Day: November 16, 2018

The Effect of Pesticides

This report talks about the history and the effect of pesticides on our societies according to the environmental activist Pellow. David N. Pellow is an environmental justice activist, writer of several books on environmental topics and professor of “environmental justice studies”, “race and ethnic studies”, “social change” and “social movements faculty in environmental studies” at… Read more The Effect of Pesticides

Sociotechnical Imaginaries in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia

Drew Grenier Joe-Yee Yip Peyton Graham Molly Sykes Professor San Martin (Water Energy-Food Nexus) Topics in Environmental History   Barandiarán, J. (2018). Lithium and development imaginaries in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. World Development,113, 381-391. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.019   The author Javiera Barandiaran is an Assistant Professor in the department of Global Studies  at the University of California… Read more Sociotechnical Imaginaries in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia

Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear

Sergio Dominguez, Benjamin Beliveau, Julia Jankowski, Molly Steinberg Professor San Martin Topics in Environmental History 11/15/18 Chapter 3- Love Canal: Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear Judith Layzer first received a bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Michigan in 1983 and a Ph.D. in 1999 in Political Science from MIT. She has… Read more Hazardous Waste and the Politics of Fear

Local Institutions and the Governance of Local Forests

Ginger Adams, Arthur Bruneau, Anthony Gosselin, and Matthew Withington   Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer. Comparative Environmental Politics: Theory, Practice, and Prospects. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. Print.   Arun Agrawal is a political scientist who is currently working in the School of Natural Resources & Environment  at the University of Michigan. He… Read more Local Institutions and the Governance of Local Forests

Exporting E-Waste To The Global South

Andrew Fauerbach, Thomas King, Amber Lindberg, Elijah Thomas Professor San Martin Topics in Environmental History 11/15/18 Chapter 6 – Electronic waste: The “Clean Industry” Exports Its Trash   The author of the book is David N. Pellow who is a Dehlsen Professor, Department Chair of Environmental Studies. He is a very well-versed in the topic… Read more Exporting E-Waste To The Global South

Cat Got Your Nuclear Waste? Emily Baker, Brian Brooks, Jacob Fisher, Elise Smutko

Emily Baker, Brian Brooks, Jacob Fisher, Elise Smutko Professor San Martin HI 2400 16 November 2018 Ialenti, Vincent. “Waste Makes Haste: How a Campaign to Speed Up Nuclear Waste Shipments Shutdown the WIPP Long-Term Repository.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 74:4 (2018): 262-275. Web.       Cat Got Your Nuclear Waste? The author, Vincent Ialenti, is… Read more Cat Got Your Nuclear Waste? Emily Baker, Brian Brooks, Jacob Fisher, Elise Smutko