Screening Tools
The Public Environmental Data Partners are committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. They are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice, and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work.
These exist at https://screening-tools.com/ and include tools such as the Climate and Economic Justice Screening tool. These are an unofficial copy of the tool. They are working on an overhaul, but in the meantime some links and text may incorrectly suggest that this site is affiliated with the US Government.
They will continue to update this in the coming days.They will also be adding more climate and environmental justice datasets and tools in coming days/weeks, including most likely EJ Screen.
Supporting Overburdened Communities Mapping Tool
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has created the resulting map providing multiple opportunities to serve communities, utilizing environmental justice grants and emission reduction projects.
Our overburdened communities are those with a combination of poorer health outcomes, more air pollution sources, and whose residents face socio-economic barriers to participation in clean air decisions and solutions. To identify our overburdened communities, they combined information from multiple trusted sources, including their own Community Air Tool, Washington State’s Environmental Health Disparities Map, Washington State Department of Ecology’s Overburdened Communities, and EPA’s Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool.
Training Resources for the Environmental Community Toolkits
Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC) compiles toolkits, resources, and webinars. Toolkits include topics like financial planning, staff management, and strategic planning. The extensive resources page includes topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion, financial management, and leadership. 60-minute webinars presented by nonprofit trainers and consultants cover important aspects of nonprofit leadership, financial management, fundraising, diversity, equity and inclusion, and more.
Multnomah County Equity and Empowerment Lens
The Lens is designed to help institutions identify inequities and achieve transformational change. The Lens includes an assessment with guiding questions around connection to people, connection to place, and connection to process and power.
The Greenlining Institute Racial Equity Toolkit
The toolkit is designed to help policymakers, advocates, and others consider racial equity. The tool was informed by case studies and includes a step-by-step guide to gather information, engage stakeholders, identify and assess policy holes, and evaluate outcomes.
Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Racial Equity Toolkit
Toolkit to help jurisdictions integrate racial equity considerations into policies, programs, and government operations. The tool is intended to be used early in the planning process and includes a set of steps and questions to guide users through the process.