About COOLER

COmmunity cOllaboration and LEarning for climate Resilience

COOLER is an NSF-funded initiative (Award #2228170) at the University of Northern Colorado. Our team of faculty from Meteorology, Earth Sciences, Geography, and Sustainability are working to develop a learning ecosystem to strengthen climate change education and local place-based resilience.

We do this by engaging faculty, students, and local community members in finding solutions to local climate-related challenges. This page will link you to resources and different ways to connect with our community!

Climate resilience refers to our ability to cope with, respond to, and mitigate the impacts of climate change

What does the University of Northern Colorado faculty think about climate change (especially if it isn't their discipline?)

Faculty members, Holt and Shellito, conducted a survey of 225 instructors at the UNC in December 2022 that showed most faculty are worried about climate change and believe that we need to do more to prepare students.