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Youth Environmental Leaders Learning Lab

Three young people are gathered around a table with a laptop and open books. The person in the foreground, with long dark hair, is holding out a pen towards the camera and smiling. The other two individuals are slightly blurred in the background, engaged in conversation.

Course Overview

  • Online
  • 25-30 Hours
  • 5 Sessions
  • Free
  • Next Offering: To Be Announced

The Youth Environmental Leaders Learning Lab, developed in collaboration with The Starfish Canada, is a 5-session program for approximately 25 youth, ages 18-30, to build relationships with one another across the country, learn new concepts that will support their leadership journey, and help to progress their career in environmentalism.

Our first iteration of this program is now complete. If you are interested in our next offering or would like to discuss how to modify this program for your organization please contact us or subscribe below.

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Program Goals

  • Learn and Discuss Climate Action: Explore key climate action topics, including systems thinking, collaboration, conflict management, storytelling, and communication.
  • Build Community: Connect with other young environmental and sustainability leaders across Canada who are involved in different areas of climate action.
  • Explore Career Paths: Create a vision for your career that aligns with current contexts, personal interests, and unique skills (aka your superpowers!)
  • Grow Leadership Capacity: Learn and apply different Transition Leadership frameworks to broaden approaches to environmental leadership and enhance your impact.
Three young adults are sitting together at a desk, smiling and looking at a laptop screen. The man wears a beanie and red headphones around his neck. The middle person has shoulder-length hair and a coral sweater, while the woman on the right points at the screen. Their youthful energy is palpable.

Program Structure

The content of the sessions will include personal leadership, interpersonal skills and systems change frameworks – within the context of climate action and sustainability.

1

MODULE 1
Connections & Context

Recognize climate change and sustainability in a systems context, and explore and practice different models of systems change.

2

MODULE 2
Self in System

Assess the interplay between “self” and “system;” examine social location, power dynamics, and complexities of self-care; identify personal values and interests that align with what’s needed in the context of climate action.

3

MODULE 3
Communication & Conflict

Differentiate between harm and conflict; practice methods for communicating climate work to various audiences; examine and perform various roles in conflict facilitation and management.

4

MODULE 4
Storytelling & Envisioning Futures

Construct a vision/story of the future (2080) through creative images and story; understand the concept of a “just transition,” envision alternative futures, and build relationships to foster collaborative change.

5

MODULE 5
Presenting Ideas & Sharing Feedback

Communicate a project idea, gather peer feedback, envision personal change, and integrate program learnings.

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