Environmental Justice:
This week, we will learn about Environmental Justice/ injustice, Environmental Racism, and the ways that structural racism result in exposure to and protection from environmental and health hazards. We will examine the ways that less powerful communities have unequal access to and involvement in decision-making processes around their environments and related health and well-being outcomes. We will examine case studies from New York, California, and Mississippi. Some students find the material this week challenging and even emotionally difficult; please keep an open mind while you work through the material this week!
Consider these questions as you go through the material for this week as well as when completing your assignment:
- Who gets to make decisions about human use of the environment?
- Who benefits from these decisions?
- Who bears the negative impacts?
Lesson 5 Checklist
| Task Type | Item or Activity | Where to Find It / Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| To Read | Read the Lesson 5 course content. | Use the links below to continue moving through the lesson material. |
| To Read | Pulido, L. (2000). Rethinking Environmental Racism: White Privilege and Urban Development in Southern California. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 90, 12–40. | A link to the reading is located in the Lesson 5 module. |
| To Read | Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Prodani, K., Aldunce, P., Bai, X., Broadgate, W., ... & Verburg, P. H. (2023). Earth System Justice Needed to Identify and Live Within Earth System Boundaries. Nature Sustainability, 6(6), 630–638. | A link to the reading is located in the Lesson 5 module. |
| To Submit | See Canvas, course announcements. | Not applicable |
Note: Please refer to the Calendar in Canvas for specific time frames and due dates.