Environmental Justice Essay Collection

These essays were submitted by faculty in preparation for the InTeGrate Environmental Justice workshop in April 2013.


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Crossing Disciplinary and Movement Divides: Towards an Integrated Environmental Justice Pedagogy
Bhavna Shamasunder, Occidental College
Personal essay page by Bhavna Shamasunder discussing her interdisciplinary approach to teaching environmental justice, integrating science, social science, and community activism, developed through her academic and professional experiences in environmental health and justice. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Using GIS to investigate Environmental Justice
Abu Badruddin, Cayuga County Community College
This essay page from the InTeGrate project explores integrating GIS technology into geoscience education to analyze environmental justice issues, emphasizing community-based learning, interdisciplinary approaches, and socio-environmental problem-solving in undergraduate classrooms. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Calculating Costs: Economic and Environmental Justice in Urban Geography
Christopher Cusack, Keene State College
This webpage is an academic essay discussing the integration of economic base analysis and environmental justice in urban geography education, focusing on rustbelt cities' industrial decline, contamination issues, Superfund site mapping, and pedagogical approaches to teaching socioeconomic and environmental inequities. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Transfering Observations into Reserach: Looking at the Student Perspective
Hayley Joyell Smith, University of Georgia
This academic essay page explores integrating environmental justice with geoscience education through a student-centered, problem-solving approach, drawing on the author's global field experiences and proposing research on how societal contexts influence student engagement and learning in sustainability science. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Environmental Justice as a Strategy for Student Engagement
Julie Maxson, Metropolitan State University
This essay page details how environmental justice serves as a pedagogical strategy for engaging diverse, first-generation college students in environmental science, showcasing student-driven research topics and curriculum development, and highlighting a case study on the Prairie Island Indian Community’s environmental challenges. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Addressing the Complexity of Teaching Training Teachers Through a Social and Environmental Lens
Matthew Nyman, Oregon State University
This essay page, part of the InTeGrate initiative, presents a preliminary model for integrating social and environmental justice into K–5 teacher education, emphasizing experiential learning, science literacy, and activism, while acknowledging the author’s evolving understanding of justice-oriented pedagogy. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Environmental Justice -- When Is it Absent?
DIANE BERES, Ripon College
An essay page from an InTeGrate workshop that discusses teaching environmental justice in an interdisciplinary environmental studies course, emphasizing critical thinking about decision-making, stakeholder impacts, consumer responsibility, and civic engagement to recognize systemic absences of justice. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Incorporating Environmental Justice as Part of a Holistic Approach to Environmental Science Courses
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College
This essay page from the InTeGrate project details a community college educator's approach to integrating environmental justice into environmental science and geology courses by combining scientific analysis with ethics, economics, and politics to foster holistic, critical understanding of environmental issues impacting marginalized communities. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Building Partnerships for Educational Activities in Environmental Justice Communities
Herb Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
An essay page from the InTeGrate project discussing strategies for building university-community partnerships in environmental justice education, emphasizing experiential learning, service research, and interdisciplinary approaches while addressing ethical and pedagogical challenges in civic engagement. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Global Corporate Social Responsibility
Julie Rothbardt, Monmouth College
This academic essay page examines global corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an interdisciplinary business ethics topic, defining CSR, discussing its integration into curriculum, and exploring its relationship with environmental justice, sustainability, and societal impact in international business contexts. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.