Climate and Footprint know-how for busy professionals
4.7 (7)
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Get your head around global climate issues and learn three strategies that help you prevent and prepare for climate change.
Climate and Footprint know-how for busy professionals
4.7 (7)
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Get your head around global climate issues and learn three strategies that help you prevent and prepare for climate change.
Course overview
Your time and energy are limited. Spend it on the actions that matter.
Addressing climate change 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 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 to feeling empowered,
• BONUS! See how to apply what you learn to support work and/or social peers.
Live for 5 consecutive Tuesdays:
• June 11, 18, 25, and
• July 2, 9
Join this course if you
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Are a busy professional who wants to quickly get up to speed on climate change and understand the issues
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Lack the time to read all the news, research and climate solutions and like frameworks to guide you through the noise
03
Feel uneasy with compromising certain life aspects but wish to "do the right thing" about the climate
04
Live in a developed economy and have a carbon footprint above 7 tonnes.
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
This course includes
Interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
34 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
23 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Climate and Footprint know-how for busy professionals
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Meet your instructor
Renée LaPlante
Founder of Decarbonista • Ex-Google Leader • WWF Footprint Coach
25 years of professional experience in Consulting, Communications, Coaching, Change Management and Carbon Footprints
- Culture Innovation and People Performance Consultant
- Carbon Footprint Coach
- Founder of the Decarbonista social impact project
- WWF CO2 Footprint workshop facilitator
- Board President of the Swiss NPO GreenUp, with the motto “less is more”
- Advisor to Ailuna, an engagement App and platform for sustainability
- A mom, wife, business owner and busy professional
Renée harnesses her extensive experience in people management, strategic communications, advising and change management – including a decade at Google – to improve the trajectory of climate change, biodiversity protection and to enhance human integrity.
Renée is a self-proclaimed “Carbon Footprint Coach” who has personally mentored hundreds of people to transform their lives from a source of greenhouse gas emissions to discover intentional low-footprint living, and establish new consumption patterns and regenerative practices. Her methodology is incorporated into the Swiss World Wildlife Fund's CO2 footprint reduction workshop, which she facilitates for International Corporations.
Renée can be found online and on stages presenting, educating and leading discussions about the opportunity and impact of personal footprint reduction at sustainability forums, leadership conferences and corporate training and events.
About Decarbonista
The Decarbonista Project has inspired thousands of people to discover their most joyful, lowest-emissions life, engaging with our climate emergency in an approachable and positive way. We develop and lead education and mentoring programs designed to enable individuals, families, teams and companies to overcome personal and systemic barriers for measurable, balanced, and urgent climate action.
Currently, we are scaling our footprint reduction research and know-how into a book that uses a holistic method to evolve our mindset, lifestyles and decision-making to create a low-CO2 and regenerative future.
In this course, you will get a preview version of our book content!
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Climate and Footprint know-how for busy professionals
Our course schedule
4 hours per week over 5 weeks
Next Cohort starts June 11, 2024!
Live for five consecutive Tuesdays
1-hour of live cohort time together
- Tuesdays
- June 11, 18, 25, and July 2, 9
Cohort time at a convenient hour
- Each week, you dial in at 8:00 AM PST (5:00 PM CEST)
- You will exchange with Renée and your peers in a weekly discussion
Plus, self-paced learning
about 3 hours per week
- Each week, you receive assignments for self-paced, independent learning, tasks and quizzes
- You complete the material at your convenience before joining the live Tuesday cohort sessions
Enjoy learning with cohorts
Flexible but structured learning
This course combines curated self-paced independent learning, hands-on practice, and live group sessions
Interactive peer exchange
You’ll be interacting weekly with Renée and other participants through Q&As, breakout rooms and group discussions
Grow alongside others
Connect with like-minded people who enjoy being held compassionately accountable, who want to evolve and shape their positive future
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