Climate Change
Here’s How College Students Helped Drive $40T in Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry
In 2023, environmental activists secured more than 1,600 commitments to divest from fossil fuels. Stand.earth’s Amy Gray explains how college students contributed to the milestone.
College Biology Textbooks Haven’t Kept Up With Climate Change
The average length of passages about climate change was less than 70 sentences. Over the past 50 years, climate change has moved further to the back of textbooks. Content has mainly focused on national and international solutions and not individual solutions to climate change. While students are using textbooks less, they are important to forming …
These Colleges Have Divested From Fossil Fuels
These U.S. colleges and universities have either partially or fully committed to divest from fossil fuel companies to combat climate change.
Why Do Universities Divest From Fossil Fuels?
The University of Washington is one of the latest universities to join the movement to divest from fossil fuel corporations in the United States.
How Top Universities Are Tackling the Climate Crisis
Stanford’s blockbuster announcement signals the rapid ascendance of sustainability and climate change studies as a major academic focus.
How Climate Change Impacts Higher Education
In anticipation of how climate change will reshape our world, colleges are reshaping curricula around climate literacy.
How Climate Change Impacts Public Health Education
College students care about climate change. Those studying public health have unique opportunities to confront its human impacts.
Climate Change Activism on College Campuses
College students stand at a powerful nexus between youth climate activism and emerging academic research detailing the disruptions to come.