Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees

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SFSU's new ESCA requirement was mentioned in this article, 

"At San Francisco State University, leaders said they instead chose to require climate justice for all students, beginning with the class of 2029, because of the urgency of understanding how climate change affects communities differently. 

Students need to understand broader systems of oppression and privilege so that they can address the unequal effects of climate change for “communities of color, low-income communities, global south communities and other marginalized communities,” said Autumn Thoyre, co-director of Climate HQ, the university’s center for climate education, research, and action." 

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