Not everyone can lower their carbon footprint, but every person can do one thing within a community context of support.
Nonprofit. Independent. Reader-supported. Free to read. Free to republish. Free to share. No advertising. No paywalls. No selling of your data. Thousands of small donations fund our newsroom and allow us to continue publishing.As temperatures continued to rise this summer, with dire predictions that the next year will be hotter than the one that preceded it, communities around the globe have added climate adaptation and building resilient infrastructure to their list of priorities.
Interestingly, the climate crisis may be one of the few environmental issues for which we have the technical knowledge to implement significant mitigation and minimize deleterious effects. Like the depletion of the ozone layer, solutions are possible. Over time, we have reduced and virtually eliminated ozone depleting chemicals in the atmosphere after the signing of the 1987 ozone treaty, also known as the Montreal Protocol.
First, distributed learning models can allow students and faculty to learn together in non-campus settings. Fielding was among the early inventors of this idea, which is so simple yet revolutionary. Rather than have people quit their jobs and move their families to earn advanced degrees, our founders envisioned that our students, with faculty, could learn in their own communities.
Third, universities that are focused on undergraduates and the STEM professions can build programs that specifically prepare generations of students to hone their talents to face the coming age with personal courage and significant expertise. For example, since Fielding focuses on adult learners and mid-career professionals, one contribution was the creation of a center with other university partners to specifically foster participants in STEM leadership to advance their STEM careers.
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