<p>Lecture, three hours. Examination of environmental justice (EJ) as a term describing the right of racialized and low-income communities to be protected from disproportionate exposure to hazards. Discussion of spread of EJ concerns, including climate justice, and EJ advocacy expansion to envisioning and building new socioecological relations. Exploration of complex intersections—including race, indigeneity, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and nation—as interlocking positions that shape vulnerabilities to environmental harm as well as the emergence of multispecies relations as an EJ concern. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Environment

College of Letters and Science

Environment and Sustainability, Institute of the

ENVIRON 168 - Environmental Justice: Theory and Action

Environmental Justice: Theory and Action

Expand knowledge about environmental inequities across five overlapping areas:
(1)housing + community, (2) food + water, (3) transportation, (4) labor + economy, and
(5)multispecies + climate justice

Encourage an open mind, critical reflection, and creative collaborations to addressenvironmental injustices and to build healthy socio-ecological futures

Familiarize students with key EJ advocates, their conceptual frames, and their critics as afoundation for advanced studies and/or environmental justice work

General Catalog

Environmental Justice: Theory and Action

ENVIRON 168

4 units