Analyze competing interests in environmental policy through multiple stakeholder perspectives.
Scenario:
A factory wants to expand in a low-income neighborhood.
"Jobs and economic growth depend on our operations"
Environmental justice issues don't have easy answers. By examining conflicts from multiple stakeholder perspectives, students learn to appreciate complexity, identify trade-offs, and develop nuanced positions on policy questions that affect real communities.
Understand industry, community, government perspectives
Examine real environmental justice data
Assess real-world policy proposals
Develop and defend informed opinions