Trainer Month: Adaptation and Mitigation in Carbon Literacy

Throughout October we'll be gathering online for 'Trainer Tuesdays', to share best practice and top-tips from experienced Carbon Literacy Trainers (CLT), Consultants (CLC) and members of The Carbon Literacy Project team. There will be short presentations from our speakers and a panel discussion with plenty of time to ask questions.

In this session we'll be hearing from trainers tackling adaptation and climate resilience in their courses, and how these issues intersect with the CL Standard. We'll be thinking about the following questions -

• What are the trade-offs re timings & meeting the Carbon Literacy Standard?
• How do these issues intersect with carbon emissions?
• How to have productive conversations?
• How to distinguish between adaptation and mitigation

After the event, we will compile the resources and tips shared into a handout for attendees.

This event is free of charge for Carbon Literacy Consultants (CLC) and Carbon Literacy Trainers (CLT)

Tickets for Carbon Literacy Facilitators (CLF), informal trainers or those interested in delivering Carbon Literacy are £10/15 per Trainer Month event or £30 for access to all events in this series.

If you're unsure of your trainer certification status please get in touch with the Trainer Network Team at clt@carbonliteracy.com.

👋 Meet our speakers 

Phil Korbel
Director for External Relations, The Carbon Literacy Project 

Phil is a long-standing social entrepreneur, broadcaster and community activist based in Manchester. He wants to leave his children ‘a future, not an apology’.

Phil has been a long-time activist for sustainable development, moving from local work with Friends of the Earth in the 1980s to riding a tandem back from Sydney raising awareness of rainforest conservation in 1990. Having studied law at Manchester Polytechnic, Phil enjoyed a successful career in radio working as a presenter and producer of features and documentaries for BBC Network Radio and working for programmes as diverse as You and Yours and Mark Radcliffe. One of his proudest moments remains giving the first-ever radio airplay to the Inspiral Carpets. Between making programmes Phil delivered media training to a wide range of national and local clients, from the RSPB to Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Isabelle Baverstock 

Senior Policy and Programme Officer at the Greater London Authority (CLT)

Isabelle leads the GLA's Climate Literacy programme. An accredited Carbon Literacy Trainer with almost four years' experience delivering Carbon Literacy training, she has trained staff across local government, the GLA and London Stadium.

At the GLA, Isabelle manages and continuously develops the organisation's certified ‘Climate Literacy’ course, which aims to give equal emphasis to climate adaptation and carbon reduction. She supports a network of 20 volunteer facilitators and has helped to expand the reach of the training across the organisation. To date, almost 500 staff have been trained, including participants from across the wider GLA Group.Working closely with colleagues in the GLA's climate adaptation team, Isabelle continues to evolve the course to strengthen its focus on climate adaptation whilst still meeting the Carbon Literacy Standard.

In this session, Isabelle will share practical examples from the GLA's approach, including how adaptation has been integrated into training materials, the evidence form, pledges and the discussions that emerge when adaptation is explored alongside carbon reduction.

Jamie Joyce

Climate Change Project Manager at the Argyll Countryside Trust & Carbon Literacy Consultant (CLC)

Jamie is a Climate Change Project Manager at the Argyll Countryside Trust, a role with a focus on climate change education and engagement. Within his capacity as Manager and certified Carbon Literacy Training Designer/Deliverer, Jamie has created and developed food waste reduction schemes, upcycling programmes, and sustainable transport initiatives with his local community and business networks. All this work enables the delivery of his Carbon Literacy training to appreciate the real-world opportunities and barriers to act on climate change both as an individual and as part of a wider group.

Jamie has delivered Carbon Literacy training to a wide variety of sectors and has a particular interest in promoting climate change education in rural communities, businesses, and organisations.

Jamie has a BSc (Hons) from the Open University with a focus on Environment and Geography. In addition, Jamie has several years’ experience and a post graduate qualification in Community Learning and Reflective Practice.