Class 5 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND INEQUALITY                                Monday, July 7

• VIDEO: "Environmental Racism in Camden, NJ" (5m)

• VIDEO: Robert Bullard, "The Quest for Environmental Justice", UCSB (52m)

• FILM: Sinking Rights

Priority One Readings:  

• Jamieson, Dale (2007) "Justice: The Heart of Environmentalism", Environmental Justice and Environmentalism, pp. 85-98.

• Parks and Roberts (2007) “Environmental and Ecological Justice,” in International Environmental Politics, Bestill (ed), pp.329-349.

• Lester Brown, "Eradicating Poverty, Stabilizing Population", Chapter 7, Plan B 3.0 Mobilizing to Save Civilization, pp. 131-51.

• Nydia M. Velazquez, “In Search of Justice,” Sustainable Planet, pp. 33-44. 

Priority Two Readings:

• Rysavy, Environmental Justice for All, Co-Op American Quarterly, pp. 14-19.

• Rachel Oliver (Feb 2008), "Rich, Poor and Climate Change," CNN.

Class 6 ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY                                                        Wednesday, July 9

• FILM: Darwin's Nightmare

Priority One Readings:

• Larry Swatuk, “Environmental Security,” in International Environmental Politics, Betsill (ed.) pp. 203-229.

• Homer-Dixon, Thomas   "Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases".

•  Kaplan, Robert D “The Coming Anarchy,” Atlantic Monthly, February, 1996.

•  Matthew, Richard (2005), “Man, The State and Nature: Rethinking Environmental Security,” Handbook of Global Environmental Politics, pp.127-44.

• Adil Najam (2006) "The Human Dimensions of Environmental Insecurity", Wilson Center, pp. 59-71.

Priority Two Readings:

• Dick Bell & Michael Renner, “A New Marshall Plan? Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism.”