COOLER CLImates Pilot Program
COOLER CLImates Pilot Program
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The COOLER Climate Leadership Institute (CLImates) gives University of Northern Colorado (UNCO) faculty and students, and local community organizations an opportunity to make a difference and build climate change resilience.
Applications for our pilot program for 2024-2025 has now closed! Please check back in with us next year (summer 2025) about applying for a future cohort.
What is it?
What is it?
The COOLER Climate Leadership Institute (COOLER-CLImates) is a pilot program for UNCO students and faculty, and local community organizations interested in building climate resilience.
It is designed to:
Prepare UNCO students from all disciplines to work with community stakeholders on climate related events, projects, or challenges,
Prepare UNCO faculty to employ their discipline specific expertise in local climate-related challenges, and
Build the capacity of local community organizations to address climate resilience by increasing their access to academic and public resources, and strengthening their connection with other climate resilience practitioners.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
- Jane Goodall, Scientist and Activist
- Jane Goodall, Scientist and Activist
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How do I get involved?
How do I get involved?
COOLER-CLI is aimed at building a learning ecosystem by bringing UNC students and faculty together with community groups on projects that build climate resilience.
Climate resilience refers to our ability to cope with, respond to, and mitigate the impacts of climate change
Students
Students
COOLER aims to prepare students for the workforce by arming them with the skills needed to work with stakeholders around issues related to climate change and resilience.
Faculty
Faculty
COOLER is working to prepare faculty to integrate climate change topics and themes into their courses.
Community
Community
COOLER connects with community members and community groups on topics that align with their interests and expertise to help build climate change resilience
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Addressing climate change means working together across diverse sectors and communities to bring together all of the expertise, skill sets and visions that we have at our disposal. Most importantly, it means supporting young people as they navigate a future that may look very different from what it does today or in the past.
Goals and Objectives
Goals and Objectives
Build Community
Build Community
COOLER works with groups throughout the Northern Colorado area to build community and strengthen climate change resilience.
Grow Leadership Capacity
Grow Leadership Capacity
COOLER prepares students to work with community groups by building student self-efficacy, learning professional skills needed to work in climate change resilience, and supporting UNC faculty in finding ways to bring discipline-specific expertise to help students and community members address climate change challenges in the community.
Facilitate Ecosystem Networking
Facilitate Ecosystem Networking
COOLER provides opportunities for students, faculty, and community to meet and work with community groups at events or on projects related to climate change resilience.
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