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Why Aren’t Faculty More Engaged on the Climate Crisis? (Spoiler: It might be the tenure process)
- Smith College (MA)
- AASHE (MA)
Do you ever wish that more faculty at your institution were working on sustainability? Many leaders have called for improved support for engaged scholarship(ES) to better connect the academy with …
- Posted Feb. 20, 2025
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Holistic Inclusive Education On Climate Change
- The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)
The American College of Greece (ACG) is committed to advancing climate action and sustainability through an inclusive, multi-faceted approach to education. Under the umbrella of Holistic Inclusive Education on Climate …
- Posted Jan. 24, 2025
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Enhancing Climate Change Education Through the Power of Storytelling
- Climate Stories Project (MA)
Students and members of the higher education community are feeling overwhelmed by the scale and the pace of the climate crisis but lack a forum for speaking with others about …
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Climate change education in China: a pioneering case of its implementation in tertiary education and its effects on students’ beliefs and attitudes
- University of Arizona (AZ)
Purpose: In view of a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of climate change education (CCE) in China, this study aims to evaluate if a CCE course newly designed based …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Examining undergraduate students’ systems thinking competency through a problem scenario in the context of climate change education
- National Sun Yat-sen University
Higher education plays an important role in preparing future citizens and leaders with the capacity to address systemic issues behind complex problems such as climate change. There have however been …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Justice in climate change education: a systematic review
- Colorado State University (CO)
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
Growing recognition of the multi-faceted injustices of climate change has resulted in shifting public and policy discourse around how to understand and address climate change, yet justice considerations are rarely …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Sustainable Academia: The Responsibilities of Academic Historians in a Climate-Impacted World
- University of Western Australia
- La Trobe University (Victoria)
- University College London (London)
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
- King's College London
Environmental degradation is the most serious challenge of the twenty-first century. To date, academic historians, among many others, have failed to fully confront the climate and biodiversity crises, often engaging …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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A model of behavioral climate change education for higher educational institutions
- University of Arizona (AZ)
This paper puts forth a novel model of Climate Change Education (CCE) targeting to bridge the attitude-behavior gap in students’ climate action, called the behavioral CCE. It refers to relevant …
- Posted June 15, 2023
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From the Amazon to Florida: Climate Change Education at Miami Dade College
- Miami Dade College (FL)
This educational session will showcase how the high-impact teaching approaches used in Miami Dade College’s Global Sustainability and Earth Literacy Studies (GSELS) learning network are also efficacious climate change education …
- Posted May 17, 2023
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The Week: The New Playbook for Climate Mobilization
- The Week
The Week is a climate mobilization tool that anyone can pick up and use, for free, to create courageous conversations about climate breakdown, and what we as a society can …
- Posted May 10, 2023
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Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
- Moving Still Productions Inc.
Teach climate change with the following free resources: Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops, a series of five short films narrated by Richard Gere, featuring twelve renown climate scientists, and endorsed by …
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Greening Burundi Project launches with support from Cornell Climate Online Fellows
- Cornell University (NY)
Emmanuel Niyoyabikoze, right, founder of the Greening Burundi Project, enjoys planting a few trees – on his way to a million trees – with a few children in his social …
- Posted Aug. 1, 2022
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Handling climate change education at universities: an overview
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Campinas
- University of Passo Fundo
- Universidade Federal Fluminense
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Belgrade
- University of Latvia
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Indian Institute of Management (Jharkhand)
- Hiroshima University
- University of Colombo
- University of Fort Hare
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
- University of Education, Winneba
- Kwara State University
- Romanian Academy
- Universidad Católica del Norte
This paper reports on a study which aimed at identifying the extent to which matters related to climate change are addressed within the teaching and research practices at universities, with …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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A common framework for MOOC curricular development in climate change education - Findings and adaptations under the BECK project for higher education institutions in Europe and Asia
- University of Huddersfield
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH)
- University of Barishal
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has identified the climate change education as a key motivation for improving energy efficiency, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction by encouraging …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Assessing climate solutions and taking climate leadership: how can universities prepare their students for challenging times?
