The Justice Project
Project Overview
We began this project by leaning about the philosophies of justice. More specifically we learned about libertarianism(not being controlled by the government), utilitarianism(benefits the most people for the lowest cost), Dalai Lama(Justice through forgiveness) there was a few more but to me the ones listed above are the most relevant for my projects. After learning the philosophies of justice we wrote and presented our first justice monologue to our class(see monologue 1 below). My monologue was about the relationship between justice and forgiveness to assist me in creating this I used the thoughts of the Dalai Lama. Then we learned about environmental ethics and the complexity of oil and gas in the greater Choco canyon area. During the environmental ethics portion I learned about the three spears of sustainability(economic, social environmental). Then I learned about tribal sovereignty. Then I read a poem by Terry Tempest Williams titled "The Pall of Our Unrest" the poem was a obituary to the land and was very inspiring to me.
Then I learned about the issues with energy production in the 4 corners area and greater Chaco area and what different organizations are doing to lessen the effects of energy production on the people. This led us nicely into the complexity of oil and gas in the greater Chaco Canyon area. We learned about this through a film on Chaco culture, the San Juan citizens alliance website who are fighting for justice to the land and people effected by oil and gas drilling in the greater Chaco Canyon area. Then I learned about different groups who are positively and negatively involved in the issue and what they argue on the topic. Learning all of this lead to a second justice monologue(see monologue 2 below) about the most just way to balance our energy and economic need, human and environmental health and protection of sacred land. The Justice project was concluded with a letter to the editor(see final justice project below) about the racial injustices in healthcare.
Then I learned about the issues with energy production in the 4 corners area and greater Chaco area and what different organizations are doing to lessen the effects of energy production on the people. This led us nicely into the complexity of oil and gas in the greater Chaco Canyon area. We learned about this through a film on Chaco culture, the San Juan citizens alliance website who are fighting for justice to the land and people effected by oil and gas drilling in the greater Chaco Canyon area. Then I learned about different groups who are positively and negatively involved in the issue and what they argue on the topic. Learning all of this lead to a second justice monologue(see monologue 2 below) about the most just way to balance our energy and economic need, human and environmental health and protection of sacred land. The Justice project was concluded with a letter to the editor(see final justice project below) about the racial injustices in healthcare.