Through hands-on fieldwork, build practical skills while deepening your understanding of this region’s unique ecological landscape.
The Kerala Climate Action Trail works by immersing Pennsylvania College of Technology students in a carefully structured, place‑based learning experience that combines academic exploration with hands‑on climate action. Over ten days, participants travel through diverse regions of coastal Kerala, engaging directly with local communities, climate leaders, artisans, and environmental practitioners to understand real‑world approaches to climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. The program blends workshops, site visits, service activities, cultural exchange, and guided reflection, allowing students to co‑create solutions rooted in local knowledge while building practical skills in sustainability, collaboration, and systems thinking. By integrating experiential learning, community partnership, and personal reflection, the trail transforms climate change from an abstract concept into a lived, deeply human experience.
Costs include tuition, flight, housing, and various tour fees.
Successful completion of the course will satisfy the following electives: open elective, and cultural diversity perspective elective.
More information coming soon.
Good standing - A status indicating that a student is not under any disciplinary sanctions, has no unsatisfied financial obligation to the College, and is not on academic probation or suspension.
All students register for their program during the normal advising period in the semester prior to the program start. Registration in the course constitutes commitment to the payment terms. Semester bills will include the associated billable expenses of tuition/fees and the International Travel Fee.
Students will be subject to the Termination, Drops, and Withdrawals Policy (P4.31) and the Refunds Policy (P5.23) for the tuition/fees and International Travel Fees associated with the course. Travel-related costs may be refunded to the student to the extent those costs have not already been contractually committed by the College to outside parties. Note that contractually committed costs increase closer to the travel date. In cases where program costs are divided evenly among all participants, the student’s portion of costs will be considered contractually committed and non-recoverable. If at any point prior to travel, a student is no longer in good standing, they may be removed from the course and prohibited from traveling. Those students may receive refunds minus all non-recoverable costs.
Professor, Anthropology/Environmental Science
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Technology
Faculty Civil Engineering Technology
While this is not the official itinerary, take a look at some of the places you'll visit. You'll receive an official itinerary once enrolled in the course.
For more information about the course, contact Rob Cooley, Camila Bogarina Cantero, or Ryan McDonald the faculty guides for this Global Experience.
For general questions about Global Experiences, such as study-away programs and student exchanges at Penn College, contact Daniel Clasby, Assistant Dean of Academic Operations.