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Merging together the fields of urban ecology, environmental justice, and urban environmental education, this book promotes building fair, accessible, and mutually beneficial relationships between citizens and the soils, water, atmospheres, and biodiversity in their cities.
List of contents
Introduction Part I Urban Ecosystem Justice Theory Chapter 1: Ecological Alienation: Roots and Remedies Chapter 2: Exclusion of Social Sustainability and Emergence of Enviro-Technocratic Governance Part II Urban Ecosystem Justice Applications Chapter 3: Urban Soil Justice: Ecoremediation versus the Toxisphere Chapter 4: Urban Water Justice: DIY River Remediation in the Aquatic Commons Chapter 5: Urban Atmospheric Justice Chapter 6: Urban Compost Justice Chapter 7: Urban Biodiversity Justice Part III Urban Ecosystem Justice Pedagogy Chapter 8: The Radix Experiment Conclusion
About the author
Scott Kellogg has been Educational Director of the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, an urban environmental education and just sustainabilities advocacy non-profit based in Albany, New York, since 2009. Prior to Radix, Scott was a co-founder and collective member of the Rhizome Collective in Austin, Texas, an urban sustainability and activist center which functioned from 2000 to 2009. Scott has a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, a master’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins, and a bachelor’s degree in Humanities from the New College of California. He teaches in a number of graduate and undergraduate programs in universities throughout the Northeast, including Bard College’s Masters in Environmental Education program. Scott is the coauthor of Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide (2008).
Summary
Merging together the fields of urban ecology, environmental justice, and urban environmental education, this book promotes building fair, accessible, and mutually beneficial relationships between citizens and the soils, water, atmospheres, and biodiversity in their cities.
