Environmental Justice, Science and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online
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Learn about the environmental justice movement, its history, and how science and technology can be used to tackle environmental challenges and injustice.
Syllabus
- Describe the foundational history, principles, and values of the EJ movement
- Explain the roles of capitalism, colonialism, racism and other forms of oppression in the production and examination of environmental inequality
- Describe diverse strategies and tools, with a special attention to science and technology, that environmentally burdened communities have employed to combat injustice
- Explain opportunities, challenges, and limitations of employing science and technology in the pursuit of environmental justice
- Apply environmental justice theory and science/tech and technology methods to analyze environmental injustice case studies
- Learn directly from community organizations engaging in environmental justice related work. These include HEET, GreenRoots, and Earth Hacks.
Taught by
Chris Rabe, Ufuoma Ovienmhada, and Justin Steil