- Trent University (ON)
Through this point-of-departure paper we aim to prompt discussion and action around redesigning university learning to help students tackle climate-related challenges in a personally and societally meaningful way. We use …
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Networking to collaborate with UC-CSU NXTerra: California's new Climate Emergency Teaching Tool
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Presenters Dr. John Foran and Richard Widick will introduce UC-CSU NXTerra and discuss our strategies for scaling up the urgency of climate change education. NXTerra is an interdisciplinary network collaboration …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Invitation to NXTerra California's new Climate Emergency Teaching Tool
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
Join us for an introduction to UC-CSU NXTerra - a Knowledge-Action Network (KAN) and Digital Platform for climate educators, developed by faculty from the University of California (UC) and California …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Teaching Climate Change: Understanding Faculty Work & Identity
- University of Hawaii System Office (HI)
The purpose of the Teaching Climate Change Study is to better understand faculty perspectives, pedagogical practices and overall confidence in teaching climate change and related issues. From this information, I …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Climatepedia.org: A Nationwide Student Effort to Spread Climate Change Information
- University of California, Irvine (CA)
- Climatepedia (CA)
Over 97% of publishing climate scientists agree that climate change is a real, anthropogenic threat to all life on earth. However, various polls show that amongst the American public, there …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Innovative Pedagogies for Climate Change Education across the University of Michigan
- University of Michigan (MI)
A growing body of research is examining climate change education, in part due to the urgent need for educational programs to prepare the next generation of students to help lead …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Sustaining the Mainstreaming of Climate Change Frameworks/Knowledge as University Core Curriculum
- University of Buea
Education and learning have powerful potential in fostering knowledge, skills and competences for action towards climate change mitigation. This study focuses on examining the role of mainstreaming and sustaining climate …
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Solve Climate Worldwide Teach-in / 3.30.22 / Engage 1 Million Students
- Bard College (NY)
- AASHE (MA)
Another summer of record-breaking heatwaves, droughts, fires and floods has shown us how fast climate change impacts are hitting. As educators, there is nothing more important than engaging students across …
- Posted Nov. 3, 2021
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Climate Solutions 101
- Project Drawdown (CA)
Climate Solutions 101 is a series of six short (10- to 30-minute) videos that not only explain the challenge of climate change but also introduce Project Drawdown's signature set of …
- Posted Aug. 17, 2021
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What makes an effective campus climate action plan?
- Montana State University (MT)
Over the course of Spring Semester 2021, eight undergraduate students from a wide variety of majors and disciplines enrolled in a 3 credit directed independent study course in Human Geography …
- Posted May 25, 2021
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"Worry and Hope: What College Students Know, Think, Feel, and Do About Climate Change"
- University of Hawaii System Office (HI)
There is an urgent need for a comprehensive assessment of climate literacy across higher education institutions in the United States. In addition, there is a need for both research and …
- Posted May 21, 2021
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Towards climate justice education: views from activists and educators in Scotland
- University of Edinburgh
In the context of a resurgence of civic activism to address climate change, we present findings from an exploratory research project on climate justice education (CJE). We conducted deliberative focus …
- Posted Feb. 10, 2021
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Is climate change in the curriculum? An analysis of Australian urban planning degrees
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
The profession of urban planning contributes to the design and spatial arrangement of cities, and has been recognized as a key potential facilitator of action on climate change. Yet, there …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Teaching Climate Leadership: Promoting Integrative Learning in Courses on Strong Sustainability
- Northeastern University (MA)
This article describes how the theory of integrative learning frames student learning in a course on climate leadership. The course is grounded in the theory of strong sustainability, which is …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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It’s Time for Medical Schools to Introduce Climate Change Into Their Curricula
- George Mason University (VA)
- Georgetown University (DC)
- University of California, San Francisco (CA)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NY)
Climate change presents unprecedented health risks and demands universal attention to address them. Multiple intergovernmental organizations, health associations, and health professions schools have recognized the specific importance of preparing physicians …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Mandate for the Nursing Profession to Address Climate Change Through Nursing Education
- MGH Institute of Health Professions (MA)
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MA)
- Villanova University (PA)
Purpose The adverse health effects from climate change demand action from the nursing profession. This article examines the calls to action, the status of climate change in nursing education, and …
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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The role of climate change education on individual lifetime carbon emissions
- San Jose State University (CA)
Strategies to mitigate climate change often center on clean technologies, such as electric vehicles and solar panels, while the mitigation potential of a quality educational experience is rarely discussed. In …
- Posted May 13, 2020
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From Weather Wizard to Cloud Man: Sustainability Education & Outreach with a Fun Approach
- Cornell University (NY)
- American Meteorological Society (DC)
The goal of this project is to educate young students about sustainability and create a passion for the environment. Frequently, schools wait until middle school to introduce environmental topics. My …
