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“I made an appointment to speak with Richard Miller, WV Emergency Management Program director, and now have my course-generated donor materials ready to share with him. Thank you, Tim!” Astrid Grigsby, farmer, West Virginia.
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In this video, Tim gives a two minute summary on what this online workshop is for and how it works. Working side-by-side with him, you will develop a climate adaption farm plan in 8 weeks.
Tim Magee is an internationally recognized climate cjange adaption trainer who has over 20 years of experience in designing climate change and climate change adatation plans. Mr. Magee is CSDi’s Executive Director, and the author of A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation, Routledge, Oxford, England.
Tim Magee here from the Center for Sustainable Development, where for over twenty years, I’ve worked with farmers and communities through our workshops to tackle the farming challenges of drought, floods, and heat waves—by using climate smart agriculture practices that improve soil health, manage water, and help farmers adapt.
But the workshop that I’m introducing to you today focuses on regenerative agriculture, which improves soil and ecosystem health by restoring degraded land using nature’s natural processes.
If you’ve noticed longer dry spells and unpredictable rainfall affecting your crops, or fields that have lost topsoil and no longer hold water like they used to—these could be early signs of what’s to come in the future. These are the kinds of challenges we’ll explore together—and find ways to handle—throughout this workshop.
The good news is that the solutions to these challenges are here now: simple, affordable, regenerative agriculture techniques that can turn your farming challenges around.
In our 8-week online workshop, I’ll personally guide you step-by-step to create your own Regenerative Agriculture Plan—a plan that fits your farmlands, your budget, and your production goals.
The first step in the workshop is to meet with fellow farmers to have an open discussion about emerging climate-related farming challenges. Having a discussion like this allows you to see your challenges from different points of view—a truly valuable learning experience.
Astrid, a farmer from West Virginia, shared this: “This workshop was the catalyst for me connecting with my neighbors—which helped me to build out a regenerative agriculture plan that everyone was excited about.” Read more about Astrid’s experiences just below this video.
These discussions will help you clarify your top priority challenge that we will then work on together. You might decide to focus your plan on improving soil health by integrating cover crops or reduced tillage.
Or, you might focus on water management with contour terracing or rainwater harvesting.
Whichever project you decide on, we will show you tricks to finding solutions that are road-tested by other folks in situations like yours: affordable, do-it-yourself, common-sense solutions that have come from country wisdom and know-how.
And I have some more good news: In our experience, frequently the simplest and lowest-cost solutions are going to give you the biggest bang for your buck. They should be the first jobs that you tackle.
Your next step in the process will be to put together—as an example—a soil restoration section for your plan, with simple step-by-step activities that will guide you in launching the process of restoring your soil and then maintaining your soil’s health for the long term.
During the workshop, you will also join a community of like-minded people that you can share ideas and stories with during our weekly group Zoom chat.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a complete, ready-to-use plan that you can implement immediately—or use for presentations to funding agencies.
This workshop gives you the tools you need—whether you are a farmer or a rancher. It’s practical, it’s affordable, and it offers regenerative farming practices you can start applying right away.
So, if you’re ready to future-proof your farm and take real action, join me. Let’s build your regenerative agriculture plan—together.
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been working with farmers and rural communities for 20+ years—and I love it. I can’t wait to meet you and get started working together.
Thank you.
Are you a market gardener or subsistence farmer wanting to find climate solutions for making your farm more climate resilient?
Are you a farmer hoping to find ways to make your farm more climate resilient & able to adapt to climate change impacts?
Are you a rancher wanting to make your rangelands safe and productive for your herds in a changing climate?
Are you a local government wanting to find agricultural climate solutions for building a climate resilient community?
“This course was the catalyst for me connecting with my neighbors. I did and worked to build out a local climate action plan project that everyone was excited about.
Without the course, I wouldn’t have started the conversations to look at climate resilience in our community.
I am SO grateful to have started these conversations: wonderful, hopeful conversations with neighbors, community members, and potential partners over the last two weeks. I made several awesome new connections because this course made me start these conversations in an organized way, and I feel more connected to the people on Peters Mountain who have shared concerns and hope for how to adapt to our changing climate.
I spoke with Kathy Emery from WV’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), who is currently helping solidify a list of potential funding sources on a federal and state level based on her experiences with similar projects. I am meeting with her again later this week to go over project specifics.
