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Colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout society by modeling ways to minimize global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality. Campuses that address the climate challenge by reducing global warming emissions and by integrating sustainability into their curriculum will better serve their students and meet their social mandate to help create a thriving, ethical and civil society.
Colleges must remain vigorous in supporting students, faculty, and staff who are championing ideas, expertise, and action related to climate change. Colleges have a responsibility to act on the research and insights from our faculty and students.
The climate action plan will build on the past progress and use the campus to confront the difficult questions posed by climate change and test promising new solutions that move the College, and the world, away from fossil fuels.
It’s important that College provide a good example not only for the students, but also for our community. It helps students to understand and address the impacts of the climate crisis, empowering them with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to act as agents of change. The international community recognizes the importance of education and training to address climate change.
Do students want to learn about climate change?
A survey in Europe found that just 4 percent of students feel they know a lot about climate change; 42 percent feel they have learned a little, hardly anything, or nothing about it at school; and 57 percent of students want to learn more.
Learn more about EvCC Sustainability! www.everettcc.edu/green
Mariya Zelenskyy – Media and Outreach Coordinator sustainability@everettcc.edu