Los Jardines Institute

We believe  that together we can achieve much more than working lonely, over the course of ongoing alarming changes for our communities and partners who we share missions with 

LJI helped form the Environmental Justice Health Alliance (EJHA), a national alliance of Environmental Justice grassroots organizations affiliated with Coming Clean. These organizations work to reform the chemical and energy industries so that they are no longer a source of harm. 

With EJHA  LJI is working on a national Dollar Store Campaign. The Campaign for Healthier Solutions which works to bring attention to the high levels of toxicity in Dollar Store products. Particularly those marketed to children.

Valle de Oro National Widlife Refuge  & Los Jardines Institute Collaboration.  LJI  working in collaboration with the refuge, the Friends of the VDO and the Mountain View Neighborhood Association developed an Environmental and Economic Justice Strategic Plan  in 2014 for the Refuge. This is the first such plan for any public site in the nation.  The Trump administration has paused this work of  the Refuge. However we continue our 

LJI partners with local  and national organizations to support EJ policy and organizing including the Equitable and Just Climate Platform   and the   Just Transition  Alliance.

Our local policy work is focused on addressing cumulative impacts, alternative energy and false solutions  we partner with the False Solutions Coalition and the Justice 40  Coalition implementation in New Mexico.

LJI offers support and consultation to grassroots organizations on a variety of Environmental and  Economic Justice Issues.