task force was on a hiatus for a couple of years, the group reconvened in 2024 and now has a regular meeting time each month on the first Wednesday at 2 PM. Email us at info@joshua4justice.org to learn more and join the mailing list for this group. 

In addition, some members have been active in attending the Rights of Nature movement. This is an acknowledgement that current laws regulate the exploitation of nature-treating nature as existing for human use. This task force believes that our laws need to recognize nature as having rights of their own. Water, plants, animals, and ecosystems that we live among need to be treated as living beings with legal rights. Learn more at rightsofnaturewi.org.