GEOG 179 - Global and Local Environmental Justice

Integrates ecology and political economy from local to global scale through case studies. Starts from a view of people in environmental “hot spots,” following links to world economy and planetary ecosystems. Explores connections of international environmental and economic policy with everyday realities and possible ecological futures of people from the Amazon rain forest to the streets of Worcester. Fulfills the Values Perspective (VP) requirement. Offered occasionally as First year seminar, in which case the VE or VP requirement can be fulfilled.