Makerspace for Climate Change

 

 

What Is the Honors Makerspace?

The Honors Makerspace at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø is a collaborative work space dedicated to hands-on creativity and problem-solving. Our focus is on developing new technologies that will address challenges related to climate change. As a business incubator, the makerspace is also a way to help move research from the lab into the private sector.

Climate change is a complex issue that touches so many different facets of our lives — human health, the environment, economics, politics and culture, to name a few. Our goal through the makerspace is to define the issues, challenge assumptions, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. It’s a chance to dig deeper and think in new ways, drawing on the combined ideas and expertise of students from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds.

 

Why study climate change at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø?

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. At ²ÝÁñÉçÇø, you’ll have a unique opportunity to work on the front lines of climate change, take part in unique site-based experiential learning and contribute to science and policy in meaningful ways.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø is a leader in climate and Arctic research. With an interdisciplinary team of world-class faculty, we produce more publications and citations related to Arctic study than any university in the world.