environment

PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH and the U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: Still disproportionally white and wealthy?

Updated April 25th, 2017 In the fall of 2014, the largest climate protest to date occurred at the People’s Climate … Read More

PICTURING THE US ENVIRONMENT: Before the EPA

In the early and mid-70s the then newly established US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired a couple dozen … Read More

SOCIOLOGISTS REFLECT ON TRUMP’S ELECTION

I and several others sociologists were recently invited to write reflective pieces on the election of Trump. You can read … Read More

CLIMATE JUSTICE: An analogy

Many people and students are unfamiliar with the context that has generated calls from nations and social movements for “climate … Read More

CLIMATE JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?

TEACHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOCIOLOGY COURSES IS VITAL  and should arguably include a focus on CLIMATE JUSTICE. Teaching students … Read More

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS: How many planets for our lifestyle?

As the consequences of highly consumptive capitalism continue to cause problems around the world, teaching about the impacts of … Read More