Civic Engagement through Environmental Restoration

Intro political science course develops understanding of and experience with engaged citizenship, effective leadership, and the broad organizational and policy dynamic of civic engagement.

We focus our efforts on an exploration of the nature of citizenship in a democracy, with particular attention paid to the role of leadership and civic engagement in its variety of forms. We apply this understanding to leadership of an EarthCorps environmental restoration project. In this context we study the organizations, policies, and politics of our democratic society.