The following collections of materials were submitted by faculty participants at the 2013 workshop, Teaching Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches. The collections illustrate approaches for teaching sustainability in the context of different disciplines, course types and institutions. See the workshop synthesis to learn more about the workshop.
Environmental Justice Courses
A range of courses that are focused on or incorporate Environmental Justice concerns.
Environmental Justice Activities
These activities use a wide array of pedagogic approaches.
Environmental Justice Essays
Participants shared their approaches to teaching Environmental Justice, ideas on why it is a strong topic that benefits the students and the community, and ways to approach challenges.
Website Resource Pages
These pages are built around concepts that were generated in presentations and discussions at the workshop, and include pedagogic guidance as well as teaching materials drawn from InTeGrate and other educational projects at SERC.
- Environmental Justice Across the Curriculum
- Teaching Sustainability and Social Justice through Contrasting Narratives
Find more materials and strategies for teaching about geoscience and societal issues drawn from across the InTeGrate project.
- Darby, Kate J., Atchison, Christopher l., (2014) Environmental Justice: insights from an interdisciplinary instructional workshop, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Vol 4, Issue 4, pp 288-293.
- Mapping with Sensory Perception- currently in development