ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COURSES & EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Environmental justice courses are more and more prevalent in US schools, at all educational levels, as teachers realize that the climate crisis is very much a climate justice crisis that all young people will be impacted by.
Featured Sites:
Teaching Intersectionality and Environmental Justice in the Classroom Excellent resources from the NAACP with lesson plans, materials and suggested approaches.
Resources for Teaching about Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice from Humane Education institute.
A Sampler of College Courses & Teaching Resources
- African American Environmental Literature David Anderson
- African American Nature Writing Jacquelyn McLendon
- Cultures of Climate Change Stephanie LeMengar
- EcoFIlms and Ecocritical Perspectives Iris Rolph.
- Ecocriticism Kevin Maier.
- Ecological Issues and American Nature Writing. Andrea Campbell.
- Environmental Justice and World Literature Elizabeth Ammons.
- Contemporary Fiction: Environmental Justice Everett Hamner.
- Hispanic Narrative Fiction: Literature and the Environment Laura Barbas Rhoden
- The Literature of Environmental Justice Greta Gaard.
- Postcolonial Environments Stacey Balkan.
- Nature in Popular Culture Sarah Wald.
- Power and Place. Nancy Langston
- Power, Privilege and the Environment Sarah Jaquette Ray
- Queer Ecologies: Reading Landscapes Nicole Seymour
- The Literature of Environmental Justice. Janis Johnson.
- Gender, Race and Nature in American Culture. Noel Sturgeon.
See also the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) syllabus library which houses many of the syllabi about and dozens examples of courses on cultural environmental issues, some of which include ej literature and criticism. And see our site on "Environment and Culture Caucus."