SJSU Environmental Science We Live in An Extractive Economy Analysis
I’m working on a environmental science project and need guidance to help me learn.
Choose one of the following films to watch and write a 1 page (single spaced, 12 font, 1 inch margin) film review (use this template, and this these instructions for overview of required sections). Your ANALYSIS section should focus ONLY on either environmental justice or just transition.
Environmental Justice
The concept of environmental justice, also known as environmental racism, emerged in the early 1980s in the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.” The term is most commonly used to describe a social movement toward the fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens. The term is also used to describe an interdisciplinary body of social justice that studies theories associated with the environment, justice, policy, sustainability, and political ecology. Watch one of the following videos and write a film review about it.
- Cancer Alley, Louisiana – Victims of Environmental Racism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCT6BO7wlDs (Links to an external site.)
) - Tom B.K. Goldtooth – Indigenous Environmental Justice|Bioneers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FPrJ7W-O_o (Links to an external site.))
- The Road Back Home: Environmental Justice and Wetland Restoration at the Lower 9th (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ8BU5EroJs (Links to an external site.))
- The Stream – Colour of pollution: Environmental Racism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV4MCL-yBFM (Links to an external site.))
- The most toxic place on earth – Agbogbloshie (documentary about e-waste) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3-B6ygNT6c (Links to an external site.))
Just Transition
In thinking through the solutions to climate change we see the different strategies within the adaptation and mitigation categories, there are issues of economic, political, and social impacts of these climate solutions. One of the biggest frames to understand climate solutions in the context of energy is the new transition away from fossil fuels. Use this video (Links to an external site.) and write a film review about it.
