eLearning, Workshops, Facilitation, and Program Design
While technical knowledge is essential for addressing climate challenges, progress often stalls without effective leadership to mobilize climate action. ASI works with organizations to deliver custom eLearning, workshops, and facilitation to help align visions, build climate awareness, and help embed sustainability across the organization. Offerings can also be combined to create a tailored program that meets your organization’s unique goals.
Climate Resilience for SMEs is a program designed for Chambers of Commerce, Business Improvement Associations (BIAs), and Boards of Trade that want to support the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their networks.
ASI works directly with your organization to develop a customized eLearning course and deliver an in-person workshop that you can offer as a value-added service to your members.
ASI creates eLearning courses to help employees and stakeholders learn about climate change. These eLearning courses typically cover key topics like climate literacy, how climate change affects specific industries, organizational sustainability commitments, and ways employees can take climate action within their roles.
ASI developed the eLearning course, Climate Change & Resilience, in collaboration with BC Non-Profit Housing Association, BC Housing, and the Aboriginal Housing Management Association. The course was made possible through Co-operators and BC Housing’s generous funding and is part of our Climate Resilience for Community Housing program.
ASI hosts interactive workshops for businesses, community organizations, conferences, and events. We design engaging experiences that help people connect the dots on how they can lead climate action both personally and professionally.
Using LEGO® Serious Play®, attendees at the Banff Systems Summit were asked to build a physical model of a challenge they’re facing at work or school. This hands-on activity helped them identify sustainability impacts, uncover opportunities, and map out next steps for action.
Great outcomes start with great conversations. ASI’s facilitation services are designed to bring the right people together – helping teams work through challenges, generate new ideas, and move forward with clarity and confidence. With deep experience guiding organizations through complex discussions and planning sessions, we turn productive conversations into lasting impact.
ASI facilitated a community conversation for the residents of Halton Hills, Ontario in partnership with Halton Hills Climate Action. Together, we explored what residents love about their home, what concerns them about the impacts of climate change on their lives, and what actions we can take as individuals and as a collective that can make a difference.
All of our custom engagements can be combined or customized to create a program that fits your organization’s needs. Many organizations choose to create an online course and pair it with an in-person workshop or facilitated session.
ASI partnered with the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) to provide leadership training for the Women4Climate program. ASI helped design the program and led the training through in-person workshops and online webinars.
A snapshot of organizations we’ve partnered with for custom engagements.
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No matter where you are on your journey — whether you’re just starting out, leading change, or simply passionate about protecting the planet — this workshop will help you map your leadership strengths and discover where you’re ready to shine (and grow) within ASI’s six Transition Leadership competencies.
Transition Leadership is a set of skills that help you navigate complexity and create value that’s good for people, good for business, and good for the planet.
Change doesn’t happen all at once—old systems start to decline while new ideas take root. The Two Loops of Systems Change model, developed by the Berkana Institute, helps explain how this shift happens and the different roles people play in it.
This workshop explores how systems rise and fall, why some people work to hold on to what exists while others push for something new, and how both are part of the change process. Through conversation and activities, we’ll look at how change happens, what makes it hard, and how we can all play a role in shaping a sustainable future.
This workshop helps people understand different viewpoints on a challenge and work together to create a clear picture or model of where things are now and where they want to go in terms of sustainability. Whether it’s for a company, community, or project, participants will explore opportunities, identify obstacles, and find common ground. This shared understanding sets the stage for real change.
Thinking outside the box isn’t always easy, but this workshop makes it fun. Through a series of playful and interactive brainstorming activities, participants tap into their creative side. By the end, they’ll walk away with new techniques for coming up with fresh ideas they can use in both their personal and professional lives.
This workshop helps participants understand the benefits of using an equity-centered design approach at work. Participants learn about the key ideas, methods, and practical applications that can boost empathy, inclusivity, and innovation in their organizations.
To create meaningful change, organizations and groups often need guided conversations and planning sessions with the right people in the room.
ASI specializes in designing and leading these sessions, helping teams work through challenges, spark new ideas, and find a clear path forward. With years of experience in facilitation, engagement, and innovation labs, we work with you to create a process that supports real progress and lasting impact.
Discover the types of custom engagements we’ve undertaken for other organizations!
ASI partnered with the Cement Association of Canada to support their journey to net-zero emissions by 2050.
We developed an eLearning course and led a stakeholder alignment workshop to guide next steps in a multi-year industry engagement process.
ASI partnered with BC Housing to create an eLearning course that advanced sustainability and climate literacy across the organization.
Additionally, ASI helped craft annual plans for the Livegreen Council, led strategic workshops, supported their sustainability and resilience strategy, and facilitated public roundtables.
ASI partnered with TSBC to develop an eLearning course to enhance awareness of climate change and provide examples of how employees can champion climate action within their roles.
Additionally, ASI completed a climate action peer scan with a recommendations report.
ASI partnered with ZEIC to provide leadership training for the Women4Climate (W4C) program, featuring in-person workshops and online webinars based on ASI’s six Transition Leadership competencies.
Participants earn a Transition Leadership Certificate upon completion.
ASI hosted a workshop on Creative Ideation for Youth Climate Lab‘s RAD Cohort.
During the session, we explored a process designed to improve brainstorming. This approach aimed to help participants develop innovative solutions for local projects that contribute to achieving the UN’s SDGs.
ASI hosted workshops like “Equity-Centered Design for the Workplace” and “Creativity & Innovation for the Workplace” to support internal teams in creating more inclusive and innovative work environments.
These sessions encourage fresh ideas and creative problem-solving.
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