How to understand & reduce carbon as a designer-maker
SELF-PACED, FOUR-PART PROGRAMME WITH CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR INCLUDED
WHEN
WHERE
TIME
COST
Immediate start
Online
4 x 90 min sessions
£350
£420 inc. VAT if payable
DEVELOPED WITH THE CARBON LITERACY PROJECT, THIS COURSE TAKES THE JARGON OUT OF THE SCIENCE AND THE PAIN OUT OF THE MATHS.
This course will teach you how to measure your carbon footprint, how to reduce your carbon footprint, and why the hell it matters. I have even created a carbon footprint calculator for designer-makers to take the pain out the maths and provide bespoke recommendations for how to reduce it. The programme will also give you the confidence to talk about the decisions you’re making around carbon in your marketing.
Does this sound like you?
You would love to reduce your carbon footprint, but if you’re really honest, you’re not even sure how to go about measuring it
You've heard terms like net zero, carbon negative/neutral/positive, scope 1, 2 and 3, and you're just not sure what they all mean
You know carbon plays a role in the climate crisis and you vaguely remember learning about the carbon cycle at school, but you'd love to be able to talk about it with a lot more confidence
Your clients, customers and stockists are starting to ask questions you just don't have the answers to
You've tried calculating your carbon footprint, but got lost in data and spreadsheets
Excel is not your happy place
A SELF-PACED, FOUR-PART PROGRAMME THAT WILL HELP YOU TO:
WHAT’S INCLUDED
4 x videos that were recorded with a live audience to give you a sense of energy and camaraderie
Module 1: Why carbon emissions and climate change are relevant to you and your clients and customers; What the craft and design industries can do to reduce carbon emissions and tackle climate change
Module 2: What greenhouse gases are and their relationship with climate change; How the climate is changing in different parts of the world and how we know this is caused by human activity; How these changes are likely to affect us in different parts of the world and within our business or creative practices
Module 3: How our actions impact the amount of greenhouse gases produces and how we can reduce them; Calculating your own carbon footprint; Scope 1,2 & 3 emissions and the difference between net zero and carbon neutral; The pros and cons of offsetting
Module 4: How you can do your bit to reduce your carbon footprint; The importance of meaningful, significant and material actions; Your personal and group action pledge; Getting certified
A user-friendly carbon footprint calculator created especially for designer-makers and based on gov.uk data
A ‘Read/Watch/Listen’ list of resources to explore for those who want to go deeper – kind of like the reading lists you largely ignored at art school or university, but more accessible for different learning styles and hopefully a whole lot more engaging
A calculator that not only gives you a score, but also lets you know how each part compares to the UK average with a RAG (red/amber/green) score, so you know which parts to address first
The opportunity to take additional live training to certify with the Carbon Literacy Project. (There is a £50 admin fee associated with each application)
Meet your instructor
Katie Treggiden
I once told a business mentor that my mission was to “inspire, educate and empower designer-makers to join the circular economy.”
He told me he didn’t think I was doing that. “What?!” I said. “I’ve written books, I’ve got a podcast, I give talks on the world’s stages, I write for everybody from The Guardian to Crafts Magazine – what more can I do?!” I responded, slightly affronted.
“Oh, you’re inspiring them, for sure,” he said. “But what about the educate and empower part? What about the ‘how’?”
He was right of course and in that moment Making Design Circular was born.
I have since interviewed hundreds of designers, makers, artists and craftspeople about their sustainability journeys and beta-tested everything in the membership, short courses and 1:1 nature-informed coaching offer with brave souls who saw me embark on my own “progress over perfection” journey.
I have seen first-hand the transformation this work has had for those who have joined so far – and I want that for you too.
YOUR INVESTMENT
One-time payment
£350 one-off payment
£420 inc. VAT if payable
4-part payment plan
4 x £87.50 (p/m)
4 x £105 inc. VAT if payable
