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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

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