Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action
Are you concerned about climate change? Would you like to learn how to address and respond to this challenge? If so, this course is for you.
Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action is intended to help learners understand, address and respond to climate change as individuals and in partnership with their communities and political leaders. The course focuses on how to translate learning into action on climate change in the areas of food, energy, transportation and the built environment (cities). This course was co-developed and taught by Michaela Zint, Professor of Environmental Education and Communication, and University of Michigan Students. A range of academic climate change experts and professional leaders are featured.
As a result of completing this course, you will be able to:
1) Identify individual, community, and political actions you can engage in to effectively address and respond to climate change.
2) Describe how insights from the social sciences can be employed to create change at the individual, community, and political levels.
3) Feel empowered to continue to influence how you, your community, and political leaders address and respond to climate change.
Use #UMichActonClimate on social media to share what you're doing and connect with other learners.
Status: Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
Status: Driving engagement
Driving engagement
Beginner·Course·18 hours
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5.0
·Reviewed Jan 12, 2019
Great course, every information is shared related with climate change, best part is conversations between expert and a undergraduate/Phd students, giving there views and different questions.
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 27, 2022
I got what I came for. Thank You - this is an awesome course.
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 25, 2020
Well crafted course. Recommended for students who want to make a change!!!!!!!
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 4, 2020
It's very interesting course, I learn lot of information abut Climate.
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 27, 2020
A very well designed course. It improves the knowledge, and stimulates ones heart to save the planet earth
5.0
·Reviewed Jan 16, 2021
course has been successfully completed. Now i need the certificate.
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 13, 2019
Excellent course, good activities, nice people to work with. Thanks!
5.0
·Reviewed May 21, 2020
Live green and go blue .Thanks for this excellent course. Gain more knowledge about climate change.
5.0
·Reviewed May 24, 2020
I found this course helpful and hopeful. The content structure is optimal for easy learning. You can finish the course with a better idea of the role you have in climate action.
5.0
·Reviewed May 10, 2022
It was very informative and help me in my career .
4.0
·Reviewed Jul 29, 2020
Very optimistic for me to see any opportunities and requests for anyone want to act on climate change.
4.0
·Reviewed Apr 27, 2019
A well detailed information about the subject topic
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marie
5.0
·Reviewed May 18, 2020
This was an excellent course. It should how you can do something at the individual level all the way up to your community. Your community can be where you live or your community of friends. I loved how now i can take what i learned from this course and not only apply it but also pass on what i learned to my friends.
I highly recommend this course
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Tharindu
5.0
·Reviewed May 19, 2020
Congrats to University of Michigan, Act on Climate staff (and students) for putting together a very informative and relevant MOOC for any person around the world looking to understand the complexity and enormity of the issues in our systems and the levels of concerted effort that will be required by us in order to overcome perilous times ahead.
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Dr
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·Reviewed Sep 23, 2020
Thank you Coursera for thinking of this Amazing course, amazing content and unique effort for giving insight into Energy transportation climate change and individual climate action plan.I really enjoyed every single module and gained a lot of important information about climate. Everyone must join this stimulating course.
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Meheroze
5.0
·Reviewed May 17, 2021
Highly Contemporary
& Interesting Subject, and for sure, that would not only enhance anyone's Knowledge but also make
him/her, aware of the latest Climate Crisis.
Moreover, such lesson has been taught by extremely Sound & Competent Professor/s as well.
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Jenipher
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 31, 2017
Just the right kind of course, so timely and relevant to environmental justice from all the four corners of the global. learning social changes that impact climate change issues is the future to sustainability in all developmental efforts globally. Thank University of Michigan!
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jamsheed
5.0
·Reviewed Feb 7, 2019
it was an awesome course. it's first time that i was having an online course. i enjoyed it very much and hoping to have other courses from university of Michigan. Thanks to all specially the adviser , mentor , interviewer and all who made this course.
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Lutchmae
5.0
·Reviewed May 25, 2020
I found this course helpful and hopeful. The content structure is optimal for easy learning. You can finish the course with a better idea of the role you have in climate action.
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Marcus
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 7, 2020
Thanks for a University the Michigan an a Coursera. They're a Great School for a News Plans a Future. Thank You Very Much!!!!
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Pascal
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 19, 2017
Thanks to all for this fantastic course on Climate Change and for showing us how we can make our contribution.
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Gabor
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 13, 2019
Excellent course, good activities, nice people to work with. Thanks!
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Dr.
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 4, 2017
It should be compulsory for every individual.
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Cardial
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 23, 2020
Best ever,... 🥰😁
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Caroline
2.0
·Reviewed Sep 17, 2024
way too much reading, I don'r need a course for this, I can buy a book!
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Fareeha
5.0
·Reviewed May 17, 2022
Overall, the course was good, I learnt many new things about climate change mitigation and adaptation. I learnt that both individual and communnity level steps are required to bring a change, particularly in case of climate change. We should definitely move to sustainability for the survival of us as well as our future generation. I know, change lifestyle at individual level is difficult, if you live in a society that does not care about climate change, but it is not impossible.
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GODFREY
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 26, 2022
A very well structured course, with quality content and constant review of the learning of the concepts. The final project is not only an assignment to certify, but an opportunity to reflect on the individual, collective and political actions that we can take to face the climate crisis. I recommend it!
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Aaron
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 26, 2020
This course goes into the weeds when it comes to the steps individual, community and political actions that can be taken to reduce our environmental impact on the planet and perhaps, leave a better planet for future generations!
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Jenny
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 21, 2020
Perfect workload for a week, great steps tp reflect your own behavior and great ways to participate in facing climate change. The optional sources are really good to get to know more about the subjects of the week!
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Joseph
5.0
·Reviewed Dec 3, 2020
This course gives fundamental knowledge to understanding climate change and how anyone can act on climate on the individual, community, and political level. Comprehensively structured and easy to understand!
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Mariana
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 3, 2024
Excelente curso para meu aprendizado. Senti falta da carga horária no meu certificado, pois em processos seletivos para doutorado e na carreira, são pedidos a carga horária e o certificado não tem.
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Nikhil
5.0
·Reviewed Jan 13, 2019
Great course, every information is shared related with climate change, best part is conversations between expert and a undergraduate/Phd students, giving there views and different questions.