Talking Open for Climate Justice - Episode 1: Sociological Perspectives with Dr. Ron Kramer

Welcome to Talking Open for Climate Justice, a limited-run podcast series created by Western Michigan University Libraries for International Open Access Week.

Today's guest is Dr. Ron Kramer, a sociologist and professor at Western Michigan University. In this episode, Dr. Kramer shares his perspective as a sociologist on climate justice and open access.

00:00 Introduction
01:52 What does climate justice mean to you
04:08 Climate disruption
06:11 Climate justice and criminology
07:28 Carbon majors
08:06 Challenges facing climate justice
09:29 Political action and inaction
10:50 Individual responses to climate justice
12:51 Open access research
12:57 The value of open access
16:36 Looking ahead in climate justice
19:06 Teaching climate justice from a sociological perspective
19:52 Interdisciplinary approach
21:17 Final thoughts

For more information about open access, visit wmich.edu/library/open-access.

References:
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.or...

https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

https://www.noaa.gov/education/resour...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-r...