Empowering new generations to lead change.

Green Varsity Concept:

The GreenVarsity™ is a non-profit platform for people to learn and contribute on issues affecting the world regarding Sustainability and Climate Change. The project is an open platform that seeks to educate and empower new generations to lead change with an inherent drive towards sustainability. The platform offers a wide range of resources including Online Courses, Workshops, Events, News and Networking.

Our Mission:

Our mission is to promote sustainable lifestyles to as many people around the globe.

Our Values:

Research, Quality Content, Openness, Collaboration, Action

Our Vision:

Empowered generations with an inherent drive towards sustainability

Structure of Green Varsity

The core TeamThe Green Varsity core team is responsible or the day to day running of the platform including course moderation and event coordination.

Key People

Online Course Moderators
Learners (Course Participants)
General Members (Bloggers, Content Creators, Volunteers e.t.c)

Key Activities

Online Courses

The platform offers online courses in various fields around Climate Change & Sustainability. Courses are varied and offered in partnership with leading organisations in various fields of expertise. Green Varsity partners with reputable organizations and individuals to create content on sustainability. Course participants are awarded certificates of completion.

Our thrust toward varied courses provides a strong value for participants who otherwise would not have interfaced with issues relating to sustainability. We also give partner organisations a chance to showcase their drive and commitment towards sustainable business and technological advancements.

Workshops & Events

Green Varsity holds online or offline workshops and events around the world with the goal of promoting sustainability and the opportunities.

Global Certified Partners / Community

These are locally based institutions that can conduct activities on behalf of Green Varsity within their local communities. Activities could be workshops, trainings, seminars or related activities.

News & Publications

Green Varsity is a resource for courses, articles, news and networking.

News

Pinning down climate change’s role in extreme weather
Pinning down climate change’s role in extreme weather

This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler In the wake of any unusual weather event, someone inevitably asks, “Did climate change cause this?” In the most literal sense, that answer is almost always no. Climate change is never the sole cause of...

2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17
2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17

A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 21, 2024 thru Sat, April 27, 2024. Story of the week Anthropogenic climate change may be the ultimate shaggy dog story— but with a twist, because...

Fact Brief – Is Antarctica gaining land ice?
Fact Brief – Is Antarctica gaining land ice?

Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need checking...

Simon Clark: The climate lies you’ll hear this year
Simon Clark: The climate lies you’ll hear this year

This video includes conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Simon Clark. It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). This year you will be lied to! Simon Clark helps prebunk some misleading...

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #17 2024
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #17 2024

Open access notables Ice acceleration and rotation in the Greenland Ice Sheet interior in recent decades, Løkkegaard et al., Communications Earth & Environment: In the past two decades, mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet has accelerated, partly due to the...

Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin
Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Megan Valére Sosou Market gardening site of the Itchèléré de Itagui agricultural cooperative in Dassa-Zoumè (Image credit: Megan Valère Sossou) For the residents of Dassa-Zoumè, a city in the West African country of...

India makes a big bet on electric buses
India makes a big bet on electric buses

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Spengeman People wait to board an electric bus in Pune, India. (Image credit: courtesy of ITDP) Public transportation riders in Pune, India, love the city’s new electric buses so much they will actually skip an...

At a glance – The difference between weather and climate
At a glance – The difference between weather and climate

On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal...

2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #16
2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #16

A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 14, 2024 thru Sat, April 20, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week hinges on these words from the abstract of a fresh academic...