Climate Justice and Resilience Leadership, Certificate of Study

The Climate Justice and Resilience Leadership certificate program is geared toward students who want a professional qualification on their transcripts to demonstrate marketable skills in climate justice applicable in any sector or career path.

Faculty Advisor

Sarah Jaquette Ray, Environmental Studies
Sarah.ray@humboldt.edu

Advisory Committee

Jennifer Marlow, Environmental Science & Management
Cutcha Risling Baldy, Native American Studies
Janelle Adsit, English
Renée Byrd, Sociology / Criminology & Justice Studies
Lonny Grafman, Environmental Resources Engineering
Sarita Ray Chaudhury, Business Administration
Morgan King, Climate Action Analyst
Katie Koscielak, Sustainability Analyst

Requirements for the Certificate of Study (19 Units)

ENST 470 - Climate Justice and Sustainability Leadership Units: 4
NAS 312W - Grant Writing for Social and Environmental Justice Units: 4

Racial, Indigenous, and Environmental Justice

Complete one of the following courses.

CRGS 331 - Radical Futures: Race, Environment, and Social Justice Units: 3
ENGL 471 - Literatures of Body, Environment, World-Building Units: 4
NAS 309 - Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Natural Resource Management Units: 3
NAS 332 - Environmental Justice Units: 3

Regenerative Design and Art

Complete one of the following courses.

ART 372B - Radical Graphics: Activism and Climate Units: 3
ENGR 305 - Appropriate Technology Units: 3
ENST 471 - Arts, Climate, and Health Justice Units: 3

Systems Change: Policy, Law, Economy

Complete one of the following courses.

BA 340 - Principles of Marketing Units: 4
ECON 423 - Environmental and Natural Resources Economics Units: 3
ENST 420 - Energy Justice Units: 4
ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3
NAS 364 - Federal Indian Law I Units: 4
NAS 366 - Tribal Water Rights Units: 4
PSCI 373 - Politics of Sustainability Units: 4

Practicum Courses

ENST 381 - Climate Justice and Sustainability Leadership Practicum Units: 1 (taken twice for a total of 2 units)
Sample topics include:
- Personal Resilience for Activism and Advocacy;
- Transformative Community Engagement;
- Climate Justice Campaign Building;
- Social Art Practice;
- Climate Justice Institutions and Governance;
- Non-profit / Community-organization Management;
- Storytelling;
- Designing for Justice;
- Entrepreneurship for a Just Transition;
- Counter-Mapping;
- Facilitating Inclusive and Effective Groups
JMC 155 - KRFH On Air Workshop Units: 1 (may be substituted for one practicum)

Program Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing this certificate, students will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of how sustainability and the climate crisis are connected to racism, colonialism, and structural injustice.
Activate learning to build skills needed to participate as a sensitive actor in building the justice movement.
Implement skills needed for personal resilience and to sustain collective capacity-building efforts.