This action-oriented online course is for anyone working or studying in the academic research and higher education sector interested in shrinking the carbon footprint of their work or studies.

The training is online and open to all people in all roles in academia, research, and higher education.

People take the course to:

• Get equipped with best practices and tools
• Find inspiration and get support to take action in their own setting
• ‘Green’ their team, lab, project, or organisation.
• Build confidence to take action
• Build engagement and help colleagues get involved in climate-friendly action

The course is highly interactive.

• Participants examine best practices in our sector
• Take inspiration from real stories of ‘change makers’
• Explore strategies to engage and collaborate with others
• Develop their own action plan to reduce carbon emissions whilst planning to manage challenges.

At the end of the course participants:

• Understand the sources of carbon emissions in our sector
• Are equipped with best practices and tools to reduce emissions
• Have unlocked their own potential to effect change in their own setting
• Have developed their own climate action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions relating to their work or studies

This course is accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project and each participant has the opportunity to receive a unique certificate.

The course is delivered in 4 separate online sessions (approx 2 hours each) with self study in between. Participants need to be able to attend all 4 sessions. The interactive Zoom sessions are:

The course is delivered in 4 separate online sessions (approx 2 hours each) with self-study in between. Participants need to be able to attend all 4 sessions. The interactive Zoom sessions in September are friendly for Africa, Europe, and Asia time zones:

• Tuesday 12 September 2023, 09.00 - 11.00 CEST / 16.00 - 18.00 JST

• Thursday 14 September 2023, 09.00 - 11.00 CEST / 16.00 - 18.00 JST

• Tuesday 19 September 2023, 09.00 - 11.00 CEST / 16.00 - 18.00 JST

• Thursday 21 September 2023, 09.00 - 11.00 CEST / 16.00 - 18.00 JST

There are discounted places for people:

• working in organisations that are signatories of the CANIE accord
• working in labs which are members of the LEAF programme
• members of the Earthruns 1% Club
• and free-of-charge places for people who face discrimination or are disadvantaged by systemic prejudices in the sector.
  

This is not an academic course. People often participate in this training as part of their professional development activities, or to initiate sustainability working groups in their workplaces.

Please see here for testimonials and please reach out to the organiser with any questions.

Many thanks!

Cancellations

Please reach out to the organiser if you need to reschedule or cancel your booking. If you cancel at least 7 days before the first training date, you can be reimbursed. 

There may be very rare instances when the organiser needs to postpone the training, for example, due to extreme weather events and loss of power. Thank you in advance for your understanding. You can be reimbursed or reschedule to take part in a future training.