Pedagogic Resources

EJOLT

Description

                                                                                                         

   

This module contains case studies conducted by EJOLT members, principally Environmental Justice Organisations. These case studies are organised into pathways according to themes (broad subjects).

To access to the Project website: www.ejolt.org

 

REEDS International Research  Centre based at the Rambouillet satellite of the Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France is participating in a major  European project to empower environmental justice organisations and improve collaborative research on environmental conflicts. This project is funded by the European Commission FP7 Science in Society programme over four years at a total cost of nearly four million euros and involves 23 members representing 20 countries throughout Europe, the African continent, Asia and South America.

 

REEDS (Research in Ecological economics, Eco-innovation and tool Development for Sustainability) has considerable expertise in economic and environmental valuation and sustainability indicators, eco-innovation strategies and corporate social responsibility, deliberation support in the public and private sectors as well as monitoring and information systems for socio-economic and environmental values. What this means is that REEDS can provide training materials, workshops,  and advice  relating to case studies of environmental injustice in an academically robust yet very practical way to other members of the project, in particular the Environmental Justice Organisations (EJOs).

 

EJOs are civil society organisations locally or globally involved in conflicts over resource extraction or waste disposal. Such conflicts are increasing in number as the world economy uses more materials and energy. A primary objective of this project is to empower EJOs and the communities they support that receive an unfair share of environmental burdens to defend or reclaim their rights.

 

This module focuses on the areas of Nuclear energy, Oil & gas extraction/Climate Justice, Environmental health & risk assessment, Liabilities and valuation and Training in best practices and policy recommendations. To combat environmental damage by human activity it is necessary to be able to monitor and measure it as well as determine the actual costs in order to discover how to mitigate it and take legal actions for appropriate compensation to affected communities. This module will illustrate real examples from EJOS and will link into modules on Ecological Economics and Evaluation