Center for Health, Environment & Justice

Through training, coalition-building, and one-on-one technical and organizing assistance, the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) works to level the playing field so that people can have a say in the environmental policies and decisions that affect their health and well-being. By organizing one school, one neighborhood, one community at a time, CHEJ is making the world cleaner and healthier for all of us. Become a fan to receive campaign updates and learn about new opportunities and events!

Much of CHEJ's work focuses on these campaigns:

- BE SAFE <www.besafenet.com> promotes precautionary action to protect human health and prevent pollution. The precautionary approach shifts the questions we ask about environmental hazards from "what level of harm is acceptable?" to "how can we prevent harm?"

- Childproofing Our Communities <www.childproofing.org> educates and empowers communities to protect children from toxic exposure in the places where they play, pray, learn and grow. The campaign works on issues such as safe school siting, non-toxic pest management, least toxic cleaning products and procedures, indoor air quality, and more.

- The Green Flag Schools Program for Environmental Leadership <www.greenflagschools.org> provides a framework for schools to engage in environmental advocacy. Through the program, students learn environmental concepts, investigate their schools, and advocate for school-wide reforms to make their schools safer and healthier.

- PVC: The Poison Plastic <www.besafenet.com/pvc> is a national campaign working to phase out PVC, the most dangerous plastic to our health and environment. In the past two years, we have successfully moved major Fortune 500 companies away from this unnecessary toxic plastic and towards safer and healthier alternatives. (read less)

Through training, coalition-building, and one-on-one technical and organizing assistance, the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) works to level the playing field so that people can have a say in the environmental policies and decisions that affect their health and well-being. By organizing one school, one neighborhood, one community at a time, CHEJ is making the world cleaner and healthier for all of us. Become a fan to receive campaign updates and learn about new opportunities... (read more)