Background Readings

PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

PROMOTING
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Food deserts, climate migrants, placement of hazardous waste sites, effects of the fossil fuel industry, redlining, mistreatment of indigenous peoples and land, environmental racism.

MIDDLE SCHOOL READING
HIGH SCHOOL READING

STRENGTHENING GLOBAL HEALTH

STRENGTHENING
GLOBAL HEALTH

Access to health care, pandemics and emergency response, disease spread (zoonotic and vector-borne), maternal health, sanitation, health effects of environmental pollution.

MIDDLE SCHOOL READING
HIGH SCHOOL READING

REIMAGINING INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS

REIMAGINING
INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS

Procurement of raw materials, waste management, brownfields/CAFOs, energy production, production/distribution of consumer goods, occupational health and safety.

MIDDLE SCHOOL READING
HIGH SCHOOL READING

Resources for Further Research

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