Taught By:
Anthony Levenda
Director, Center for Climate Action and Sustainability
The Evergreen State College
Read profile here.
Course Description:
This program explores different ways to analyze public policies and advocate for climate action. We will review climate change mitigation policies, technologies, governance, and actions that Washington state, Evergreen, and cities in North America have adopted, what impact these have had, and how we can create the most effective solutions.
Faculty will help students analyze different approaches to climate solutions, weigh the costs and benefits of these different approaches, and develop skills in policy analysis and advocacy. We will take a critical approach to policy analysis and research, reviewing different actors' influences on the policy process. Critical approaches are essential to understanding how intersecting systems of power influence approaches to policy. Using different frameworks and ideological bases, we will work together to evaluate existing and proposed public policies for climate impact. Students will design an advocacy campaign and think through the process of implementing local, state, and national climate policies. We will support each other in a learning community that is geared towards practical climate action.
