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How Can We Prevent the Next Pandemic by Addressing the Wildlife Trade?

by Adam Peyman, ENS MS Candidate

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How Can We Prevent the Next Pandemic by Addressing the Wildlife Trade? The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the world, infecting 134 million and killing nearly 3 million people. The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease is thought to have likely originated in bats, a misunderstood and often maligned order of mammals that includes over 1,400 species. How the vi...

Event Tonight! Struggle for Climate Justice with Dr. Brandon Derman, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies.

Zoom link on the Library’s event page: https://www.lincolnlibrary.info/events/struggle-climate-justice-dr-brandon-derman

Struggle for Climate Justice with Dr. Brandon Derman Empower. Connect. Inspire.

UIS online bachelor’s degree programs ranked among the top 10 percent in the country The University of Illinois Springfield’s online bachelor’s degree programs have been ranked 34th best in the country (out of 357 instituti...

Gloves, boxes, and masks: Waste visibility, challenges, and opportunities during and post COVID - 19 pandemic Garbage is everywhere but is mostly overlooked in our everyday environment. Though as individuals we deal with municipal solid waste every day, waste infrastructure – like black bags, covered bins, enclosed trucks, industrial waste cycles, and publicly inaccessible landfills - keeps the majority o...

World Affairs Council of Central Illinois Uncategorized Roses from Kenya: Labor, Environment, and the Global Trade in Cut Flowers” November 10, 2020 WorldAffairs Event Date: December 3, 2020 Event Time: 7:00 p.m. via Zoom Presenter: Dr. Megan Styles Kenya supplies more than 35% of the cut flowers, including roses, sold in the United Kingd...

UIS Geographic Information Systems Laboratory Presents:

Mapping COVID-19 Using GIS (Virtual Workshop)
by Dr. Yun Zhao, Environmental Studies

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM on Saturday, November 14th, 2020

GIS workshop - Geographic Information Systems Laboratory - UIS Next GIS workshop: 11/14/2020 (Virtual) Click here to download the workshop flyer. Click here to register for the workshop. Theme: Mapping COVID-19 Using GIS. Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in spatial data visualization, mapping, and analysis. Date: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM on…

Speed up your time-to-degree by taking an Intersession Course over break!

ENS 440 Topics in Environmental Studies: Understanding Struggles for Climate Justice

Prof. Brandon Derman

3.0 Credit Hours

Dec. 14, 2020 - Jan. 8, 2020 (Spring 2021)

Climate change through the lens of intergenerational, racial, and global justice?

How does thinking in terms of justice alter our understanding of climate change as an environmental phenomenon – or does it?

This topics course will explore these and related questions, drawing upon a growing body of research that spans the social and natural sciences, as well as the products of a burgeoning movement that brings environmentalism together with a surprising range of other issues. Examining those connections is therefore a crucial piece of understanding why climate is being linked with justice, why addressing climate change at all has been such a struggle in recent years, and what may be viable pathways forward. Foundational concepts and methods from environmental studies, political science, and communication will support developing your own understanding of the connections and commitments implicit in the notion of climate justice.

Registration available next week!