The EJ Working Group strongly supports the integration of EJ education at Stanford. Here are several options available to students:
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE)
Environmental Justice Subplan: The Environmental Justice subplan allows students to expand their awareness of the environment’s significance to various racial and ethnic groups. What is the relationship between certain societies and groups and the environment? What far reaching impacts can the environment have on segments of the population? Water, air, and food are vital necessities impacted by political, economic, and social decisions and actions. Explore the inequalities that affect low-income and communities of color, and work toward just environments for all. (Source: Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.)
Environmental Justice Subplan: The Environmental Justice subplan allows students to expand their awareness of the environment’s significance to various racial and ethnic groups. What is the relationship between certain societies and groups and the environment? What far reaching impacts can the environment have on segments of the population? Water, air, and food are vital necessities impacted by political, economic, and social decisions and actions. Explore the inequalities that affect low-income and communities of color, and work toward just environments for all. (Source: Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.)
Earth Systems (Earth Systems Program)
**NEW as of 2021!**
A new Minor in Environmental Justice (EJ) in Stanford’s Earth Systems Program will provide students with opportunities to study how and why environmental inequities occur, and learn from community-led efforts to redress these inequities. Students pursuing the Minor will gain a foundational understanding of environmental justice frameworks, histories, and theories of change. They will also develop skills necessary for achieving more equitable access to environmental benefits and preventing disproportionate impacts of environmental harms on communities of color and economically disadvantaged groups.
The Minor's requirements include 12 units of community engaged coursework, making students eligible for the Cardinal Service Notation. Students can learn more about the requirements for the new EJ minor on the Stanford University Bulletin or by reaching out to Anahid Babekian or any of the Earth Systems Student Advisors.
Read our press release on the new minor here.
**NEW as of 2021!**
A new Minor in Environmental Justice (EJ) in Stanford’s Earth Systems Program will provide students with opportunities to study how and why environmental inequities occur, and learn from community-led efforts to redress these inequities. Students pursuing the Minor will gain a foundational understanding of environmental justice frameworks, histories, and theories of change. They will also develop skills necessary for achieving more equitable access to environmental benefits and preventing disproportionate impacts of environmental harms on communities of color and economically disadvantaged groups.
The Minor's requirements include 12 units of community engaged coursework, making students eligible for the Cardinal Service Notation. Students can learn more about the requirements for the new EJ minor on the Stanford University Bulletin or by reaching out to Anahid Babekian or any of the Earth Systems Student Advisors.
Read our press release on the new minor here.
Human Rights Minor (Center for Human Rights and International Justice)
Create your own course plan with a focus on Environmental Justice for the Human Rights Minor.
Create your own course plan with a focus on Environmental Justice for the Human Rights Minor.
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There are no formal Environmental Justice tracks in many programs, but you may be interested in exploring the potential of creating your own (for instance, in Public Policy or Civil and Environmental Engineering).