What are some of today’s important environmental conflicts? Why are they happening? How do different communities experience and respond to environmental issues? How have policy makers in the U.S. (and elsewhere) responded to these problems over time? Where, how and why did the interest in “formal” environmental protection begin, and how did it develop over time? These are some of the questions we will address. We’ll use class discussions and lectures, field trips and exposure to off-campus experts, reading and writing assignment, exams, debates, and several kinds of informal communications to immerse ourselves in environmental issues and questions.
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