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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Coursera’s Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action course is aimed at individuals who wish to learn, understand, and address the problem of climate change as individuals, or in partnership with organisations, communities, and political leaders. This course hosts an array of erudite climate change experts, who recite their experiences in dealing with the problem of climate change.
The Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action programme primarily focuses on translating the theoretical learnings and findings in the field of climate change into actionable reforms in areas of food, transportation, energy, and built environments. The course is co-developed and taught by Michaela Zint, Professor of Environmental Education and Communication at UMich. It also features video lectures by UMich students.
Moreover, along with the video lectures, the course also provides a ton of reading material to peruse. A fair share of practice exercises will also put your knowledge to test. Also, the training is a 100 percent online experience, which comes with flexible deadlines. Upon course completion, you will receive an industry-recognized Coursera certificate, which you can easily showcase on your resume or LinkedIn profile.
The Highlights
- Shareable Certificate
- Flexible deadlines
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 25 hours to complete
- A University of Michigan offering
- Free enrolment
- Online training
Programme Offerings
- A University of Michigan Offering
- self paced training module
- quizzes for evaluation
- shareable course completion certificate
- Flexible learning
- Online Course
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2435 | yes | Coursera |
The Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action course is available free of cost to students if they wish only to access the course videos and reading material. However, auditing the programme will render some content, like graded tests and course completion certificates inaccessible. To access the locked content, you will have to purchase the course, the price for which is mentioned below.
Act on Climate Steps to Individual Community and Political Action Course Fee Details
Course | Fees in INR |
Without Certificate | Free |
With Certificate | Rs. 2,435 |
Eligibility Criteria
You need to meet the minimum passing requirements for the course and pass all the tasks in the class to get a Coursera credential. Besides, you can purchase the course or apply for financial assistance. The certification time frame is 180 days, after which you will have to repay the fee to receive the certificate.
What you will learn
Upon successful completion of the Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action Programme, you will be imbued with sufficient knowledge regarding climate change, enabling you to:
- Recognize effective ways to respond and address problems about climate change on the individual, community, and political levels.
- Empower yourself with the ability to influence yourself, your community, and your political leaders to pursue the discourse on climate change.
- Employ valuable insights from the field of social sciences to make a change at the political, individual, and community level.
- Identify problems in the industries such as Food, Transportation, and Energy, which aggravate climate change, allowing you to make actionable reforms on the individual, social, and political levels.
Who it is for
Admission Details
To enroll for the Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action course, follow these steps:
- Visit the course page.
- Upon landing on the page, log in with your credentials, or your Google or Facebook account.
- On the top left, you’ll find the “Enroll for free” button. Click on it.
- Make a choice between purchase course and audit only.
- If you opt for the Purchase Course option, you will be taken to a payment gateway. Make the payment and you are done.
Application Details
For enrolling in Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action Programme by Coursera, sign up on Coursera with your email account. Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action Programme by Coursera, sign up on Coursera with your email account. Access the free audit option to view the study material. Enroll in the course for free and then upgrade to get a course certificate.
The Syllabus
Videos
- Welcome to the course
- Meet Dahlia
- Meet the expert - Dr. Rosina Bierbaum
Readings
- Course Overview
- Welcome to Act on Climate
- Discussion Prompt - Introduce yourself
- Optional resources
- Help us learn more about you!
- Syllabus
- Climate science and policy
- Optional resources
- Climate mitigation and adaptation
- Video references and optional resources
- Optional resources
- Action types
- Co-benefits and climate justice
- Looking ahead
- Take action to ensure your future success
- Doing our part
- Optional resources
- Quiz: Assessment of actions
- Discussion Prompt - What actions did you take?
Quizzes
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
Videos
- Meet Chris
- Meet the Expert: Dr. Sara Soderstrom
Readings
- Food and climate change
- Video references
- Case Study
- Discussion Prompt - Social Movements
- Looking ahead
- Anna’s story
- Option 1: Eat less red meat
- Option 2: Reduce food waste
- Optional resources
- Brandon’s story
- Engage with your community about food
- Nolan’s story
- Influence decision making
- Alison’s story
- Participate in farmer-to-consumer programs
- Optional resources
- Quiz: Assessment of actions
- Discussion Prompt - What actions did you take?
