Micro-Credentials
While traditional degrees and certificate programs recognize more robust programs of academic study, micro-credentials provide a way to recognize and document the acquisition of specific skills or competencies. Upon successful completion of a micro-credential program, learners are issued a digital badge that allows achievements to be displayed and shared. Just as diplomas serve to recognize degrees, digital badges are artifacts that offer recognition and storytelling about micro-credentials. Badges contain metadata about the program’s requirements and learning objectives, as well as links to educational artifacts. Micro-credentials at CU Boulder are administered by the Office of the Registrar.
The Climate Justice Foundations empowers students, staff, and faculty with the knowledge and skills to advance both environmental and social justice efforts by understanding its interdependence. The purpose of this alliance is to illuminate the direct correlation of environmental and social justice work which, in turn, creates an opportunity for student leadership and action surrounding this work on CU campus and beyond. This group builds a community of change agents, explores questions of identity and place, heritage and inheritance, root causes of the global oppression and disproportionate impacts of the climate crisis, recognizes existing leadership and efforts, and creates community- based solutions. We examine individual actions and identities as well as global institutions, world views, and different approaches to ecological systems and design. We will also meet with and learn from practitioners in the field.
The alliance aims to facilitate deep discussion, meaningful reflection, and solutions-focused thinking to activate voices and actualize potential. Participants will benefit from a dynamic co-curricular experience and gain knowledge and skill sets with widespread application and value. These learnings will be put into practice through collaboration with the campus and community Climate Justice planning efforts which will have real world impact.
- Develop and implement Campus and Community Actions for Climate justice.
- Attain experience and tools to make an impact with collaborative community projects.
- Build contemporary DEI-based leadership skills.
- Pride in their tangible community impacts.
- Resume-building experience.
- Peer networking.
- Earn Climate Justice Foundations micro-credential badge.
- This program is geared to all students, faculty, and staff. This will be a safe and inclusive space for all to participate regardless of level and identity.
- There is no participation fee.
Students participating in the Climate Justice Foundations will have the opportunity to receive a micro-credential from the Environmental Center for participation if a minimum number of requirements are accomplished throughout the semester. However, participation in the monthly meeting, training and events is still available to anyone interested despite their desire to earn the micro-credential.
- Attend at least 2 (of 3) events offered by the CJF
- Attend at least 2 events centering climate justice outside of CJF*
- 1 must be service/volunteer-based work
- 1 must be another E-Center event
*Recommended events will be shared through the Canvas course
Submit a final reflection at the end of the program with plans to integrate lessons learned.
“At the human scale, in order to create a world that works for more people, for more life, we have to collaborate on the process of dreaming and visioning and implementing that world. We have to recognize that a multitude of realities have, do, and will exist.” -adrienne maree brown
To earn the Sustainability Innovation micro-credential, students will need to:
- Attend two of the three workshops in the Sustainable Innovations 2051 Series
- Future of Cell Phones on February 23rd 6pm
- Future of Transportation on March 2nd 6pm
- Future of Plastic on March 9th 6pm
- Attend three meetings of a CUSG Environmental Board subcommittees:
- Sustainable Transportation
- Sustainable Development
- Green Chemistry
- Circular Economy
- Compost Advisory Committees
- Submit an idea (either from participation in the workshops, subcommittees or a novel one previously prepared) to present at the Campus Sustainability Expo hosted on April 15
- Complete a one-on-one mentoring session with the Student Leadership coordinator, SarahDawn Haynes, to prepare your idea for presentation and to explore other opportunities on and off campus.
Enroll or email hayness@colorado.edu with questions or for more information.