Discussion board
Description:
The Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice this way: “Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies” (Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Science). (Links to an external site.)
Objectives:
- Provide detailed examples of urbanization and its impact on populations.
- State ways in which sociology offers unique understandings of the state of our environment.
Instructions:
Step 1: Respond to the following:
- Consider a situation of environmental justice that you’ve experienced first hand or know about in your community or elsewhere. Describe what makes this an issue of environmental justice. Address the specific impacts and the populations that bear the greatest burden(s).
Be sure to cite any outside sources in current APA format.
