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About the Course

Are you motivated by the idea that social justice can be served by the energy transition, but are not sure how to make this happen? Do you want to grow your ability to recognize - and do something about - injustice in the energy space? Are you a sustainability or environmental professional eager to help design just energy systems? Do you wonder how to help advance equity in your community’s energy decisions? This course is for you! Energy is the lifeblood of the modern way of life. Yet not everyone has equal access to its benefits, and the environmental and social costs of producing, transporting, and using it are not evenly distributed. In this course you will explore the idea and practice of energy justice: what does it look like? Why are societies struggling to achieve it? What do we mean by sociotechnical energy systems, and how can we make them more equitable? The purposes of this course are (1) to introduce individuals and organizations to the concept of energy justice and where it comes from, and (2) to help them build a toolkit to identify and leverage opportunities to increase fairness and equity in energy-related decisions and actions. After completing this course, learners should be better equipped to recognize and confront energy injustice in their personal and professional lives, and to help envision and foster energy justice in society. Course Learning Objectives At the end of this course, students will be able to: • Define energy justice and explain its relationship to environmental justice, climate justice, and energy democracy • Define structural inequity and describe the impact of historical racism on today's energy systems • Describe the social complexity of energy systems as well as their major physical elements • Identify and explain key energy justice principles and frameworks • Distinguish between multiple forms of injustice in energy systems and analyze potential remedies • Discuss energy injustice and structural inequality with fluency • Identify and assess energy injustices in personal, professional and civic contexts • Design strategies to integrate energy justice into professional work and civic life • Advocate for energy justice as an essential element of energy transitions and climate change mitigation • Envision more just energy futures...

Top reviews

KG

Jan 3, 2022

This course was great! I learned so much about environmental and energy justice from a diverse group of experts. Would highly recommend this course!

AR

Feb 19, 2023

A great introduction to the concept of energy justice, historical significance, and current case studies/policies.

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By Kiev G

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Jan 4, 2022

This course was great! I learned so much about environmental and energy justice from a diverse group of experts. Would highly recommend this course!

By Amy R

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Feb 20, 2023

A great introduction to the concept of energy justice, historical significance, and current case studies/policies.

By Pratik M

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Jun 28, 2022

The course topic is very unique. The case studies and toolkit are really interesting.

By Zeky A M A

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Dec 4, 2023

Outstanding course. If you work in the energy sector, this course is a must!

By Alba d C

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Nov 26, 2023

Many thanks for this course. I enjoyed a lot!

By Ingrid G W

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Jun 19, 2022

Excellent course; highly informative

By Sohail F

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Feb 27, 2023

Nice Experience.

By Fernando N

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Apr 2, 2022

The course was very interesting and opened my mind for new point of view.

For example, the utilities companies must have their contract reviewed , otherwise, the poorest people has not a chance to have a renewable or other source of energy and they will burden for low efficiency of the system and/or loss in profits of such companies .

However, I did not like the approach concerning WASP against other racial communities. The course, sometime, should appears a Sen. Senders (Dem - MA) and his follows speech.

We have a difference between the wealthy people and organization and the low-income persons and/or communities. The poorest cannot afford the high cost of energy, independent of gender, color (there is no different race when talking about human sapiens sapiens).  

The other point that the course had not considered is that even a poor person in USA may use more energy unit per day than poor people in India or in Africa. We should balance the consumption of energy worldwide; the planet cannot afford everyone person using/consuming energy by day as one average North American living in northeast of USA consumes. We are not comment about energy efficiency, but at the end, energy waste and luxury.

By Robbin C

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Oct 23, 2022

This is an excellent course. It is thought provoking and certainly challenged my thinking. The building of the content over the course, the questions, the guests and the resources -- they are excellent. I was hoping it would bridge some of the lack of knowledge about the business issues, such as the higher cost of distributed resources. Some statements made me groan and some resources dismiss that utilities have legitimate objections. I would wish for content that bridges the difficult job of distributing electricity with the solutions offered of energy justice advocates. Let's get specific about the limitations of technology such as battery storage and open up eyes to wonderful things such as energy efficiency and demand response.

By Kathy A M

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Oct 12, 2022

Course was very thought provokng. Signed up as audit, but vould not complete w/o paying for certificate;