I found Catherine Flowers’ illustration on the lack of environmental justice in the U.S. both interesting and striking. She described why hookworm, a parasitic disease usually connotated with extreme poverty in other parts of the world, is now abundant in rural Alabama. The parasite enters the body through the skin,…
My New Perspective on Environmental Justice
The talk by Ms. Catherine Flowers was very interesting and insightful. I really learned a lot about environmental justice (EJ) and I realized that I would like to be involved in environmental justice issues more than I thought I would. Before her talk, I was thinking that advocacy wouldn’t be…
Bypassing the “Human” Problem
The most fascinating thing about Catherine Flowers’ talk in my opinion was her attitude towards people that do not believe in climate change. We often talk about how we need science or proof to “convince” people that change is among us. However, changing these people’s minds is really not a…
Schedule
Introductions Aug 29: Welcome & Introduction → Introduction to the course Aug 31: Narrating Nature → Readings: 1) Robert Cox, Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere, Introduction + Chapter 2 (Sakai) and 2) Jed Purdy, After Nature, Prologue (Sakai) ⇒ Blog, due Friday at midnight. Choose one or more of the…
