What you’ll learn
- Issues related to the use of natural resources, global warming, climate change
- Career pathways and entrepreneurial opportunities in water management, sustainable transportation sector, the clean energy sector, the building sector, advocacy and civic engagement
- Personal financial literacy and basic business practices, skills, and green business principles
Course Description
In this course, students learn the environmental knowledge, vocabulary, and skill sets they need to be competitive in the green labor market. This course also covers employment and social enterprise opportunities in multiple sectors of the green economy. The academic skills component strengthens vocabulary, reading, writing, math, critical thinking, decision-making, problem solving, communication, public speaking, computer, and test taking abilities and skills.
Students who take/complete this course
- Earn a Language Arts and Science credit
- Earn an Environmental Education Certificate
- Receive a YCCS Certificate of Completion
Course Information
- Credit:.50
- Days:Wednesdays and Fridays (Office Hours: Mondays 2-300pm)
- Timings:230-330pm
