Environment and Justice

Three credits · Undergraduate

This course looks at the relationship between people and ecosystems through a lens of environmental and social justice. It explores how varying historic and contemporary human interactions with the physical planet benefit and harm different members of the global population, examining how different societies impact the environment and how the environment impacts different societies. Issues explored will include resource extraction, biodiversity, climate change, human rights and livelihoods, global inequalities, environmental governance, and ecological justice. Cross-listed as CLEN 201. Prerequisite: One of DEVS 101, CLEN 101, 102, or permission of the coordinator. Three credits.