ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the intersections of reproductive justice and environmental justice to consider the possibilities and pitfalls of approaching these social movements and discourses as always-already interrelated in relationship to motherhood. Both reproductive justice and environmental justice point to unique and overlapping histories and present interconnections, as well as the imperative of centering the experiences and perspectives of women of color, Indigenous peoples, and low-income communities to challenge the corporations, politicians, ideologies, and material conditions that make life unlivable for billions of people on Earth. In many cases, the stakes are especially high for women, mothers, and children. Climate disruption and environmental degradation interact to make parenting and parenting with sufficient resources and survivable environments increasingly difficult. In response, fierce calls for change from grassroots groups continue to be mobilized, often led by women and mothers. From these struggles for alternative ways of knowing and being, this chapter argues that radical coalitional possibilities for uprooting false “solutions” that function to further alienate, erase, and threaten the lives of entire communities are possible.
