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Due in class Thursday November 29: A spiritual and strategic intervention Resources: Hotlinks for Envs 162 Evaluation for Faith, Ethics & Vocation Project courses Take home final, due late Tuesday night December 4 Concerned Citizens Coaltion of Stockton Diocese of Stockton Office of Social Ministries
This site offers educational resources developed in the past by students in ENVS 162, Environmental Justice Practicum, and Environmental Vocation Interns. They are focused on EJ issues in California's Great Central Valley, and designed primarily to assist the Catholic Diocese of Stockton as it conducts a multi-year EJ education project. Scroll down for more information on the Stockton Diocese project. Syllabus for Envs 162, Fall 2007 and Flyer for Environmental Justice Practicum Fall 2007: T/Th 11:50-1:35 in Kennedy 109 Virtue ethics assignment. Imagine the following scenario. You are presenting to a religious group, or local faith community, in the Central Valley. You may be a member of that group, or you may be a member of an NGO, such as Restore the Delta or CCCoS. You give a presentation on one of the EJ problems in the valley, mostly about the “what” of the problem (science, economics, politics). I recommend your imaginary presentation address material on the Cambodian fishing article or the “Delta Endgame” article on ERES, or pesticide drift as air polltuion. During the Q&A, you are asked: “what keeps you going in the face of injustice? How do you sustain hope, engagement, faith that things could get better?” You pause, and remember virtue ethics. Reply by linking one virtue with the EJ problem you have presented, 500 words (each of those words better be good! And reflect an understanding of what virtue ethics are: EE draft 2: Virtue ethics for Environmental Leadership). You may present on “updating” a classic virtue, or proposing (and justifying) the practice of a new virtue. Skim: Fr. Paul Locatelli, SJ, The Catholic University of the 21st Century: Educating for Solidarity Add to readings for November 8, Thursday, found on ERES, password ej
Link to Environmental Ethics Short Course, which contains readings EE1 & EE2, and the ecography assignment (first assignment)
EE draft 1: The ethical principle of justice (in the Bible) by Michael Guinan OFM
Virtue ethics for environmental justice
some useful Central Valley websites:
This is a smaller file of the same show in pdf format
Youth United for Community Action Grist on-line magazine special on Enviromental Justice
Instructions and criteria for the Popular Education Project -- due November 30 Guidelines for popular education project topic
Envs 162: Environmental Justice Practicum Fall 2006 syllabus
GB Don't Like Black People video
ENVS 162: Environmental Justice Practicum, Fall 2005 Syllabus "Hot Links" for ENVS 162: a list of web readings and resources Revised reading list for ENVS 162 Student work Fall 2005 Luke Clause and Marcela Rodriguez: Thirsty for Justice: the Struggle in the Central Valley Narrative eval for Faith, Ethics & Vocation Project classes
How to strategize advocacy and persuasion for EJ Virtue Ethics and Environmental Justice Resources Air Quality in the Central Valley assignment Guidelines for topic selection for popular education tool. The guidelines are due Nov 10, but the assignment is due Dec 2. Chular, Monterey County, groundwater and EJ. SFChron. Monterey CoHerald Quotes: Pajaro Sunny-Mesa Water District attorney: Monterey Co. Board member Tom Perkins: A list of other EJ resources on the web Opinion-editorial essays 2004-5 Keith Douglass Warner OFM: Introducing Environmental Justice Jocelyn Stauffer: Why Catholics Should Care About the Environment Dan Alvarado: You Don't Have to Wait for the Mob Peter J. Sullivan: Shifting Owners, Shifty Business Emily Eng: Farmworkers Food Security Melvin Gaines: Want Action? Hop Aboard?
Powerpoint presentations that can be printed out as EJ Sunday posters Peter J. Sullivan: What is Environmental Justice? Jocelyn Stauffer: A Catholic Understanding of Environmental Justice
Powerpoint presentations on EJ, Catholic social teaching, air and water (Fall 2004) Dan Alvarado: The State of the Sacramento Delta Cathy Harkness: Water for Life, Not for Profit Peter J. Sullivan: Ground Water and Environmental Justice Alix Tamiz: Pesticide Drift in the Central Valley Emily Eng: Which Air Source Would You Rather Breathe? Waide Hicks: Catholic Social Teaching and Central Valley Air
Selected essays on EJ: air, water, and Catholic social teaching (Fall 2004) Waide Hicks: Religious Leadership, Personal Responsibilty and Central Valley Air Peter J. Sullivan: Holy Ground or Holy Groundwater?
The Stockton Diocese Environmental Justice Project In the late 1990s, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched an Environmental Justice Program. The goal was to create an authentically Catholic voice in the environmental debate, focusing on how human beings can live in harmony with creation and how environmental issues affect the poorest and most vulnerable in our communities. In 2004, the Diocese of Stockton initiated its own local Environmental Justice Project to encompass the six counties within its region. The Diocese extends from the farmlands of California’s Central Valley, through the river canyons of Yosemite National Park and into the stark beauty of our nation’s most ancient body of water, Mono Lake. Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire is bringing together 100 leaders throughout the Diocese who personally or professionally work on environmental justice concerns. They represent an array of interests, including farmers, farm workers, environmentalists, developers, urban planners, government officials, regulators, educators, businesspeople, health professionals, housing advocates, and parish leaders. Over the course of three months, this diverse group was introduced to Catholic Social Teaching and Environmental Justice by Father Ken Himes, director of Boston College’s Theology Department; received an overview on air, water, and land use concerns from respected experts and local leaders; and held a town-hall style meeting to brainstorm a plan of action for the diocesan EJ project over the next year. This plan will address what the Diocese can do institutionally as well as what parishes, families, and individuals can do locally. On October 30, 2005, the diocese will celebrate Environmental Justice Sunday. For more information visit the Diocese of Stockton Office of Social Ministries.
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