Working on Earth: Class and Environmental Justice 

Edited by Christina Robertson and Jennifer Westerman. University of Nevada Press: Reno, 2015

Working on Earth is a collection of essays examines the relationship between environmental injustice and the exploitation of working-class people. Twelve scholars from the fields of environmental humanities and the humanistic social sciences explore the connections between the current and unprecedented rise of environmental degradation, economic inequality, and wide-spread social injustice in the United States and Canada. The authors challenge prevailing cultural narratives that separate ecological and human health from the impacts of modern industrial capitalism. Ultimately, Working on Earth calls for a working-class ecology as an integral part of achieving just and sustainable human development.

Contributors:
Joni Adamson, Paul Bogard, James W. Feldman, Peter Friederici, Scott Hicks, Jason Roberts, Terre Ryan, Debra J. Salazar, Edie Steiner, Charles Waugh

Christina Robertson earned her PhD in Literature and the Environment at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she teaches environmental literature, ethnic studies, and composition.

Jennifer Westerman is assistant professor of sustainable development at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She specializes in environmental literature, working-class studies, and environmental justice.