Climate Action Programs
Mission Zero Climate Change Programs at the University of Colorado Boulder
Student Engagement
These interns are part-time employees that are empowered to lead a Mission Zero project.
Every student should have the opportunity to work on climate solutions!
During their final year at CU Boulder, all undergraduate students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science participate in a year-long senior capstone project that gives them a chance to put their skills into practice on real-world projects.
The goal is to build a model single-family house that can be replicated in affordable housing markets.
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The all-student staff from the CU Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) Hindsight Journal are launching an entirely new journal, Changing Skies.
The Name, Image, & Likeness (NIL) program directly supports student-athletes over the course of their academic career by providing them with compensation to help them pay for their education and other expenses.
Curriculum Development
A faculty workshop to learn, brainstorm, and practice in a cross-disciplinary context about implementing major climate change topics into existing curriculum.
PWR (Program for Writing & Rhetoric) leaders training faculty members on strategies and techniques for conveying powerful messages about climate change into their existing writing courses.
In a new ENVS course, Confronting Environmental Racism, students will be able to learn how to use critical tools, frameworks, and analytics to deeply reflect on and practice a just and equitable environmental science.
Faculty Engagement
The plan focused on short- term goals to improve CU Boulder’s carbon emissions trajectory as soon as possible with a plan to develop a long-term strategy in the future.
Green Suits your Fashion was enacted in the Spring of 2021 with an upper-division undergraduate Creative Climate Communication and Behavior Change (C3BC) class at the University of Colorado Boulder that integrates climate solutions into a theatre program.
The College of Media, Communication, & Information (CMCI) is an interdisciplinary college committed to giving today’s communicators a wider variety of knowledge, skills, and experience.
Climate Action Events
Climate Action Expo is hosted by Mission Zero and is held annual on the CU Boulder's campus in April. In 2022 over 50 students exhibited climate projects and over 1,000 peope were in attendance.
This series is aiming to cover a range of topics from general environmental justice background, climate justice, environmental justice, indigenous communities, local indigenous efforts, and local air quality issues.
Mission Zero partnered with CU’s New Venture Challenge Program to assist students in bringing their climate solutions to market.