Environmental Justice at Western

Bison as Symbols of Hope

In Fall 2024, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice are reading about regenerative agriculture. This post reflects some of the group’s learning and discussion. By Amaya Krutsinger Swenson, Sam Schmidt and Parker Eckardt (Herd of Buffalo Grazing on Dry Grass Field, https://freerangestock.com/sample/90161/herd-of-buffalo-grazing-on-dry-grass-field.jpg) When preparing for our discussion of the first chapter from…

vertical stripes of different soil types

Rethinking our Relationship to the Land

In Fall 2024, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice are reading about regenerative agriculture. This post reflects some of the group’s learning and discussion. By Benjamin Wilde, Steven Colson and Liam Pratt Creative Commons License – EOS Data Analytics At present, agriculture is used as a means of production and control. In…

Frameworks of opportunity

By Maggie Langsted and Cheyanne Das In Spring 2024, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice are reading about climate hope and climate futures. This post reflects some of the group’s learning and discussion. Photo courtesy of Rob Wilson Photography @RobWilsonFoto, rawpolitics@gmail.com Image of NODAPL demonstration When thinking about the climate’s future, it can…

Fostering Hope Through Creativity: Climate Future Collages

In Spring 2024, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice are reading about climate hope and climate futures. This post reflects some of the group’s learning and discussion. By: Quinn Gohde and Taylor Lemke How do we grapple with a crisis that has been looming over us since birth? How do we express…

Power In Diversity, United In Accessibility

In Spring 2024, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice are reading about climate hope and climate futures. This post reflects some of the group’s learning and discussion. By Shilah Malaykhan and Brooklyn Wehr [Image Description]: A collaborative, proud, diverse collective coming together to embrace the inclusivity of people of all identities, bodies,…

Imagining Hopeful & Just Futures

In Spring 2024, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice are reading about climate hope and climate futures. This post reflects some of the group’s learning and discussion. Image Source By Elle Gasperini & Cassidy Schneider Grist is an online journalism outlet that focuses on “exploring solutions at the intersection of climate and…

Class Projects: Power, Privilege, and the Environment

In the Winter 2024 ENVS 467: Power, Privilege, and the Environment class, students completed four use-inspired or applied research projects (shared here with permission): Climate Justice Videos: WA HEAL Act: Metal Shredder Teach-In Student Food Insecurity

Class Projects: Carceral Environmental Justice

In Spring 2023, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice learned about the intersections between environmental justice and incarceration. We concluded the 1-credit seminar with several student-designed projects (shared with permission): Writing letters to incarcerated people: About half of the class wrote letters to incarcerated people. If you would like to do the…

Class Projects: Power, Privilege, and the Environment

In the Spring 2023 ENVS 467: Power, Privilege, and the Environment class, students completed five use-inspired research projects (shared with permission): York Community Farm Capacity Building Indigenous Acknowledgement in Parks HEAL Act Assessment East Whatcom County Safety and Recreation (coming soon!) Cross-border Environmental Justice

What Might Schools Be Like When the School-to-Prison Pipeline Ruptures?

In Spring 2023, students in WWU’s ENVS 499D: Readings in Environmental Justice are learning about the intersections between environmental justice and incarceration. This post reflects some of the group’s learning and discussion By Logan Ruch, Bianca C., & Casper Fields What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline Exactly? The school-to-prison pipeline came about in the 1990s when…