Curriculum

Goals
The curriculum objective is to mentor talented young people who want to be part of the solution to Climate Change through a scholarship of a €21,000 business mentoring programme and a €7,000 monetary grant to launch
their project.

Skills
The College will give students or ‘CCC ambassadors’ the chance to develop the following management skills:

  • Leadership skills
  • Arctic Trip, tasks leading the group
  • Communication skills
  • Media training/video reporting
  • Presentation skills
  • Blog writing
  • Business skills
  • How to write a business plan
  • How to finance the project - get a loan, find financial aids.
  • How to manage accounting tasks
  • How to develop a marketing strategy and related
    communications tools

Knowledge
The mix of lectures and workshops will develop an understanding of the following areas.

  • Practical ways to save CO2/GHG emissions at home, work or university
  • Understand the science behind CC and in particular what’s happening in the Arctic
  • The Social science of behaviour, what motivates people to make change
  • How to effectively communicate, inspire others and raise awareness (what are the tactics, e.g. being unique, using humour)
  • Gain organisational awareness of an NGO and a business
  • Understand the issues involved in sustainable dairy, socially aligned sourcing and low-carbon manufacture