Sustainable development recognizes that the environment is the foundation for all human well-being.1 In the United States, environmental justice, environmental racism, and environmental equity are all terms that have been used to describe the social movement uniting low-income, African-American, Native American, Asian Pacific Islander, and Latino communities (environmental justice communities) in challenging the distribution of environmental burdens and benefits. Through the efforts of the environmental justice movement, the USA has been forced to address its history of racism and conquest – a history so toxic that it has left indelible marks on both the environment and people. That history is not over yet.