Quizzes
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Assessment of actions
Videos
- Meet Benjamin
- Meet the expert - Dr. Kaitlin Raimi
Readings
- Case study
- Discussion Prompt - What would a climate action plan look like in your community?
- Looking ahead
- Stephanie’s story
- Energy consumption
- Optional resources
- Discussion Prompt - Other tools for tracking energy use
- Alison’s story
- Attend a community meeting about alternative energy
- Yousef’s story
- Promote divestment from fossil fuels
- Stephanie’s story
- Prepare for climate-related emergencies
- Optional resources
- Quiz: Assessment of actions
- Discussion Prompt - What actions did you take?
Quizzes
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Assessment of actions
Videos
- Meet Stephanie
- Meet the expert - Brandon Schoettle
Readings
- Video references and optional resources
- Video references
- Discussion Prompt - Reflection on Brandon's interview
- Case study
- Optional resources
- Discussion Prompt - The tricky issue of ride-hailing and carpooling
- Looking ahead
- Anne Marie’s story
- Reduce emissions from transportation
- Haley’s story
- Join or organize a community bike event
- Derell’s story
- Interacting with your transit authority
- Encourage resilient transportation
- Optional resources
- Quiz: Assessment of actions
- Discussion Prompt - What actions did you take?
Quizzes
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Assessment of actions
Videos
- Meet Haley
- Meet the expert - Doug Kelbaugh
Readings
- Why the built environment is important
- Case study
- Lessons from Geraldton - Interview with Janette Hartz-Karp
- Optional resources
- Looking ahead
- The breakdown on New Urbanism
- Explore your city with New Urbanism
- Melanie’s story
- Participate in a resource sharing program
- Discussion Prompt - Community resources
- Chris’s story
- Contact local government about using democratic reform
- Discussion Prompt - Deliberative democracy and participatory budgeting near you
- Optional resources
- Plant a tree
- Optional resources
- Quiz: Assessment of actions
- Discussion Prompt - What actions did you take?
Quizzes
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
- Assessment of actions
Videos
- Meet Priscila
- Meet the expert - Dr. Jennifer Hirsch
Readings
- Introduction to Climate Action Plans
- Case study
- Optional resources
- Bringing it home - Community Climate Action Plan
- Discussion Prompt - Apply the asset-based approach to your community
- Introduction to Personal Climate Action Plan Assignment
- Assignment overview
- Build your Personal Climate Action Plan
Quiz
- Check your understanding
Videos
- Meet Sachi
- Meet the expert - Dr. Raymond De Young
- Meet the expert - State Representative Yousef Rabhi
- Meet the expert - Mayor Amanda Edmonds
- Dr. Michaela Zint concludes the course
Readings
- Introduction
- Optional resources
- Improving community engagement
- Optional resources: Climate-related films
- Run for office
- Optional resources
- Discussion Prompt - Activism through art
- Discussion Prompt - Reflection survey
- Assessment of overall actions
- Acknowledgment
- Post-Course Survey
- Keep Learning with Michigan Online!
Quizzes
- Check your understanding
- Check your understanding
Instructors
UM–Ann Arbor Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Learning about climate change can help you understand the cause and effect of the global problem that is climate change. It prepares you to live with the impacts of climate change and enables you to take actionable reforms on the social, political, and individual levels.
Accessing the lectures and assignments depends upon the type of enrollment. If you’ve chosen the audit course option, some of the course content might be unavailable. You need to purchase a certificate experience, to gain access to such locked content.
You will get access to all course elements of the Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political programme. Upon completing the course, you will get a certificate. The certificate is printable and can be added to your LinkedIn profile.
Coursera provides financial aid to students who can’t afford the course fee. To apply for financial assistance/scholarship click on the option beside the course ‘Enroll’ button. You will have to fill an application, and a notification will be sent by email upon approval.