What we cover in our live, online four-part course (4 x 60mins sessions)

Session 1: Carbon, tipping points and our simplest solutions

• The psychology of the emergency
• Key climate concepts like tipping points, net-zero, and feedback loops
• The system changes and individual actions most urgently needed to make a difference
• The shifting carbon economy and changing business landscape, including Scopes 1, 2, 3 and 4
• Transformational ideas and innovation

Session 2: Nature, biodiversity and the future of food

• The whole story of land use and farming, from the dominance of monoculture to the universe of soil
• The most misunderstood notions behind our Earth’s natural system, what leads to poor decision-making, inadvertent greenwashing and well-intended campaigns that do more harm than good
• Natural capital and its ongoing depletion
• Food waste, biodiversity, local extinctions and rewilding, and most importantly, what we can do

Session 3: Population, pollution and finding a balance

• Thinking globally vs locally
• Air and plastic pollution
• The complexities of a growing population
• Addressing multifaceted risks and why protecting nature is key to preventing future pandemics
• Effective, empathetic and compelling communication and finding common ground
• Circular economy and misconceptions around waste
• The role of our overall economic system

Session 4: How do we fix this? Making the impossible possible

• Avoiding misinformation and misalignment in organisations
• Balancing environmentalism with economics and jobs
• Temperatures and the language of policymakers
• Technological solutions and the shifting operational landscape in the context
• Avoiding greenwashing - the pitfalls of social media and communication