For 15 years, we’ve helped individuals & nonprofits learn how to create successful solutions to the most important challenges we face.
Find climate solutions that work
Help your community write, fund, and launch their climate action plan in this in these hands-on courses.
Create with traditional knowledge
Discover climate solutions to help tribal members combat global warming in this live teacher-led course.
Learn what a donor wants to see
Develop a donor presentation and have an exploratory donor meeting. Use their input to perfect proposal.
See what it takes to get started
For long term sustainability, engage community members in the launch. They will become project stewards.
Design a community project
How to develop solution-oriented programs for the needs of your community.
Fund your project
Develop funding tools: logframes, budgets, schedules, and 1 two-page fact sheet.
Launch your project
Long-term sustainability & impact: Fully engage the community in their project.
Manage your project
For long term sustainability, engage community members in the launch.
Perfect for your web presence
Tune up your marketing plan, newsletters & website to motivate online donors.
Quick, self-paced masterclass
Develop donor-focused newsletters and web pages for your organizational needs.
Fund, launch & manage a project
Design a nonprofit project to attract donor funding & manage it for increased impact.
Help international communities
For long term sustainability, engage community members in the launch.
Teach families to grow food
Ideal for individuals, families, & nonprofits. Grow food for family nutrition.
Start container gardening
Teach at-risk urban families to grow fresh nutritious vegetables in small places.
Launch a community garden
Learn how to start a community food garden for schools, senior centers, and at-risk families.
Sun, soil, water, plants, and pests
How to care for the gardens that you have planted and how to plan for next season.
Community Based Adaptation
How to design & run a real climate change project in a real community.
Learn what a donor wants to see
Develop funding tools: log frames, budgets, schedules and fact sheets.
See what it takes to get started
Long-term sustainability and impact: Fully engage community in their project.
Include the community
Sustainability: Give the community a plan for project takeover and management.
Find climate solutions that work
How to develop solution-oriented programs for the needs of your community.
Create with traditional knowledge
Develop funding tools: log frames, budgets, schedules, and two-page fact sheets.
Learn what a donor wants to see
Long-term sustainability and impact: Fully engage community in their project
See what it takes to get started
Long-term sustainability: give the community a plan and training for project takeover.
Agriculture in a changing climate
Discover specific food & income challenges & find sustainable solutions.
Learn how to prepare a community
Design a DRR program to protect agriculture, livelihoods, and save lives and communities.
International Food Security
Reduce hunger and malnutrition. Launch food gardens for at-risk families.
Protection and supply
Develop a community water management plan to protect and provide and then launch it!
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Link skeptics and believers
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How to communicate with skeptical communities about climate change.
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How you as an individual can create a personalized climate action plan.
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Transformative solutions at your fingertips
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