Environmental Studies
Where natural systems, policy, and human behavior meet.
What counts as evidence: Environmental data combined with policy, economic, or social analysis.
- Pick a specific local issue (a watershed, a zoning decision) rather than climate change broadly.
- Public environmental monitoring data (EPA, NOAA) is free and detailed.
- Separate the scientific claim from the policy claim — they need different kinds of evidence.
- Interview stakeholders on more than one side of an issue, not just the side you agree with.