Become a CALP Participant

FAQs

• What is the time commitment of CALP?

  The CALP program is four sessions that are about 90 minutes long. TCI will host the program over the course of two weeks, following a Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday schedule. The time commitment given to the action you carry out after the program will be up to you. CALP sessions will be hosted in the evening.

• What kind of action will I be doing?

  There is a menu of types of action that participants can choose from. These options are available to help make action accessible to participants, no matter what their circumstances are. No action is too small. And for ambitious participants who want to make a splash, we are here to support you as well. 

  When designing the menu of climate actions, we took into consideration:
  Time constraints, financial constraints, physical limitations, access to community resources, access to tools, and community connections. There are actions available to participants, no matter what challenges, hurdles, or constraints they need to be mindful of. Below are a few ideas of what action might look like. These ideas should be considered as a starting point for brainstorming. 

  Day of Action

  

  Community Partnership Projects

  CALP participants will partner up with a community partner, such as a local grassroots organization or school, or local business to carry out a project together. This can look like

  • Attending a day of action that a community organization is already hosting. Is an organization near you advertising a day for the community to get together and work on a project that is good for the community? 
    • OR helping the organization host an event for the community by reaching out and seeing how they can support the organization through volunteering time
    • OR helping a community organization carry out research for a project they have
  • Reaching out to a local organization and seeing if they would be able to partner with you 

  Art Projects

  

  Community Science Research

  

  Help REAL SCIENTISTS with their research! Community Science Research projects (also known as citizen science) is an opportunity for participants to help real research projects that exist in the world!

  These research projects often only require your phone and an app, or logging into a website. Community Science is an excellent and accessible opportunity for participants who want to make a difference but are unsure about their time or resources. You can pick it up and put it down and work at a pace that works for you!

   

  Individual or Group Projects

  

  Grant-Based projects

  At this current time, The Climate Initiative does not offer Grant-Based Projects for CALP. However, organizations can use CALP to help with their own grants, and individuals can use CALP to develop an action plan to submit grant proposals 

• I am looking to get certificates, will I get a Certificate of Completion once I complete the CALP program?

  You will receive a Certificate of Completion after you complete BOTH the entire CALP program AND the accompanying action project that you design. Completing the action project is required to receive the certificate of completion. Attendance of the four sessions alone will not result in receiving the certificate of completion.

• What is expected of CALP participants?

  • Attending all four sessions and participating in them. CALP is an engaging program that allows participants to be in conversation with the host, as opposed to the host talked at the participants the whole time. 
  • Completing the accompanying worksheets. CALP has accompanying worksheets to help participants come up with their action projects. The final session, session four, we ask that the worksheet be shared with us so that we can keep track of the ideas that CALP participants have and build up a cache of climate ideas to share with future CALPers to draw inspiration from. 
  • Completing the action projects- they are self-designed as self-led, we encourage you to pick something you will enjoy doing and look forward to completing! 
  • Sharing your story and your impact. We have an existing action map! This map is where we will add your stories and impact for everyone to see. Inspire other future climate action leaders through your actions today!

• What is the CALP Catalogue?

  The CALP Catalogue is a long term project within CALP to share what ideas CALP participants came up with for their own action projects. Our goal is to share ideas from past participants to help inspire future participants who don’t know where to start! 

• After I complete CALP, can I bring it to my community?

  Yes! We encourage you to do so if you feel compelled! We invite you to attend our train-the-trainer program so that you can continue to take your action even FURTHER. We will be here to support you, guide you and cheer you on along the way!