diff --git a/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs b/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs
index a41e911237..6e121b9f12 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_mod_scripting_core/src/asset.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use bevy::{
     reflect::TypePath,
     utils::HashMap,
 };
+use mlua::Table;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 /// Represents a scripting language. Languages which compile into another language should use the target language as their language.
@@ -169,6 +170,13 @@ impl Default for AssetPathToLanguageMapper {
     }
 }
 
+/// stores environments for each script
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Resource)]
+pub struct ScriptEnvironmentStore {
+    /// The map of Script id's to their env
+    pub map: HashMap<ScriptId, Table>,
+}
+
 /// A cache of asset id's to their script id's. Necessary since when we drop an asset we won't have the ability to get the path from the asset.
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Resource)]
 pub struct ScriptMetadataStore {
@@ -349,6 +357,7 @@ pub(crate) fn configure_asset_systems(app: &mut App) -> &mut App {
                 .before(ScriptingSystemSet::ScriptMetadataRemoval),
         ),
     )
+    .init_resource::<ScriptEnvironmentStore>()
     .init_resource::<ScriptMetadataStore>()
     .init_resource::<ScriptAssetSettings>()
     .add_event::<ScriptAssetEvent>();
diff --git a/crates/languages/bevy_mod_scripting_lua/src/lib.rs b/crates/languages/bevy_mod_scripting_lua/src/lib.rs
index 5ad3b18aea..0f03843b92 100644
--- a/crates/languages/bevy_mod_scripting_lua/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/bevy_mod_scripting_lua/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use bevy::{
     ecs::{entity::Entity, world::World},
 };
 use bevy_mod_scripting_core::{
-    asset::{AssetPathToLanguageMapper, Language},
+    asset::{AssetPathToLanguageMapper, Language, ScriptEnvironmentStore},
     bindings::{
         function::namespace::Namespace, globals::AppScriptGlobalsRegistry,
         script_value::ScriptValue, ThreadWorldContainer, WorldContainer,
@@ -172,11 +172,25 @@ fn load_lua_content_into_context(
         .iter()
         .try_for_each(|init| init(script_id, Entity::from_raw(0), context))?;
 
+    // isolate the script's globals into an environment
+    let metatable = context.create_table()?;
+    metatable.set("__index", context.globals())?;
+    let env = context.create_table()?;
+    env.set_metatable(Some(metatable));
+
     context
         .load(content)
+        .set_environment(env.clone())
         .exec()
         .map_err(ScriptError::from_mlua_error)?;
 
+    // store the env in the store so we can call BMS event handlers from them
+    let world = ThreadWorldContainer.try_get_world()?;
+    world.with_global_access(move |w| {
+        let map = &mut w.resource_mut::<ScriptEnvironmentStore>().map;
+        map.insert(script_id.clone(), env.clone());
+    })?;
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -240,7 +254,21 @@ pub fn lua_handler(
         .iter()
         .try_for_each(|init| init(script_id, entity, context))?;
 
-    let handler: Function = match context.globals().raw_get(callback_label.as_ref()) {
+    // we need the world to access the ScriptEnvironmentStore
+    // we will find the environment that  belongs to this script to call the function
+    let world = ThreadWorldContainer.try_get_world()?;
+    let env = world.with_global_access(|w| {
+        w.resource::<ScriptEnvironmentStore>()
+            .map
+            .get(script_id)
+            .ok_or(ScriptError::new(format!(
+                "Could not find environment for script with ScriptId: {}",
+                script_id
+            )))
+            .cloned()
+    })?;
+
+    let handler: Function = match env?.raw_get(callback_label.as_ref()) {
         Ok(handler) => handler,
         // not subscribed to this event type
         Err(_) => {