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Introduction
We found over 700 online courses listed under all aspects of Climate Change and the Environment, delivered by a number of providers. The linked list below, provides a selection of the main ones which appear to match the interests of the u3a. The majority of these are targeted both for individuals and groups. It is the nature of the product that courses like these are in a constant state of change and evolution, so we can’t guarantee that a particular course will be available in the future. We are not in a position to make any recommendations and by including these providers it does not mean we are endorsing them or that they are the only ones available.
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Futurelearn
Coursera
Open University
EdX
UN CC:eLearn
Centre for Alternative Technology
Terrainfirma
| Futurelearn | http://www.futurelearn.com/ |
There are 55 courses on specific aspects relating to Climate Change or Environment, such as:
| Agriculture | Biology and Biotechnology | Chemistry |
| Earth Science | Ecology | Food Technology |
| Physics | Sustainability |
For each course their website gives a brief description, shows the time required in weeks, the number of hours per week and the provider.
For example, the course entitled Planet Earth: Understanding and Protecting our Environment is 7 weeks long, 3 hours per week and is provided by the University of Leeds.
Whether there is any payment for attending the course depends upon the learning needs of the participant.
There are three possibilities:
- £75 one off payment for a particular course and fulfil a current learning need.
- £34.99 per month subscription to more than one course, usually designed to develop skills to further career opportunities.
- Free, but only allows limited access, enabling you to sample a course.
The benefits of taking out an Unlimited Subscription over a Restricted access one are that you learn more, learn faster, gain digital certificates, personalised course recommendations, and learn on the go.
| Coursera | https://www.coursera.org |
Summary
- Offers courses for individuals, businesses, universities and governments.
- There are both free and paid-for courses at different levels from beginner to advanced, predominantly aimed at career development. Need to check for a specific course.
- Duration can be from 1 week to 3 months.
- Teaching includes assignments, videos and discussion forums.
- Run mainly by Universities around the world.
Climate Change courses available:
| Climate change mitigation in developing countries | Climate change, sustainability and global public health |
| Climate change and human rights | Climate change in water and sanitation utilities |
| Climate change and sustainable investing | Climate change and health |
| Climate change and indigenous people and local communities | Climate change education, sustainable environments |
This will give you access to the Nature and Environment page, select one of the three groupings: Featured Content, Free Courses and All Content.
Selection of Featured Content gives 3 items under Most Popular and 3 items under the Latest Provision. Each of these when selected will provide you with a short description of the material available and list and the method of delivery from one of Free Course / article / audio.
Selection of Free Courses allows access to 66 items (at the time of writing) which can be further divided into All Topics, Creative Climate, Energy, Environmental and Natural History.
Each of these when selected will provide you with a short description of the material available and identifies the method of delivery from Free Course / Article / Audio and the Level. When All Content is selected 478 (at the time of writing) educational interactives, games, quizzes, videos, and podcasts, plus 1000’s articles written by academic experts and guest contributors, with their level, are available.
Lists:-
210 Climate Change Courses
26 Climate Change executive education courses
36 Climate Change programs
3 Climate Change degree programs
These are mainly run by a university and there is a start date for each one. There is a commitment ranging from 1 to 3 hours per week for 3 weeks to a year. Many appear to have a free option.
| UN CC:eLearn | https://unccelearn.org/ |
The One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn) is a joint initiative of more than 30 multilateral organizations helping countries to achieve climate change action both through general climate literacy and applied skills development. UN CC:Learn provides strategic advice and quality learning resources to help people, governments and businesses to understand, adapt, and build resilience to climate change. UN CC:Learn is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
Provides 119 Courses on some aspect of Climate Change and they appear to be free. They are usually self paced and range in time from 0.45h to 50h.
Select course of interest and it will give the following:
- Brief description of the course
- What will be learnt
- Course content
- Who should take the course
- Methodology
- Partners and contributors
- How to get a certificate
| Centre for Alternative Technology | https://cat.org.uk/courses-and-training |
An educational charity dedicated to researching and communicating positive solutions for environmental change.
It does this through:
- Webinars and online events
- Short Courses on; renewable energy, environmentally friendly building techniques, ecology, woodland management and organic gardening
- Graduate School
- Group learning and team away- days
- Days out and events
- Zero Carbon Britain reports.
These can be either online or residential for a day or more, depending on the topic.
| Terrainfirma | http://www.terrainfirma.co.uk |
This is a small consultancy business, run by Gareth Kane, focusing on sustainability for the business sector.
When you log in to the website you are given several different options, namely:
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Net Zero Business Academy. The following has been taken from their website:
Net Zero Business Academy (formerly Green Academy) is our on-line training resource for everyone who wants to exploit the benefits of greening their organisation. We use Zoom to deliver training straight to your desk in a cost-effective, time efficient and low carbon manner. You get a workbook for each session which gives you a ready-to-go action plan to implement the ideas in your own organisation.
We also have a series of very popular on-demand courses hosted on Udemy covering Net Zero, Employee Engagement for Sustainability and how to run workshops. We’ve had more than 10,000 delegates so far and average course rating of 4.4/5.0 – click here for details. Please note these are provided at a cost depending on the choice of course.
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Conclusion
As mentioned in the Introduction there are a large number of courses available online. We hope that the information will help guide you towards something of interest.
Last updated July 2024
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