How it Works
If you need help building capacity in your community and want to learn how to implement a Climate Action Plan or community engaged sustainability plan, we provide customized workshops and classes. We create customized schedules ranging from one day to a one week intensive. At the end of our process, you'll be equipped with knowledge, templates, and a workbook to be able to implement your community's goals. These workshops are ideal for smaller communities who are still building capacity and learning how create their community's plan.
Questionnaire
This allows you to share exactly what you are looking for – your needs and intentions for your community so we can begin building the perfect schedule for you.
Discovery Call
A 30-minute consult to plan out what needs to be accomplished and any assessment tools we might want to complete before we begin.
Workshops
Each day of workshops includes 8-hours with 3 breaks, or 4-hours with 2 short breaks. The night before you will receive a virtual workbook which includes all the presentation slides and activity templates.
Recap & Overview
This includes an implementation plan, all templates, and presentation recordings. We develop this implementation plan during the workshops so your community has a concrete plan for you to implement this new information.
Example Classes and Activities
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Classes
In depth 1 or 2 hour sessions on each topic. Includes background information and how to implement in your community. Here are some examples:
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Community Outreach - Overview of outreach process from beginning to end
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Community Why - How to create inspiring stories in your community to get people to act
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Tracking Data - Learn what climate data to track and how to analyze results
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Solutions - How to assess cost-effective solutions for your sustainability concerns
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Solution Intensive - Deep dive into feasible solutions for your community such as energy use or transportation
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Data Intensive - Deep dive into the biggest climate impacts in your community such as carbon emissions or public health
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Adaptation & Resilience - how to make your community more resilient ​
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Activities
Activities and games to apply what you learned in the classes to your community. Access to keep all templates for future community use. Here are some examples:
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Creating your Why - Find a motivating story for your sustainability plan and future outreach material
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Data / Excel Coding Session -How to create impactful data analysis in excel and provide templates for you to include your data
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Solutions - Brainstorm a list of climate solutions and then play a game which illustrates the potential impacts of proposed solutions on your sustainability metrics
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Roadmap - Create a detailed step-by-step implementation plan for one proposed project including funding opportunities
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Inspiring Action - Tailor your outreach materials to inspire your community to act
Example Workshop Schedules
One Day Workshop With Community Engagement Focus
Main Topic - Outreach from Beginning to End
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Learn how to begin the outreach process by learning about your community's climate concerns. Understand how to continue this process throughout designing your plan and implementing future solutions.
Workshop 1 - Finding your Community Why
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Learn to create a cohesive "why" story for the reason behind your sustainability journey. Understand how to utilize the information collected during your beginning community outreach phases.
Workshop 2 - Inspiring Action
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Learn to engage community members and get them inspired to take action to achieve community goals. Understand different ways to have conversations and create engaging outreach material.
Activity 1 - Creating your Community Why
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We take you through one of our favorite activities for finding a motivating story for your sustainability plan and future outreach material
Three Day Workshop With a Data Focus
Main Topic - Science Overview
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Understand the science of climate change and resulting impacts through environment, health, and infrastructure.
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Workshop 1 - Finding Data
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Learn what data is necessary to find, where to get it, how to analyze and visualize the results.
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Workshop 2 - Data Intensive 1
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Learn about the biggest climate impacts in your community such as issues in energy or public health identified in your questionnaire. Includes background, data, and future climate projections
Activity 1 - Excel Coding
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We show you how to create impactful data analysis in excel and provide templates for you to include your data.
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Main Topic - Data Intensive 2
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Learn about the biggest climate impacts in your community such as issues in energy or public health identified in your questionnaire. Includes background, data, and future climate projections
Workshop 3 - Solutions
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Learn how to create and assess cost-effective solutions for your most pressing sustainability concerns.
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Activity 2 - Solutions
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We brainstorm a list of solutions together and then play a game which illustrates the potential impacts of proposed solutions on your sustainability metrics.
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Workshop 4 - Solutions Intensive 1
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Learn about feasible solutions for your community such as energy use or transportation. Includes background, feasibility, and examples from other cities.
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Main Topic - Solutions Intensive 2
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Learn about feasible solutions for your community such as energy use or transportation. Includes background, feasibility, and examples from other cities.
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Workshop - Solution Roadmap
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Ensure that your projects get completed by learning how to create project roadmaps which include a detailed step-by-step implementation plan.
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Activity 3 - Solution Roadmap
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We help you create an implementation plan for one proposed projects by creating a detailed step-by-step implementation plan including checkpoints and funding opportunities.
Activity 4 - Implementation Plan
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To wrap up all the workshops, we help you create a plan to implement this material in your community with a step-by-step guide, our workbook, and templates.
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