Carbon Literacy for Local Authorities - Community Leaders Course Launch
Mon 30 Oct 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Online, Zoom
Carbon Literacy for Local Authorities - Community Leaders Course Launch
Mon 30 Oct 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM GMT
Online, Zoom
Description
To celebrate the launch of our new Community Leaders Toolkit course, The Carbon Literacy Project is hosting a free webinar on Monday 30th October from 10:00 - 11:30.
Engaging communities, sharing knowledge and showcasing best practice is crucial to addressing the scale and urgency of the climate emergency and delivering a zero carbon future.
As part of the Local Authorities Toolkit, The Carbon Literacy Project has developed the Community Leaders course. This Toolkit course enables community leaders to be trained in a day's worth of learning and action planning, facilitated by their local authority.
Carbon Literacy provides the opportunity to integrate climate change into decision making, lead by example, and cascade environmentally sustainable and socially responsible values to galvanise action. This Toolkit course will equip community leaders and interested citizens with the knowledge, tools, inspiration, and connections to foster long-lasting, self-sustaining change within their own spheres of influence throughout the community.
As of September 2023, over 12,000 Local Authority staff have been certified as Carbon Literate across 265 councils. This course builds on the success of Carbon Literacy for local authorities, extending training from internal staff to the communities they serve.
A panel of councils have co-created, reviewed and piloted the materials, ensuring the latest and best materials are used. The Toolkit course consists of slides, activity resources, a comprehensive trainer manual and a ‘getting started’ pack.
The initial development of this Toolkit course was funded by the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The materials are available for certified Carbon Literacy training delivered by local authorities and the communities they serve.
We are very grateful to several councils and community leaders who have been instrumental in piloting the Toolkit course and providing us with invaluable feedback, including Northumberland County Council, Plymouth City Council and Carbon Literacy Trainer Anne-Marie Soulsby.
Those involved in piloting the materials will be among the guests at the launch event, who will be sharing their experiences and insight. The webinar is open to both councils who have no knowledge of Carbon Literacy, and councils who are delivering Carbon Literacy training.
If you have not received joining instructions via email by the morning of the event, please check junk/spam folders and if you still cannot find the Zoom link please email localauthorities@carbonliteracy.com or call 0161 298 1782.
Please email us at localauthorities@carbonliteracy.com if you cannot attend this event but would still like a briefing on the Toolkit course.
* Carbon Literacy is an adaptable framework for a day’s worth of practical training on how to best contribute to tackling the climate crisis.
The Carbon Literacy Project is not-for-profit. It is owned by The Carbon Literacy Trust and delivered by Cooler Projects CIC.
www.carbonliteracy.com
localauthorities@carbonliteracy.com