University of Michigan
Green Skills for a Sustainable and Just Future Specialization
University of Michigan

Green Skills for a Sustainable and Just Future Specialization

Sustainable Approaches to Environmental Issues. Gain a thorough understanding of economics, justice, leadership, and technology in sustainability to foster a more just world

Shannon Brines
Mike Shriberg, Ph.D.
Michael Moore

Instructors: Shannon Brines

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Beginner level

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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of key concepts in environmental economics, environmental justice, sustainability leadership, and GIS

  • Apply interdisciplinary approaches to address complex environmental and sustainability challenges effectively

  • Cultivate leadership skills and strategies to promote sustainability across various professional contexts

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Specialization - 4 course series

Environmental Economics

Course 118 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand key concepts like market failures and externalities in relation to the environment

  • Learn how environmental economics is used to create and evaluate sustainability policies

  • Explore methods of valuing environmental goods and services that are not typically sold in markets

  • Learn economic approaches to assessing the global transition to renewable energy and climate policies aimed at limiting global temperature increases

Skills you'll gain

Category: Environmental Economics
Category: Energy Transitions
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Nonmarket Valuation
Category: Decision Making

Environmental Justice

Course 223 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze current trends, events, and changes in the field of environmental justice using knowledge of the field’s history

  • Describe concepts and actions around the four types of justice as they relate to actions, organizations, and technologies

  • Contextualize environmental justice work in relation to histories of human inequality, adaptation, and resilience

Skills you'll gain

Category: Environmental Justice
Category: Critical Analysis
Category: Sustainable Practices
Category: Collaboration

What you'll learn

  • Analyze the unique challenges and opportunities of sustainability leadership

  • Assess and critique traditional leadership theory through the lens of environmental problems

  • Reflect and build on your personal leadership strengths and weaknesses to identify opportunities for growth

  • Prepare yourself for professional and volunteer opportunities in sustainability

Skills you'll gain

Category: Leadership
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Management
Category: Strategic Visioning
Category: Communication

What you'll learn

  • Learn how GIS are used for solving complex environmental and sustainability problems

  • Analyze spatial data to visualize and assess sustainability issues

  • Learn to  engage stakeholders using geospatial visualizations

  • Gain insight on the importance of GIS for environmental decision-making

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data visualization
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Spatial data analysis
Category: Mapping
Category: Spatial Data Analysis
Category: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Category: Geographic information systems (GIS)

Instructors

Shannon Brines
University of Michigan
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