Many high school students in the United States are sensitive to the ongoing climate crisis, and some are demanding more paths that allow them to work on solutions to the planet's warming. Colleges and universities are responding.
Many high school students in the United States are sensitive to the ongoing climate crisis, and some are demanding more paths that allow them to work on solutions to the planet s warming. Colleges and universities are responding. Some have rebranded traditional sustainability and environmental science tracks as climate programs or degrees, while others are introducing and marketing climate centers and certificates to attract a wave of climate-minded students. In these programs, students learn how the atmosphere is changing as a result of burning coal, oil and gas. They also learn the way crops will shift with the warming planet and the role of renewable energy in cutting use of fossil fuels.
Some colleges and universities have rebranded traditional sustainability and environmental science tracks as climate programs or degrees, while others are introducing and marketing climate centers and certificates to attract a wave of climate-minded students.