This storymap outlines a series of site visits coordinated across Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 and designed to bring students off-campus and into communities to learn from them and to support their work through specific service projects and asks. These site visits are intended to introduce students to these organizations and community issues with the hope that many will develop relationships on their own to further deepen engagement and collaboration. 

This second volume of interviews conducted by students of Professor Christie Manning is a collection of the stories and efforts of environmental justice activists at the forefront of the Minnesota environmental justice movement. It is a compilation of interviews, conducted by students at Macalester College in 2023, to understand the layers of environmental injustice in Minnesota and bring attention to the resilience and determination of activists and communities.

Access it here.

This is a podcast archive for Spring 2020 and Fall 2021 cohorts of Troubled Waters: Race, the Environment and Law Prof. Kiri Sailiata. Working in pairs or small groups, students researched a range of issues surrounding water policies. Topics include the local restoration of the Mississippi river, the rights of Manoomin, the history of the Rondo neighborhood, and the conservation of Chokan Tanka.

If you're looking for an introduction to environmental justice issues in the Twin Cities and around the world, we highly recommend this weekly calendar of curated readings compiled by staff and students at the Sustainability Office.