Christopher Wells

Environmental Studies

Macalester College

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Course (1)

Environmental Justice part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches:Courses
Poor and minority populations have historically borne the brunt of environmental inequalities in the United States, suffering disproportionately from the effects of pollution, dispossession of land, resource ...

Essay (1)

History, Privilege, and Disproportional Environmental Burdens part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches:Essays
This academic essay page examines the historical roots of environmental injustice, analyzing how structural inequalities, race, class privilege, and power dynamics shape disproportionate environmental burdens, with a focus on U.S. conservation policies and community narratives in environmental decision-making.