Introduction/Bio

I am an undergrad at Rice University studying mechanical engineering. I am interested in environmental justice and activism and as such will I am taking the Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities course. I hope to contribute to a page discussing the role of engineering in environmental justice or on the development of African countries.

Proposed Topics

Proposed Topic 1: “The Doubt Machine: Inside the Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science”

This article is a stub class but is rated of high importance because it covers the topic of the Koch’s Brothers climate misinformation campaigns. This page focuses specifically on the documentary, however, I intend to expand this article and add more information on the documentary and also some background information on the Koch’s Brothers war on climate science. I will also provide introductions for other similar misinformation campaigns in the background. Furthermore, I am considering making a page specifically for climate change misinformation campaigns as this is an important topic that is not covered and whose page does not exist in wikipedia.

Proposed Topic 2: Environmental Youth Activism

This page does not exist on wikipedia but I think it is necessary to add as its own page because of the recent surge in environmental youth activism. The parent page or this would be the youth activism page and it is currently rated of low importance for sociology(start), politics(start), and social work(B) wikiprojects. In this new page I will go through a history of youth activism, list some well known groups and people from the past and the present, highlight their important contributions, list any contradictory events, and create a general overview of what youth environmental activism has looked like around the world for the past 100 years.

Proposed Topic Remastered: Climate Justice

Climate Justice refers to the ethical, political, social implications of climate change and not just the environmental ones. The current page on climate only offers a definition, a history of the term, its controversial interpretations, and legal actions on climate change issues. This article is currently rated as a start class article of high-importance by the Environment and Climate change WikiProjects. To better the page I will be writing more in debt about what climate justice is, what it effects, why it matters, the way it is viewed today, and its connection with poverty, gender, race, human rights, ethics and other issues. This is a tentative list as of now and will most likely change as I read more about it and determine what is most important to discuss.

Citations:

“FOUR PILLARS OF CLIMATE JUSTICE.” Economics for People and the Planet: Inequality in the Era of Climate Change, by James K. Boyce, Anthem Press, New York, NY, 2019, pp. 105–106. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvb1htdt.25.

“Climate Justice Resources.” Race, Poverty & the Environment, vol. 18, no. 1, 2011, pp. 87–87. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41555327.

Foran, John, and Richard Widick. “Breaking Barriers to Climate Justice.” Contexts, vol. 12, no. 2, 2013, pp. 34–39. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41960451.

Robinson, Mary. “Climate Justice: Challenge and Opportunity.” Irish Studies in International Affairs, vol. 22, 2011, pp. 67–74. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41413194.

Dayaneni, Gopal. “Carbon Fundamentalism vs. Climate Justice.” Race, Poverty & the Environment, vol. 16, no. 2, 2009, pp. 7–11. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41555158.

Anderson, Simon. Climate Justice and International Development: Policy and Programming. International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013, www.jstor.org/stable/resrep01530.

Kaswan, Alice. “GREENING THE GRID AND CLIMATE JUSTICE.” Environmental Law, vol. 39, no. 4, 2009, pp. 1143–1160. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43267339.

Kingston, Ewan. “Climate Justice and Temporally Remote Emissions.” Social Theory and Practice, vol. 40, no. 2, 2014, pp. 281–303. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24332352.

FRISCH, MATHIAS. “Climate Change Justice.” Philosophy & Public Affairs, vol. 40, no. 3, 2012, pp. 225–253. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23323976.

Mann, Eric. “Climate Justice for Black New Orleans.” Race, Poverty & the Environment, vol. 13, no. 1, 2006, pp. 18–20. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41495679.

Guglyuvatyy, Evgeny. “Climate Justice for a Global Treaty: An Australian Perspective.” Carbon & Climate Law Review, vol. 11, no. 1, 2017, pp. 50–63. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26353834.

“Reason: Climate Justice and Common Sense.” Love in a Time of Climate Change: Honoring Creation, Establishing Justice, by Sharon Delgado, Augsburg Fortress, Publishers, Minneapolis, 2017, pp. 139–158. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1pwt3z9.13.

Anderson, Simon. How Can the Private Sector Contribute to Delivering Climate Justice? International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013, www.jstor.org/stable/resrep01528.

Brooks, Thom. “Introduction to Climate Change Justice.” PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 46, no. 1, 2013, pp. 9–12. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43284272.

Citation Proposal 1:

Brulle, Robert J. “Institutionalizing Delay: Foundation Funding and the Creation of U.S. Climate Change Counter-Movement Organizations.” Climatic Change 122, no. 4 (2013): 681–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-013-1018-7.

Douglas, Karen M., and Robbie M. Sutton. “Climate Change: Why the Conspiracy Theories Are Dangerous.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 71, no. 2 (2015): 98–106. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096340215571908.

Dryzek, John S., Richard B. Norgaard, and David Schlosberg. Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

“The Doubt Machine: Documentary Explores Koch Brothers' War on Climate Science.” DeSmogBlog. Accessed September 12, 2019. https://www.desmogblog.com/2016/11/03/doubt-machine-documentary-koch-brothers-war-climate-science.

Citations Proposal 2:

Arnold, Heather E., Fay G. Cohen, and Alan Warner. “Youth and Environmental Action: Perspectives of Young Environmental Leaders on Their Formative Influences.” The Journal of Environmental Education 40, no. 3 (2009): 27–36. https://doi.org/10.3200/joee.40.3.27-36.

Hovitz, Helaina. “8 Young People Who Are Already Saving the Planet.” Teen Vogue. Teen Vogue, April 21, 2017. https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/8-young-environmentalists-working-to-save-earth.

Johnson, Laura R., Julie S. Johnson-Pynn, and Thomas M. Pynn. “Youth Civic Engagement in China: Results From a Program Promoting Environmental Activism.” Journal of Adolescent Research 22, no. 4 (2007): 355–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558407301914.

Younts Design Inc. “Youth Environmental Activism / In This Issue.” Biohabitats. Accessed September 12, 2019. https://www.biohabitats.com/newsletter/youth-environmental-activism/in-this-issue/.

“Youth Climate Activists Set for Nationwide Rallies Ahead ...” Accessed September 12, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/31/i-am-juliana-climate-protests-youth-activism.

“Youth Environmental Activists Fight Back Around the World • Romero Institute.” Romero Institute. Accessed September 12, 2019. https://www.romeroinstitute.org/blog/youth-environmental-activists.

Eunice.AKI (talk) 04:22, 12 September 2019 (UTC)