Overview
Please see below for guidance on the environmental justice paper. I will provide additional info on what was used in the course. See attached for example paper. Please do not use AI, as this paper with be ran thruough an AI dector.
Utilizing at least 2 texts* from this semester, write your own argument for what environmental justice is. Remember that the texts do not necessarily have to support your point of view--you can build off the texts, compare the texts, or even disagree with them if it suits your argument. The point of using 2 texts from the semester is to join an ongoing conversation about environmental justice and give you the chance to add your own nuanced perspective.
You will be graded according to the following questions:
Does the paper have a thesis that is an argument focused on environmental justice? 10 points
Does the paper utilize support from at least 2 sources from the semester, free from nonpermitted outside sources/editions? 10 points
Is the paper organized in a scholarly fashion with an introduction (with thesis), body, and conclusion, utilizing collegiate-level language and analysis? 10 points
Is the paper 3-5 pages (not including title and reference page) and developed at this depth of page length, without repetition or areas that need more analysis? 10 points
Is the paper mostly error-free and in APA format? 10 points
*Please do not utilize outside materials and only cite materials and editions that have been assigned in this class. Any use of outside materials, unapproved editions of texts, AI, or ChatGPT will result in 0 points for the sources and you could be flagged for plagiarism.
All papers will be ran through Turnitin and screened for plagiarism and AI use.
Text from the semester
Read Henry David Thoreau's chapter "Economy" from Walden (2 hours)
Read David Gruenewald's "The best of both worlds: a critical pedagogy of place" (40 minutes)
Read Into the Wild through chapter 9 (3 hours)
Read Emerson, "Nature" (18 minutes)
Read chapters 1-3 from Silent Spring and 1 additional chapter of your choice (1 hour)
Read Introduction to Postcolonial Ecocriticism Among Settler-Colonial Nations (20 minutes) Read Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction) Introduction (3 minutes)