Global, Social and Environmental Justice

Analyze the veracity of information media about issues of global social and environmental injustice/justice; to identify the social construction of realities about various groups of people and environmental issues for purposes of influence.

Present the interconnections between the global exploitation of land, labor, species, and natural resources and develop a framework of understanding how global social justice and environmental preservation are integrally related.

Identify how injustice, conflict, species extinctions, and environmental destruction anywhere affects people everywhere; how local actions affect the world and how global polices affect local communities.

Critically analyze and compare the effects of political, economic, technological, scientific, military, and cultural policies and practices by various nations on people, biodiversity, and environments around the world.

Recognize the specialized social and ecological knowledge inherent in various cultures, languages, spiritual traditions, etc. and how this knowledge may be disrupted or extinguished by imposed systems of domination or resource extraction.

Analyze how particular international policies and environmental activities relate to nationality, ethnicity, race, gender, class, ability/disability, religion/spirituality, physical appearance, age, or species and their social and environmental consequences.

Locate and evaluate social and environmental movements of various groups around the world.

Evaluate and practice individual and collective social and environmental responsibilities, solutions, and actions for a just, peaceful, and sustainable global futures.