Bigotry. That isn’t the first word that comes to mind when one thinks about environmentalism, but green bigotry is real and growing. A web of individuals, groups and funders who identify themselves as environmentalists are dividing the environmental movement and moving it away from solutions that are inclusive of diverse communities.

The good news is we can take a stand against the greening of hate.

Some already have. Take for example the community members in the Bronx who were fed up with anti-immigrant bigotry and exposed a powerful New York foundation for funding the anti-immigrant movement. The Weeden Foundation was confronted by over 100 community members in front of its Manhattan headquarters in a protest organized by the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC). According to the group’s press statement, members were protesting “the Weeden Foundation’s funding groups that scapegoat immigrants for ecological problems.”

Today, hundreds of environmentalists are taking a pledge to resist the growing infiltration of their movement by white nationalist forces, including those under the umbrella of the John Tanton Network. Organizations such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), NumbersUSA, Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS), Carrying Capacity Network, Apply the Brakes Network and Negative Population Growth (NPG) are scapegoating immigrants for rising pollution, urban sprawl, carbon emissions and even the BP oil spill as a way to build support among environmentalists for repressive anti-immigrant legislation.

It’s time for all of us to take a similar stand, and share a vision that acknowledges immigrants and refugees as partners in movements for ecological and economic renewal.

The urgency of the climate crisis means there is no time to lose.

Watch the video, take the pledge, and pass it on.

It’s good for America. And good for the environment.