Scribner Seminar Program
Course Description
Environmental Advocacy Bootcamp: A Toolbox for Saving the World
Instructors: Andrew Schneller, Environmental Sciences and Studies
Environmental advocacy and civic engagement has helped to create the laws and policies responsible for the protection of our oceans, air, millions of acres of public lands, and thousands of endangered species. Citizen engagement in environmental campaigns, political processes, and the media has transformed how the public values ecosystems, sustainability, indigenous rights, and environmental justice. Through environmental education, protests, internet-based social media, and community based social marketing, youth lead environmental campaigns have also successfully galvanized international support for protecting our planet from the detrimental effects of climate change. While our communities, elected officials, and businesses are taking steps to advance environmental agendas, we still need an engaged and effective youth who will soon become our leaders of tomorrow. In this course students will examine the foundation of their environmental ethics, meaningfully engage in pressing environmental struggles, and create a teamwork based campaign to effectively advocate for a suite of preferred solutions.
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