· Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable Development in Cities throughout the World

Course Links
 515 Environmental Justice
 514 Sustainable Development
 530 Alternative Urban Futures
603/604 Internship

Student Projects: Case Studies

- Solutions to Urban Environmental Challenges

- Cities/ Countries on the Front Line of Climate Change

- Sustainable Urban Transportation Policies and Programs

- Communities Confronting Environmental Injustice

- Cradle to Grave Analyses of Commonly Used Products

- SFSU Environmental Audit (1999)

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Professor Raquel Pinderhughes
Department of Urban Studies & Planning, San Francisco State University

What’s new… Fall 2011

  • Roots of Success Environmental Literacy Curriculum:
    New nine module version of the environmental literacy curriculum I developed, called Roots of Success, is available in both Spanish and English. For more information go to rootsofsuccess.org

  • Greening of Prisons: My jointly authored paper for the Federal Department of Corrections on the greening of prisons can be found at the NIC's website, Greening of Corrections and at this link.
  • Green Jobs Report: My research study on pathways out of poverty through green collar jobs can be found at Green Collar Jobs (PDF)
  • Green Jobs Training Model: The Green Jobs Training Program that I developed is being used throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico. For more information on the model go to Ella Baker Center

 

  • Student Projects: Please see the left side bar to check out the reports students have produced in my classes:

  • Publications: Alternative Urban Futures: Planning for Sustainable Development in Cities can be found at this link.

    514 students, please follow this link for the waste assesment homework: Waste Audit Homework


Pathways out of Poverty
through Green Collar Jobs

(Click on links below to read/download)

Green Collar Jobs (PDF)

Executive Summary (PDF)

email: raquelrp@sfsu.edu

Department of Urban Studies and Planning
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: 415-338-7520
Office: HSS 235

© Raquel Pinderhughes