I also spoke with local farmer Rhonda Dortch, who has received grant funding for her livestock watering project at her own farm and has offered assistance and editing help as I reach out to funders and partners.
From encouragement during the course to approach a donor, I made an appointment to speak with Richard Miller, WV Emergency Management Program area emergency management director, and now have my course-generated donor materials ready to share my project details with him.
Thank you, Tim!”
Astrid Grigsby
“After completing the program I received a $40K Grant for my Climate Action Plan. The workshop helped me develop a climate change adaptation project
which I then submitted to a donor–GEF. After a few consultation meetings with GEF, they informed me that they were willing to fund the project by granting me the $40,000 I requested!
I enjoyed everything about the course. It really was interesting especially talking to communities about changes in the environment that were linked to climate change and having to research on solutions that could be used for the communities.”
Loraine Sivo
Nonprofit Conservation Project Manager
“Thank you for all your effort in putting together a great program and all of the program resources. I look forward to the opportunity to work with you again.
Thank you for everything – for making this possible, for your guidance, and for your continuous optimism and encouragement.
Wye Yee Yong
“I just want to take this opportunity to complement you on the practical ideas, knowledge and vast experience that you continue to share with us on each assignment.
Many times your examples are the solution of choice for our community. I have been provided with constant support, practical solutions suitable for my project, feedback specific to our project submissions and unwavering encouragement.”
Gillian Primus
How many hours per week does the course require to complete successfully? The time investment required is only 1 to 1-1/2 hours per week.
The first assignment involves meeting with a small group of people to get a sense of what challenges community members are facing due to a changing climate. So, that will take more than an hour, but you have three weeks to complete the first assignment.
What is the duration of the workshop? The workshop lasts for 8 weeks.
Is there interaction between the course instructor and the student? Yes, each assignment turned in by a student is carefully read by the instructor. The course facilitator will make constructive suggestions for each assignment. Students are encouraged to communicate by email with the instructor during the duration of the course with comments or questions.
There is also a weekly Zoom meeting with participants so that they can ask questions about their specific project.
Is there any prior sustainable agriculture experience needed? The workshop’s training materials have been designed to be accessible to all experience levels. There is no sustainable agricultural expertise needed to enjoy full participation in the program.
Will I need to purchase any books prior to the course? No, there are no additional costs beyond the course fee. You will not need to purchase any books prior to, during, or after the course. All the information you will need can be found at the website.
A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation, written by the instructor, Tim Magee, is provided as a PDF for each participant. The book’s example project is a climate smart agricultural plan.
Group collaboration & remote participation. If you’re joining the workshop as part of a group of community members, most collaboration is done by e-mail and Zoom calls. As a group, one person will be designated as the person to hand in the homework assignments each week. Each member of the group needs to work on the same project together.
Frequently, group members divide an assignment into parts and share them between the members. Although one group member will be the instructor’s contact person, all of the group members are welcome to join in on the weekly Zoom meeting.
Is the course relevant for small farms / large farms? Yes. All materials are scalable and include examples from smallholder, mid-sized, and larger operations.
Can I apply for funding using the plan I create? Absolutely. In the final week, you will have a basic plan and will be encouraged to approach a donor for preliminary a meeting. In the second course of this program, OL 242, you will develop a full set of the traditional documents that donors require.
Refund Policy. 100% refunds are granted with a written cancellation request received up to 24 hours prior to the start of the course.
Will I get a certificate at the end of the workshop? Yes, individuals and group members who successfully complete the workshop and submit your plan on time will receive a PDF course certificate
8 Weeks | Hands-On
This is a program on planning, funding, launching, and managing a climate adaptation farm plan with your rural community.
You will work hand-in-hand with community members in developing a plan to combat climate challenges due to global warming.
The program is designed to help both farmers and ranchers create climate adaptation plans that prepare communities for climate change. Weekly Zoom Chats will keep it real.
In designing a successful climate change action plan you will:
Each week we will have a group zoom meeting for questions and discussion.
Click the “Questions?” link just below to see a full course syllabus.
Learn by doing. This climate change adaptation program is for actually launching a climate adaptation farm plan in a real rural town.
In 8 weeks you will design a plan complete with solutions for your community’s climate challenges.
