Ruth Hoff

Unit 6: Groundwater Availability and Resources part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources - Spanish
In this unit, students address the issue of groundwater demands and environmental justice in the arid Southwest, a region with some of the largest percentages of Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. Students ...

Unit 4: The Water Wars of Cochabamba, Bolivia part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources - Spanish
In this unit, students explore water privatization and freshwater access issues within the geophysical and cultural context of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Students identify topographical features that create rain shadows ...

Unit 1: Introduction to Environmental Justice part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources - Spanish
In this unit, students investigate the history of the environmental justice (EJ) movement in the United States, situating it within the context of the US civil rights and environmental movements. Students also make ...

Unit 5: Hazardous Waste, Petroleum, and the Amazon part of Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources - Spanish
In this unit, students explore the ongoing conflict over Texaco's role in contamination from crude oil production as operator of an oil production consortium in Ecuador between 1964 and 1992. By studying the ...

Faculty Reflection: Ruth Hoff part of Integrate:Program Design:InTeGrate Program Models:Wittenberg University:Faculty Reflections
Wittenberg University Course: Spanish 261 -- "El mundo físico" (The Physical World) Module Used: Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources - Spanish Adaptation A Success Story in Programmatic ...

Wittenberg University-Engaged Sustainability, Across Curriculum & Community part of Integrate:Program Design:InTeGrate Program Models:Wittenberg University
In order to increase the sustainability literacy of the students at Wittenberg University, this interdisciplinary team of faculty employed community-based service learning projects, materials developed for a ...