<p>(Same as Environment M147.) Lecture, three hours. Exploration of and engagement in critical analyses of strategies toward environmental justice including environmental education, civic ecology, environmental stewardship, policy advocacy campaigns, citizen science, community engagement, community planning, and urban tree canopy. Strategies are interwoven across four interconnected modules: community exposure to harm; access to ecosystem benefits and services; lack of diversity and engagement; and utilization of social-ecological systems approach. Students conduct case study analysis of strategies employed in efforts to move toward environmental justice, and develop collective course resource on environmental justice strategies. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

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Critical Analysis of Strategies toward Environmental Justice

CESC M147

4 units