This course examines how policy interacts with race and class to affect differentially people's access to a clean, safe, productive environment; Reviews history of the environmental justice movement, and community, policy, and legal responses; Develops students' ability to work across diverse social groups to advance environmental justice and sustainability.
Outcomes: Students will understand forces that have led to people of different race and class being differentially affected by environmental benefits, and the burdens and strategies for addressing environmental injustices.
Outcomes: Students will understand forces that have led to people of different race and class being differentially affected by environmental benefits, and the burdens and strategies for addressing environmental injustices.