Climate Change and Green Infrastructure

Welcome to "Climate Change and Green Infrastructure"!

Climate change is affecting everyone. This course will help you develop a good understanding of what climate change is and what we can do to mitigate and adapt to climate change. While there are many ways to fight climate change, this course focuses on green infrastructure, which uses nature as an infrastructural system to manage climate change and help people prepare for it. In this course, you will learn the practices of some large-scale green infrastructure projects, as well as those of smaller projects at a local level. By the end of the course, I hope you will not only have learned more about climate change and green infrastructure, but also take a step forward and support the adoption of green infrastructure. This course includes 12 lectures in an animated format. In addition to the lectures, the course also includes quizzes, fun assignments, and science project suggestions that will help you understand the course material in depth.

What you’ll learn specifically:

1. What climate change is and what causes climate change

2. What green infrastructure is and how it helps manage climate change

3. Specific examples of green infrastructure and the climate issues they address

4. Benefits and risks of green infrastructure

5. Some recent events, efforts and legislation to slow down climate change

6. Opportunities for you to help solve climate change problems

Course requirements:

1. Age 11 and up

2. 30 minutes a week for 5 weeks

3. Having an excitement to learn about climate change and green infrastructure!