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International and Area Studies/Engineering 157AC: “Engineering, Environment, and Society”

Environmental Justice for Treasure Island

Interactive map that visualizes the current environmental disparities and cumulative hazards occurring on Treasure Island

Treasure Island: A Critical Assessment of Historical Use and Development

Treasure Island: A Critical Assessment of Historical Use and Development - a Report

Green Action

Community Partner for the Treasure Island project.

Jed Lee Discovery Video

Find out about how Lee from Khalid's course found inspiration for his project and passion for a broader career in documentary film.

About the Course Assignment

IAS/E 157AC: “Engineering, Environment, and Society” forefronts the political and social concerns that are of decentered in favor of the technical aspects of environmental engineering. Originally developed as part of the American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) program, the project developed for IAS/E 157AC allowed for students to explore alternative ways of centering the knowledge produced in the communities that they were engaging with and working with. This resulted in a range of deliverables that were decided with community partners, including a documentary film uplifting the work on the Richmond Greenway to an interactive GIS map of the environmental disparities on Treasure Island. Course Website.

Instructional Materials

Project Descriptions

The project elevated the importance of many of the ideas that were discussed in class because they were no longer abstract concepts but descriptions of real world issues that I could encounter in my research into the community.

Student

Environmental Justice for Treasure Island Interactive Map

Out of partnership with Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, students developed this interactive map that highlights the environmental disparities and cumulative hazards occurring on Treasure Island. The students also drafted a 41 page report highlighting the ways that Treasure Island has been exploited and ignored through paradigms of delusion and disposability.

Documentary Film

Jed Lee is a College of Natural Resource student majoring in "Society and Environment." Jed discovered a passion for documentary film making through an American Cultures Engaged Scholarship course taught by Khalid Kadir. He is focusing his senior project on documenting the important community effort in Richmond, CA to environmentally and culturally revitalize the Richmond Greenway. This is Jed's first film making project.

Khalid Kadir

Instructor, Global Poverty & Practice (GPP) program, Political Economy, and the College of Engineering

I cannot overstate the value that the this program has added to my course and to student learning. .

Khalid Kadir

The main takeaway from this project will be the technical knowledge and the involvement with community members. Overall, it has definitely changed the way I think about my position in the world which will carry on into the future.

Student