Carbon literacy is an awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.
This online Carbon Literacy course has been specifically designed for primary healthcare staff. It has been designed to allow a clear path through the available information, but with opportunities to stop and explore, as the learner desires followed by a live workshop to help peer-to-peer support, ideas and discussion.
Covers the science of greenhouse gases, emissions and hotspots, the impact and focus on healthcare and GP practices and uses action planning to help you develop a plan for reduction to achieve better patient outcomes at a lower financial and carbon cost.
Becoming Carbon Literate requires a relative amount of hard work. Learning about climate change, for one, isn’t easy, but it’s the most important thing you’ll ever learn.
This carbon literacy course helps explain and understand:
•What greenhouse gases are and where they come from
•The impact on our climate, our planet and our patients
•The actions we can take today to reduce our emissions and prepare for the future
Covering the science and impact of climate change.
Self guided videos
Specific to the emissions footprint from the NHS and primary care.
Self guided videos
A live workshop will be run online for participants
To become carbon literate, an individual and a group action needs to be pledged which will lead to a significant reduction in carbon emissions.
This paperwork needs to be returned to carbon@seesustainability.co.uk within 2 weeks of completing the live workshop.
An overview of carbon literacy in 7 minutes and 20 seconds
and what it means for you in practice
With ‘Climate Change – The Facts’ presented by Sir David Attenborough
to provide an outline of climate change. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00049b1/climate-change-the-facts
More in-depth guide to greenhouse gases and climate science,
global warming potential of different gases
Covering the differences in global vulnerability and the anticipated impact of climate change in the UK and worldwide
Considering greenhouse gases emissions by sector,
who has reduced so far and what needs to happen next
Carbon footprint of healthcare/NHS, hotspots, impacts on health,
impacts on the health service, actions taken by the NHS,
health co-benefits of taking action
Carbon footprints of primary care
A live workshop will be run online for participants
We collect the pledge forms at the end of the course. These are required to be certified carbon literate.
The workbook is for your benefit only, and is not required for certification.
The decarbonisation guide is available for your use in your practice.
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Please email completed pledge forms to carbon@seesustainability.co.uk