Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
University of Michigan
This Teach-Out explored the roots of Earth Day 1970 and expanded from there. Learners gained knowledge and insight from a wide range of academic and non-academic perspectives about what the future of a sustainable and just world looks like. Learners also contributed their own visions.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Michaela Zint
Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the history of Earth Day since 1970
- Contribute their own experiences and opinions about Earth Day and the environmental movement
- Reflect on ways to make the world more sustainable and just.
- Compare different perspectives and opinions about sustainability and reflect on their own opinions.
Syllabus
- Explore the origins of Earth Day in 1970
- Learn from a diverse range of experts as they envision a sustainable and just future
- Understand interdisciplinary and intergenerational perspectives: environmental justice, public health, renewable resources, astrophysics, data visualization librarian, dance professor, design student
- Understand how centering justice will help us not only create a sustainable future but a just one
Issued on 23rd April 2020
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