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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

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