Course Description
Summary
Beyond Plastic Pollution is an environmental policy class with an emphasis on building your skills to take action on this growing environmental justice and climate justice problem. The class will focus on the production, use and disposal of plastic, including one class on how the US and Europe exports its plastic waste problems to countries in Asia and Africa. The class will examine the systemic roots of this problem and what you can do about it. There will an analysis of local, state and federal legislation and an opportunity for you to learn about innovation, alternatives to plastics and the need to avoid false solutions.
