GPH Course: Environmental Injustice: From Local to Global

During Spring Break, 13 students traveled to NYU Buenos Aires for a course called Environmental Injustice: From Local to Global. They created a classroom without walls or borders, examining the historical, political, economic and social aspects of environmental injustice in Argentina – and witnessed firsthand how environmental degradation occurs and is institutionally reinforced. Over six days they traversed the city and provinces, from the Argentine Pampas to local barrios, where we observed variations on land use and the built environment. Through fieldwork, didactic, and applied training, the principles of environmental justice -- public good over profit, cooperation over competition, collective action over individualism and precautionary approaches over unacceptable risks -- were transformed from the written page to the lived experience.

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