Join Cornell’s Civic Ecology Lab for a 4-week global online course, “Plastics: Impacts and Action” (Nov 3–30, 2025). The course blends asynchronous modules, expert webinars, and a peer-reviewed capstone, so you finish with a read-to-use learning activity or an implementable action plan focused on plastics: http://civicecology.org/plastics

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You’ll receive a Cornell certificate documenting 25 professional-development hours. In addition, you’ll join a worldwide cohort of community leaders, nonprofit educators, school teachers, and early-career professionals who exchange ideas, and design locally relevant interventions. The course will help you empower students, families, and organizations to address the plastics challenge through meaningful learning and action.

• Audience: School teachers, community leaders & volunteers, nonprofit staff & educators, organizations & cities, small business owners, university students & early-career professionals.
• What you’ll do: You will apply knowledge from this course and your own expertise to design and implement a locally-relevant action and learning activities targeting plastic pollution.
• Format: Asynchronous modules, capstone project, optional expert webinars, and networking opportunities.
• Deliverable: A peer-reviewed plastics lesson or action plan you can implement immediately.
• Credential: Cornell certificate verifying 25 professional development hours.

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