- Posted May 5, 2020
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Climate change education for universities: A conceptual framework from an international study
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- Nottingham Trent University
- Brunel University London (Middlesex)
- Universidad de la República Uruguay (Montevideo)
- European School of Sustainability Science and Research
The role of universities in climate change education (CCE) is of great importance if the scientific, social, environmental and political challenges the world faces are to be met. Future leaders …
- Posted March 5, 2020
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Identifying effective climate change education strategies: a systematic review of the research
- University of Florida (FL)
Increased interest in climate change education and the growing recognition of the challenges inherent to addressing this issue create an opportunity to conduct a systematic review to understand what research …
- Posted Nov. 6, 2019
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Climate change belief, sustainability education, and political values: Assessing the need for higher-education curriculum reform
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
Educational attainment is generally a strong predictor of belief in climate change, but prior research indicates that for political conservatives a college education is not always associated with increased belief. …
- Posted May 13, 2019
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Can MOOCs empower people to critically think about climate change? A learning outcome based comparison of two MOOCs
- Universidade Aberta
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
- FernUniversität in Hagen
Climate change can be regarded as one of the key topics of sustainable development where public awareness and education are crucial. In the field of education, Massive Online Open Courses …
- Posted April 30, 2019
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International perspectives on the pedagogy of climate change
- Purchase College - State University of New York (NY)
- University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
- Prince Sultan University (Riyadh)
- Universidad de Sonora (Sonora)
- University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
Education is key to the advancement of environmental sustainability. Climate change education is a complex topic where a number of factors play key roles. One such factor, namely the ongoing …
- Posted April 29, 2019
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The challenge of coordinated civic climate change education
- Bard College (NY)
- Dickinson College (PA)
- James Madison University (VA)
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- St. Mary's College of Maryland (MD)
- Stanford University (CA)
- University at Albany (NY)
- University of Richmond (VA)
Many sustainability educators want to more effectively engage their students with climate policy. They also seek to support students’ civic and change agent skills and dispositions to take on critical …
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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All We Need is Political Will: Empowering Students on Civic Engagement on Climate Change
- Juniata College (PA)
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
- Citizens' Climate Lobby (CA)
At this critical time in our nation's history, the need to transition to a clean energy economy and a just and equitable society is more urgent than ever. Young people …
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Climate change and higher education: Assessing factors that affect curriculum requirements
- Vanderbilt University (TN)
Pervasive misinformation about climate change might be reduced if colleges were to include the topic within general education curriculum. This paper analyzes the general education (or “core”) curriculum in the …
- Posted Feb. 12, 2018
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"Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get At It!" Climate Change Education in Teacher Education
- Lakehead University (ON)
We present findings from research on a nine-week elective course, Climate Change Pedagogy, taught for the first time in the Bachelor of Education program at Lakehead University in Winter 2014. …
- Posted Dec. 13, 2017
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Climate Change, Agriculture, and Rural Communities: The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership
- Kansas State University (KS)
The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership is a National Science Foundation funded collaboration between Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to develop climate change education programs for …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Building Trust with Agricultural and Rural Decision-Makers through Climate Change Education in the Rural U.S. Central Great Plains
- Kansas State University (KS)
The Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership is developing climate education programming for agricultural producers, rural communities, and rural schools throughout Kansas and Nebraska. It is a National Science Foundation …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Lessons from COP15 and Moving Forward on Climate Education
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Ithaca College (NY)
Our institutions provide hope in a time of discouragement. The UNFCCC 15th Conference of the Parties in December 2009 resulted in the Copenhagen Accord, a document which failed to live …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Clarifying Climate Confusion: Lessons from Climate Literacy
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Described by one observer as "as imperative for survival," climate literacy is a Presidential Priority. Yet tremendous work needs to be done particularly in higher education, to increase the number …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Teaching Climate Change Across the Disciplines
- Dickinson College (PA)
Global climate change has far reaching implications for the environment, social justice, and economic wellbeing, now and in the future. Effective teaching that enables students to think critically about climate …
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Climate@Emory: an inter-disciplinary, university-wide initiative to advance climate change scholarship, teaching, partnership, and engagement at Emory and beyond
- Emory University (GA)
Climate@Emory is a university-wide initiative at Emory University with the mission of advancing climate change scholarship and teaching. This interdisciplinary initiative involves more than 50 faculty from 20 departments throughout …
- Posted June 11, 2015
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