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CMMU 137Communities and Climate Change

5 creditsUndergraduateStudent Option

For many communities the impacts of global warming, rising sea levels and environmental degradation compound already existing systemic racial, class, and gender inequalities. How do we understand the relationships between people and the environment? How are movements for social and ecological justice (dis)connected? This class considers how and why communities, activists and organizations press for alternatives through case studies from the U.S. environmental justice movement and related local and global struggles for food sovereignty, Indigenous rights and climate justice.

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When it runs

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 9:50am–11:25am
Porter Acad 148A. AlkonOpen 48/50

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Allison Alkon5.0 / 51.5 / 5100%4

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