Aug 11, 2021 | 2021, Climate Change, Environment, Refugees |
By Sarah Akers, JMU ’20 Justice Studies, ’21-22 Woodson Martin Democracy Fellow “No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” — Warsan Shire Introduction When the general public first started discussing climate change – back when it...
Jun 8, 2021 | 2021, Environment, Public Participation, State Politics |
By Ali Berens, JMU ’22, Sociology with a concentration in Environment, Technologies, and Innovations and is also minoring in Environmental Studies The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline that will run about 303 miles across state boundaries from...
Mar 24, 2021 | 2021, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals |
By Isabella Lindblad, JMU ‘24, Biology The Sustainable Development Goals are 17 related goals created by the United Nations in 2015. The goals, intended to be met by the year 2030, are designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for...
Nov 18, 2019 | 2019, Environment, Media and Politics |
Post by Matt Long, Matt Furbush, and Alec Bellis, JMU Political Science “Local Politics and Issue Goverance” students An abundance of scholarly studies how media representations frame a variety of policy issues nationally, however there is a comparative...
Apr 4, 2019 | 2019, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, Environment |
Prepared by Nicole Loan, Biology, ’21, for Honors Civic Engagement Download a PDF version of this Climate Change Primer. Background: Climate change is an alteration of weather patterns that are observed as a consistent trend over a long period of time. These...
Feb 15, 2019 | 2019, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, Democracy In Peril, Environment |
Post by Julia Kravitz (JMU, ’19) In February, Democracy In Peril featured Dr. C.P. Leslie Grady Jr., who spoke about the devastating effects of this past century’s impacts on global climate and what is projected to happen if the world stays on its current course...
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