This is in preparation for the second course of the program where you will develop a full set of donor documents to present for funding.
Course participants have helped communities in North America, Europe, Australia, and Great Britain be prepared for climate issues magnified by climate change global boiling:
The course will lead you through the design and launch of a similar, real climate change adaptation project in your rural town.
Do you work in the Global South? This course is a better match.
This training program is led by a live teacher/consultant who will have weekly Zoom meetings with you and your course mates.
They will review each of your week’s activities and provide suggestions to make sure your outputs are actionable and fundable.
This course is also offered as a live workshop—perfect for staff or community members. Please contact us for more information.
$125.00
Instructor-Taught Online
8 Week Program
After enrolling, you will be sent a welcome email with login instructions.
Last Step: Your next step is to simply fill out the student information sheet to complete your registration.
INGOs: Are you with an international NGO working in the Global South? If so, this sister course is a better match for you: International Community Based Adaptation.
Climate Change Adaption Plan workshop resources include:
The instructor-led workshop includes a complimentary PDF eBook of A Field Guide to Community-Based Adaptation (a $40 value).
This textbook is based upon a developing an agricultural project.
The instructor-led workshop will provide one-on-one guidance in tandem with all of the downloadable course materials listed above. Your instructor will offer professional comments and encouragement for each of your assignments.
Each week we will have a group zoom meeting for questions and discussion.
Certificate: Upon completing the course and all 6 assignments, you will receive a PDF Certificate of Completion.
Tim Magee is an internationally recognized climate scientist, researcher, mentor, and trainer who has over 20 years of experience in designing climate change and disaster preparation action plans. Mr. Magee is CSDi’s Executive Director, and the author of A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation, Routledge, Oxford, England.
What is climate change? During the past 20 years, Mr. Magee has worked with 5,000 training participants from nonprofit organizations and NGOs in 154 countries on a wide range of projects and programs about people, the environment, and climate change adaptation. He has a background in renewable energy and wrote a pioneering book on passive solar energy for heating homes.
Mr. Magee has a degree in agriculture from Washington State University, a land-grant university.
Mr. Magee is available for 1) a live workshop with your group to develop your Climate Change Adaptation Plan or 2) to consult with you one-on-one about your Climate Adapration Plan. Contact us here for more information.
The resources include these templates to allow you to progress quickly on your plan:
The instructor-led course includes a complimentary PDF eBook of Tim Magee’s A Field Guide to Community-Based Adaptation (a $40 value).
This textbook is based upon a developing an agricultural project.
The instructor-led course will provide one-on-one instruction in tandem with all of the downloadable course materials listed above. Your instructor will offer professional comments and encouragement for each of your assignments.
Each week we will have a group zoom meeting for questions, sharing—and just getting to know each other.
Upon completing the course and all 6 assignments, you will receive a PDF Certificate of Completion.
Upon completing Write Your Climate Adaptation Plan, in next six week course you will use your climate adaptation plan’s design to develop the donor documents necessary to seek funding:
You will then have an introductory meeting with one of the traditional funding agencies that work with farmers and ranchers—such as the USDA.
Questions? For more information, contact us.
This program will work perfectly for creating a Local Climate Action Plan for your community whether you are a:
COMMUNITY
MEMBER
Are you a member of a community wanting to find climate solutions for building a stronger community?
NONPROFIT
ORGANISATION
Do you work for a nonprofit organization interested in developing a climate action plan for a stronger community?
TRIBAL
MEMBER
Are you a tribal community member wanting to find climate solutions for building a stronger community?
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
Are you a local government wanting to find climate change solutions for building a stronger community?
Are you a member of a community wanting to find climate solutions to global warming for building a stronger community?
Become part of the climate solution: Learn how to work with your community’s families, businesses, and civic leaders to design and launch a new climate action plan to prepare your community to be climate-ready. You will learn how to identify climate change solutions with success stories that have a proven track record for solving your community’s climate challenges.
Community Members
Benefits for Community Members
If you want to find solutions for challenges magnified by climate change, this training program will walk you through designing a climate action plan in a simple step-by-step approach. Each hands-on assignment is one concrete building block for your new action plan. You will be provided with proven templates for you to edit into your own plan. Your course instructor will answer your questions and will give constructive, helpful feedback on each one of your assignments.
