❀ Decolonizing the Environmental Discourse ❀ ​

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines the concept of environmental justice through a decolonization lens—giving a voice to  those who have been silenced in the official environmental discourse. Through guest presentations, group work, facilitated discussions, readings, and inclusive teaching strategies students will examine & explore current and past environmental justice cases. Some of the cases include; the Dakota Access Pipeline, Flint, Michigan, San Joaquin Valley’s Drinking Water, etc. 
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines the concept of environmental justice through a decolonization lens—giving a voice to those who have been silenced in the official environmental discourse. Through guest presentations, group work, facilitated discussions, readings, and inclusive teaching strategies students will examine & explore current and past environmental (in)justice cases. Some of the cases include; the Dakota Access Pipeline, Lummi Coal Terminal, Uranium Mining in Navajo Nation, etc. 
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Publications on Course: 
www.washington.edu/raceequity/2017/04/20/new-course-shines-light-on-environmental-injustice/

​www.dailyuw.com/news/article_df2fc1fc-0486-11e7-b635-cb98f98da501.html

https://medium.com/stem-and-culture-chronicle/indigenizing-the-environmental-discourse-inspiring-our-future-environmental-and-social-activists-335d075413d9?platform=hootsuite 
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