Changemaker Scholar Breena Holland is associate professor of political science and the environmental initiative at Lehigh University. Trained as an environmental political theorist, she has written extensively on how environmental quality enables fundamental human capabilities and on how poor and minority communities suffer disproportionately from environmental degradation and thus face environmental injustice. Much of her time has been spent conducting research intended to directly benefit underprivileged residents of Bethlehem, PA. Once renowned as the home of the nation’s second largest steel maker, Bethlehem now suffers from economic hardship and unusually high rates of air pollution and childhood asthma, in part because of recent economic development and the city’s location in a valley. Holland believes that with extensive financial and academic resources, colleges and universities have the potential to effect great change, and that comprehensive academic studies can give environmental regulators the evidence they need to successfully pursue environmental justice.

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How can an environmental studies concentration help you

understand and address long standing social problems? Use this map to learn about the courses, faculty,

and opportunities that can give you the tools to become a changemaker.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Environmental Studies is only a few decades old as a field, but the concept is ancient. We interact continuously with our surroundings, and we benefit deeply from understanding that interaction. But while the environment has always shaped human life and culture, we also shape the environment — and never more so than today, in an era of massive resource consumption and rapid technological change and population growth. In illuminating our relationship with nature, Environmental Studies enables us to better understand how we can create a sustainable society that is attentive to human flourishing and in harmony with our planet. Environmental Studies brings together a variety of disciplines, including the natural and social sciences, literature, art, and philosophy, and emphasizes both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Through courses, internships, and senior theses and other independent research projects, ES students at Hamilton study climate change, ecology, habitat loss, wilderness preservation, environmental justice, pollution, food production and security, and urban and land-use planning.

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Relevant ES Courses ES 150 Environmental Science and Society ES 212 Global Warming ES 220 Forever Wild: The Cultural and Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park ES 255 Gender and the Environment Africana Studies 435 Seminar in Urban Worlds Biology 237 Ecology Chemistry 125 Health and Environmental Chemistry College 235 Food for Thought Economics 380 Environmental Economics English and Creative Writing 144 Adirondack Literature Geosciences 101, 103, 105, 110, 112, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122 Government 285 Introduction to Environmental Politics History 245 The American Frontier Philosophy 235 Environmental Ethics Religious Studies 118 Religion and Environmentalism Sociology 329 The Social Production of Food Women’s Studies 334 Kitchen Culture: Women, Gender and the Politics of Food

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On-campus Levitt Social Innovation Fellows & Innovation Roundtable Levitt Leadership Institute & LEAP Levitt Social Innovation Lab Summer Internship Funding: Levitt Center & Career Center Summer Research Funding: Levitt Center, DSJP, Kirkland Project

Off-campus Ashoka U: Hamilton College is an AshokaU Changemaker Campus Clinton Global Initiative University: Hamilton is a member of CGIU Echoing Green Fellowship & Think Impact E

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ES Connections Joyce Barry: Women’s Studies (jbarry@hamilton.edu) Peter Cannavò: Government (pcannavo@hamilton.edu) Carolyn Dash: Environmental Studies/Geosciences (cdash@hamilton.edu) Katheryn Doran: Philosophy (kdoran@hamilton.edu) Stephen Ellingson: Sociology (sellings@hamilton.edu) Michael McCormick: Biology (mmccormi@hamilton.edu) Heather Merrill: Africana Studies (hmerrill@hamilton.edu) Onno Oerlemans: English and Creative Writing (ooerlema@hamilton.edu) William Pfitsch: Biology (wpfitsch@hamilton.edu) Todd Rayne: Geosciences (trayne@hamilton.edu) Janelle Schwartz: English and Creative Writing (jschwartz@hamilton.edu) Richard Seager: Religious Studies (rseager@hamilton.edu) Julio Videras: Economics (jvideras@hamilton.edu) Richard Werner: Philosophy (rwerner@hamilton.edu) Gary Wyckoff: Government/Public Policy (gwyckoff@hamilton.edu)