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- David Ng is Director of the AMBL at the University of British Columbia - fancy speak for a science teacher.

- Benjamin Cohen teaches at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil and Society in the American Countryside (Yale, 2009). His interest is in those places where science, art, and environmental studies come together.

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Science, Environmental Justice, and Community Context: Part 3 with Julie Sze

Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment

How do communities engage with the science of environmental health and air pollution research?

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Environmental Justice, Neoliberalism, and Rudy Giuliani: Part 2 with Julie Sze

Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die

Is the market THE best solution to govern policymaking through carbon trading? Cases of incineration, air pollution, energy, garbage privatization and other community health issues throughout the 1990s suggest not.

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Noxious New York: on the culture, politics, and history of NYC environmental justice activism with author Julie Sze

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Culture, politics, science, and history of environmental justice activism in New York City? It has to do with privatization, deregulation, and globalization.

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Gender, Debunking, and Scienceblogging: Part III with Martha McCaughey

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Is the problem popular uptakes of Darwinism? Is it worse for men to be pigs or cavemen? Where's Viagra in all of this?

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Gender Studies, Science Studies, and the Evo-Psych Researchers in Between: Part 2 with Martha McCaughey

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How feminist scholars shed light on the alcohol/reality TV/Redbull idea of manhood.

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The Caveman Mystique: Pop Darwinism and the Masculine Excuse, with author Martha McCaughey

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The watered-down evolutionary psychology prevalent in pop culture enables some men to rationalize sexist double standards about relationships. Read all about it.

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