A new climate action plan cannot only protect your community, it can benefit your community through improving the environment, boosting the local economy, creating jobs, and developing energy independence.
Do you work for a nonprofit interested in developing a climate action plan for a community?
Learn to prepare communities for climate change: Work with local community members to understand their climate challenges, needs, and personal interests and develop, fund, and launch a climate action plan. This is a hands-on course where you will get field experience solving challenges magnified by global warming and design a real, solution-oriented climate action plan in a real community. You will learn how to identify climate solutions for your community that have success stories showing a proven track record for solving your community’s climate challenges.
Nonprofit Organizations
Benefits for Nonprofit Organizations:
This program is perfect for nonprofit professionals who want to develop practitioner-level skills in developing local climate solutions. If you are a grant writer, nonprofit staff member, consultant, project manager—or executive director—you will develop real skills mastery. This course is just as relevant to a person considering a career transition into the nonprofit world and wanting to develop employable skills. Each hands-on, weekly assignment is one concrete building block for your new climate action plan. You will be provided with proven templates to edit into your own climate action plan. Your instructor will answer your questions and will give you a constructive, helpful consultation on each one of your assignments.
A new climate action plan cannot only protect your community, it can benefit your community through improving the environment, boosting the local economy, creating jobs, and developing energy independence.
Are you a member of a Tribal Nation wanting to find climate change solutions to global warming for building a stronger community?
This course is specifically for you: Write a Tribal climate Change Action Plan.
Learn to prepare communities for a changing climate: Learn how to work with your community’s families, businesses, and civic leaders to design and launch a new climate action plan to prepare your community to be climate-ready. You will learn how to identify climate solutions with success stories and that have a proven track record for solving your community’s climate challenges. You will be using your community’s expressed needs, interests, and traditional knowledge as a basis for identifying solutions: Your community members are already leaders on climate solutions for your tribal lands because they possess the knowledge of your land and culture.
Tribal Members
Benefits for Tribal Members:
If you want to find solutions for challenges magnified by climate change, this training program will walk you through designing a climate action plan in a simple step-by-step approach. Each hands-on assignment is one concrete building block for your new action plan. You will be provided with proven templates for you to edit into your own plan. Your course instructor will answer your questions and will give constructive, helpful feedback on each one of your assignments.
A new climate action plan cannot only protect your community, it can benefit your community through improving the environment, boosting the local economy, creating jobs, and developing energy independence.
Are you part of a local government wanting to find climate change solutions for a changing climate for building a stronger community?
Become part of the climate solution:
Learn how to work with your community’s families, businesses, and civic leaders to design and launch a new climate action plan to prepare your community to be climate-ready. You will learn how to identify climate solutions with success stories that have a proven track record for solving your community’s climate challenges. This course is designed to build your climate leadership abilities for advancing climate solutions in your community.
Local Governments
Benefits for Local Governments:
If you want to find solutions for challenges magnified by global warming, this training program will walk you through designing a climate action plan in a simple step-by-step approach. Each hands-on assignment is one concrete building block for your new action plan. You will be provided with proven templates for you to edit into your own plan. Your course instructor will answer your questions and will give you a constructive, helpful consultation on each one of your assignments.
A new climate action plan cannot only protect your community, it can benefit your community through improving the environment, boosting the local economy, creating jobs, and developing energy independence.
8 Weeks: What is climate change adaptation? Develop a real-life, local climate adaptation farm plan.
Week 1. Complete enrollment, meet your teacher, and explore the course resources. You will then have the next 3 weeks for Assignment One.
Week 2 & 3. Conduct a climate change conversation with community members to understand their needs, personal interests—and strengths! What is climate change adaptation?
Week 4. Clearly define your community and its overall agricultural climate challenge.
Week 5. Learn how to solve the challenge using locally-focused agricultural climate solutions.
Week 6. Make sure your plan will work by checking that your climate solutions have success stories that show a proven track record.
Week 7. Assemble a detailed outline for a local climate adaptation farm plan in preparation for a donor presentation.
Week 8. Share your project with your community and with a donor for feedback.
Then, enroll in Fund Your Climate Adaptation Farm Plan to develop a full set of donor documents:
Each week we will have a group zoom meeting for questions and discussion.
Please contact us with questions.
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