Environmental Justice

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

Plastic China: An emotional journey of two families living in a town of plastic.

Transcription of the Discussion of the Movie “Plastic China” Group: Ginger, Anthony, Arthur, Matt   Anthony: It was really intense to see the people living like this Ginger: It was sad to see how these people are forced to live like this, exposed to the chemicals. And that they don’t understand the harmful nature of… Read more Plastic China: An emotional journey of two families living in a town of plastic.

How Racism Relates the Environmental Health in the South

Ginger Adams, Arthur Bruneau, Anthony Gosselin, Matthew Withington Bullard, Robert D. Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994. Print. Robert D. Bullard is well known for leading the campaign against environmental racism in the south of the USA. He is referred to as the “father of environmental justice.”  He has… Read more How Racism Relates the Environmental Health in the South

Andrew Fauerbach, Thomas King, Amber Lindberg, & Elijah Thomas Professor San Martin Topics in Environmental History Author Background: Robert D. Bullard is a distinguished Professor at Texas Southern University with an extensive background in Environmental Justice.   Scholarly Focus: This work is a chapter book written by a sociologist named Robert D. Bullard “Father of… Read more