PART I: ORIENTATION TO EJ
Class 1 (June 26): Class Orientation
* Class orientation/introductions
Class 2 (June 28): Context of Environmental Justice
* DUE: READING ANALYSIS #1
* Complete Environmental Scorecard (to help with your Ecological Sources Analysis)
* Kuehn, Robert “A Taxonomy of Environmental Justice,” 30 ELR 10681 (2000)
* Dorceta Taylor, “The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm,” pp508-580 (SKIM)
Links from Class:
* 1994 Executive Order (12898) on EJ
* EPA Basic Definition of 'EJ'
Class 3 (July 3): History of Environmental Justice
*DUE: ECOLOGICAL SOURCES ANALYSIS
* Take Ecological Footprint Quiz
* Determining Your Electricity Profile (from EPA)
* JS, Introduction, pp. 1-13; Chapter 2, pp. 38-61
* QEJ, Forward, Preface, Introduction, pp. ix-xviii, pp. 1-17 and Chapter 1, pp. 18-42
* NST, Prologue, pp. 11-23; Chapter 1, "The Ojibwa of Grassy Narrows," pp. 27-57
* NST, Chapter 4, “Three Mile Island: A New Species of Trouble,” pp. 139-157
* Environmental Justice Roundtable, pp. 15-26
History of Environmental Justice (Radio Excerpt)
Class 4 (July 5): What is Environmental Justice?
* DUE: READING ANALYSIS #2
* David Schlosberg, “Reconceiving Environmental Justice,” pp. 517-537
* NST, Chapter 5, “Being Homeless,” pp. 158-181
* NST, Chapter 7, “Yucca Mountain: Good Riddance, Bad Rubbish,” pp. 203-225
* JS, Chapter 12, “Maori Kaupapa and the Inseparability of Social and Environmental Justice,” pp. 252-266
* Comfort, EJ Reader, “Struggle in Ogoniland: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Cultural Politics of EJ,” pp. 229-243
* Jo'burg Memo: Int'l Summit on Sustainable Development (including Justice concerns) (pdf)
KEY:
JS = Just Sustainabilities
QEJ = Quest for Environmental Justice
NST = New Species of Trouble