Centre for Environmental Justice
 
   
 
Our Programmes  
Centre for Environmental Justice programees are based on Science, Law and Advocacy. We provide free legal aid to be affected marginalised communities to protect their environmental rights. We also educate citizens on environmental issues. Science and environmnetal education and research are major areas of our work.
 

Centre for Environmental Justice promotes environmental justice and equity. We engage in campaigns on Water Rights, Anti GMOs, Environmental Justice and Good Governance, Anti Incineration, Energy and Climate change, protection of natural environment and sustainable livelihood.

 
 

Improving Environmental Justice for the Rural Poor in Sri Lanka

 

CEJ is engage in a project to improve environmnetal Justice for the rual communities in Sri Lanka in partnership with the IUCN Sri Lanka. This project is financed by the DFID through IUCN Sri Lanka. Centre for Environmental Justice is working with the local communities in Kotabowa area near Nilgala forest and Poeple living around Periyakalapu in Thirrukkovil.

Public Interest Law Foundation is working with local Communities aroound Puttalam Lagoon and Peak Wilderness area.

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Training of Civil Society organization on climate impacts  

The project will educate CSOs on climate impacts, Mobilize CSOs to work with vulnerable communities and conduct a research on most vulnerable communities and their potential to face climate disasters and project ideas that can be developed to face the future climate impacts.

The project will result adequate awareness among the Civil Society Organization to educate own communities on how to be ready with the future climate disasters and how to react when a climate disaster happens. It will result informal education of the communities by organizing smaller workshops and informing the membership of the community based organizations. It will also find public opinion on possibilities for adapting to future changes and consider, identify or initiate projects to face future climate impacts.

The activites have been supported by the KOREA GREEN FOUNDATION for a one year period.

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Environmental Litigation

 

We involve in direct legal actions on environmental destructions. Cases on dune sand mining, Greenbelt restoration and GM food labeling are some cases filed in the Court of Appeal.

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Legal Aid

 

CEJ assists affected people to find the legal remedies for their environmental problems.

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Policy Advocacy

 
We advocate government agencies to produce environmentally sound legislation and fight for Environmental Good Governance.We monitor the environmental problems and environmental situation in the country. We advocate the relevant agencies to stop and mitigate environmental problems. We advocate sustainable natural resource management.
 
 

Environmental Mediation

 
We assist people to resolve their environmental problems through Environmental Mediation.A well trained panel of Environmental Mediators are involved in this work.
 
 

Environmental Education

 
We educate public on environment, Multilateral Banks and Export Credit Agencies. We also educate public on multinational corporation global institutions, their policies, impact on globalization and privatization. We organize workshops and seminars to educate the public on the Impact of water privatization, GMO, Persistent Organic Pollutants or any other local or global environmental problems.
 
 

Citizen's Science Programme

 
Our Environmental Scientists assist public to measure environmental pollution levels. If your problem is water pollution we can test the water quality. We advis the public how to obtain these facilities. We also assist the public to understand the environmental situation in their neighbourhoods.
 
 

Monitoring Global institutions

 
We monitor the policies programs and projects of the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, Japanese Bank for International Corporation WTO and other Export Credit agencies. We share this information with the public by different means.
 
 
 
 
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Sri Lanka is planning to build a nuclear power plant by 2025. Do we need to generate power from Nuclear sources. Read more.

Lead is a deadly heavy metal. Decorative paints contain leaded raw material. Now unleaded paint is available in the market. Read more


4th South Asian Conference on Sanitation will be held in April 4-8 in Hotel Cinnamon Grand. Civil Society Conference on Sanitation will be held from 1-2 April 2011. Read more

Colombo was flodded 3 times in 2010. CEJ filed a lawsuit in the Western Provincial High Court seeking a proper plan and removal of all blockades.

Climate change has made severe impacts to the poor. But it is due to the lifestyle of the rich and mostly rich nations. It is necessary to safeguard poor from these negative impacts and include them in all climate plans. Read More

 
 
 
 
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  Can We expect Climate Justice in Copenhagen?  
  Coal, renewables and the CO2 meter  
  Recycling water policies  
  Proposed Garbage dumping in Waga  
  Is the Wild Life Department protecting it’s property or giving it away? - by Kamini Vitarana  
  Get them out of Our Planet - by Dilena Pathragoda  
  Biofuel and the Food Crisis - by Hemantha Withanage  
  Climate Change and Environmental Governance- by Hemantha Withanage  
  The G8, Environment and Climate Change- by Hemantha Withanage  
  Environment Conservation Levy and Climate Adaptation  
 
 
 
 
           
 
Campaigns
Publications
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Environmental Issues
           

Campaigns

  • No Lead in Paint
  • Mercury free hospitals
  • Stop PCB contaminated items
  • Don't Nuke Sri Lanka

Recent Cases

  • Case on Colombo Flooding
  • MC case against a service station in Maharagama

Things you can do

  • Be a green!
  • Ask your Minister not to Nuke Sri Lanka
  • Stop Buying Leaded paint. Ask for lead free paint!
  • Drink Tap water. Its more safe.
  • Beware of cosmetics. Some may contain lead or Mercury!
  • Save Energy! Insted CFL bulbs look for LED bulbs.
  • Keep old CFL bulbs away from your kids. It contains Hg.
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