The time to act is NOW!
Join the Global Climate Strike 2019
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to human kind -
threatening not only our livelihoods but the natural systems we depend on.
Students and faculty across the RSC are walking out in support of climate action!
Principia College students and faculty are joining the St. Louis Climate Strike
Western Colorado students and faculty stand up in Gunnison and Crested Butte, CO
Roosevelt University students and faculty are joining the Chicago Youth Climate Strike
Eberswalde University for Sustainability Development students and faculty stand up in Eberswalde, Germany
Join the Global Climate Strike 2019
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to human kind -
threatening not only our livelihoods but the natural systems we depend on.
Students and faculty across the RSC are walking out in support of climate action!
Principia College students and faculty are joining the St. Louis Climate Strike
Western Colorado students and faculty stand up in Gunnison and Crested Butte, CO
Roosevelt University students and faculty are joining the Chicago Youth Climate Strike
Eberswalde University for Sustainability Development students and faculty stand up in Eberswalde, Germany
RSC members at a sustainability luncheon with former Vice-president Al Gore where he could be heard shouting to a room full of 300 community leaders, "This is Thermopylae! Midway! This is the Battle of the Bulge!" in support of climate action. He received a standing ovation.
The Resilience Studies Consortium (RSC) utilizes a nation-wide network of universities in order to advance “place-based” educational opportunities for undergraduate students from a diversity of backgrounds and passions. By sharing academic resources, allowing for transferability between partner universities and creating pathways to a better understanding of resilience in the coming era, the RSC seeks to engage and empower students with rich environmental understanding.
re·sil·ience (n): the capacity of an individual, community or system to recover quickly from difficulties.
News and Events
- New video content is being added to the site under the tab 'Shared Resources'.
- Western Colorado University is currently supporting two of its students from Puerto Rico who are raising funds to deliver resources to their communities. A short film will be create to share their stories and will be posted here once completed. Please click here for ways you can help. Western is also pursuing options for bringing displaced college students from these communities to Western's campus to continue their studies. Stay tuned for more!