Climate disasters related to and resulting from the commercial expansion of megacorporations in the petroleum, fashion, technology, construction, transportation, and agriculture industries continue to extract, degrade, and destroy the earth. The consequences continue to have a disproportionate impact on Afrikans living in the United States and all over the Global South. The effects are everywhere: in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, and in the food we eat. At Black Sustainability,...

Industry House: Eco-Building/Housing Key Takeaway: Current and future Black landowners can adopt conservation and land management practices recommended by NRCS, which are deeply connected to ancestral knowledge and practices. On April 2, 2026, Black Sustainability, Inc. kicked off our Eco Week with a Level Up Equipment Training. This multi-day training was a hands-on experience where attendees learned about the recommended practices of the Natural Resources Conservation Services’ flagship...

Committed to the service of Black community development, Dr. Christina Hylton’s purpose is to further scholarship and activism in Black ownership and institutional building for inter-generational health and wellness. Dr. Hylton sees access to land and land ownership as an environmental justice concern. She is passionate about the sacredness of our earth, connection to place, and ideas of belonging, and how that should be included in a land reformation agenda. “Heal the land, heal the people:...