Posted on Jan 21, 2021
At the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, students are learning how to create change.
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In many schools, the study of climate change is limited to the science. But at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, students in one class also learn how to take climate action.
“You need to know how to communicate it to people. You need to know how to organize if we’re going to get anything done,” says Jessica Gutknecht in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate.
Gutknecht walks students through the science. Teddie Potter from the School of Nursing encourages them to look at climate change from a health perspective. And Julia Nerbonne of the nonprofit Interfaith Power and Light teaches them how to lead grassroots change.