Certified Carbon Literate
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Earners of this badge have successfully completed an accredited Carbon Literacy training course and assessment. Earners have acquired the skills and knowledge to take action to reduce their personal and professional carbon footprint and are proactively supporting the West of England Combined Authority in its commitment to becoming a Carbon Literate Organisation.
- Type Experience
- Level Foundational
- Time Days
- Cost Free
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Earner has demonstrated motivation by proactively undertaking Carbon Literacy training. They have shown a willingness to learn and adapt positively to new ideas.
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Earner has increased their understanding of basic climate change science including the relationship between greenhouse gases, the weather, and the climate.
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Earner has increased their knowledge of the global and local changes in climate, the impact this is having now and forecast for the future, and how this is likely to affect us both locally and globally.
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Earner has demonstrated active learning and reflective practice by engaging in discussions on how we can reduce our carbon footprint through more sustainable strategies and actions, both individually and collectively.
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Earner has demonstrated critical thinking through explaining the steps needed to take as a society to be carbon neutral. They have shown decision-making by using their new knowledge to pledge actions they could take to reduce carbon emissions, both as an individual and as part of a collective in their workplace.
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Earner has had their pledges approved by The Carbon Literacy Project and been awarded a Carbon Literacy Certificate.
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This badge is only available to Students, Members or Employees.
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West of England Combined Authority, 70 Redcliff Street, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS1 6AL
Standards
This badge has been mapped to the Participation Layer of the Cities of Learning Badging Standard. The earner has met expectations, can interact with learning and is able to join in with others.
Carbon Literacy is built on the principle that residents, workers and learners who are Carbon Literate will have an embedded and instinctive understanding of the carbon impacts of their activities and will therefore make more informed choices about the most energy and resource efficient and lowest carbon options available to them.