Participants in the first test of Decarbonista's course on Maven.

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Get your head around global climate issues and learn three strategies that help you prevent and prepare for climate change. 

Renée LaPlante

Founder of Decarbonista • Ex-Google Leader • Carbon Footprint Coach

Climate and Footprint know-how for busy professionals

WWF Schweiz

Takeda

MYBLUEPLANET Schweiz

Legacy Groupe

Doing your best to prevent climate overheating doesn't have to feel hard or confusing. It can be joyful, fulfilling and productive with the right facts, perspective and focus. In this course, you'll be trained on essential knowledge, tools and a mindset to channel your effort into impactful action. You will: • Estimate your footprint and learn how to reduce it,• Find your sweet spot for change without compromising your personal needs,• Craft a step to start reducing emissions right away,• Set a vision of the future you want,• Discover what motivates and sidetracks you,• Navigate greenwashing like a pro, • Learn how to find best-in-class solutions for food, transport, consumption and home,• Move from being overwhelmed and confused by climate news and purchases to feeling empowered,• BONUS! See how to apply what you learn to support work and/or social peers. In just 20 hours over 5 weeks

Your time and energy are limited. Spend it on climate actions that matter.

Are a busy professional who wants to quickly get up to speed on climate change and understand the issues

Lack the time to read all the news, research and climate solutions and like frameworks to guide you through the noise

Feel uneasy with compromising certain life aspects but wish to "do the right thing" about the climate

Live in a developed economy and have a carbon footprint above 7 tonnes.

Join this course if you

What you’ll get out of this course

Get briefed on what's driving our climate emergency, key terms and treaties, and understand how carbon emissions fit in

Calculate your personal carbon footprint and learn how to use it as a learning and action tool

Discover three straightforward strategies that work to address climate change

Learn and practice our bespoke 7-steps framework to maintain clarity and focus through the climate noise

Meet our climate reality. Get to know the facts, figures, targets and terminology you need to be up to speed.

REALIZE

Calculate your footprint and get oriented with how you fit into the climate conundrum. Try a few exercises to understand scale, support your wellbeing and find the personal connection to it all.

CENTER

Draft your future vision, try on a climate friendly lifestyle and expand your know-how with a few strategies to slow climate change.

EXPERIMENT

Get to know our 7-steps framework that has worked for hundreds to move from fear and worry to action and impact.

FRAME IT

Prepare your trusty roadmap to follow, stay focused and feel at ease knowing you're transforming along with the climate.

EVOLVE

Join us for ongoing coaching sessions, 1:1 check-ins and community!

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Course syllabus

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Meet your instructor

<ul><li>Each week, you will receive assignments for self-paced, independent learning, tasks and quizzes </li><li>You can complete the material at your convenience before joining the live weekly cohort sessions</li></ul>

Self-paced learning 

<ul><li>Each week, you will dial in for a time-zone friendly learning, Q&amp;A and discussion hour</li><li>You can exchange with Renée and your peers to recap and preview the self-study materials</li></ul>

Plus, weekly live cohort sessions

Our next cohort will begin in Summer 2025!

Our course schedule

This course combines curated self-paced independent learning, hands-on practice, and live group sessions

Flexible but structured learning 

You’ll be interacting weekly with Renée and other participants through Q&amp;As, breakout rooms and group discussions

Interactive peer exchange

Connect with like-minded people who enjoy being held compassionately accountable, who want to evolve and shape their positive future

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