There has been a groundswell of energy in recent years to explore the links between environmental justice and the geosciences, but there is no framework for what geoscientists need to know about environmental justice. It is well known that human systems like politics, race, and gender influence geological processes and the spatial and temporal evolution of geologic systems. It is also true that professional geologists, particularly those who work for the government, will be asked to engage with environmental justice principles as they interact with the public. As such, we believe that environmental justice is an important topic to teach undergraduate geoscience students. In particular, we believe that geoscience students should be exposed to conversations about the influence of race and gender on the practice of science, the complexities of data collection, coverage, and interpretation, the multifaceted history of geology and environmental justice, and the geological implications of environmental justice issues. There are many mechanisms to introduce these concepts into geoscience curricula, and we offer several examples for how to include environmental justice in a way that is consistent with existing geoscience curricula.