In just a few days, (5 March), the first Climate Coaching Action Day will take place.
Some events have already taken place in the lead-up, such as briefings from Climate Change Coaches on the kinds of topics coaches might encounter in a coaching conversation about climate crisis, and through the Academy of Executive Coaching exploring how coaches might respond to the climate crisis.
On the day, events include a business-focused session from Heather Burns, founding CEO of the Connecticut Sustainable Business Council.
The Climate Coaching Action Day initiative was launched by Coaching at Work as part of its mission to step up its response to the climate crisis. Other moves have included going digital-only to reduce its carbon footprint.
“We’ve been very heartened by the energy and creativity we’ve seen in the lead-up to the day, from coaches, coach educators and professional bodies, and from outside the coaching profession too. And it’s not just people from the UK taking part, we’ve got people from Greece and the US on board among others. We truly hope this becomes a regular global event,” said Liz Hall, Coaching at Work editor.
Building on previous climate coaching related editorial content including eight years’ of columns on this issue from Neil Scotton, Coaching at Work will continue to include other articles, including a forthcoming series on building your climate coaching business from Heather Burns.
- For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/2LV63Vc
Get involved
Join us on social media, to see what others are doing and share what you’re doing.
- Facebook Climate Coaching Day group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClimateCoachingActionDay/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8869975/
- Twitter @Climatecoachday
4 March
- 12.30-14.00 GMT
l 1st webinar in Climate Coaching series from the EMCC to mark Climate Coaching Action Day, with Zoe Cohen Zoe.Cohen@shinecoachingandconsultancy.co.uk
On the day
5 March
- 24-hour global conversation
Via Climate Coaching Alliance around how we respond to the emergency, how we work with clients, and nurture ourselves, and others. The conversation will be hosted by people all over the world at different times, including Coaching at Work editor, Liz Hall http://bit.ly/37XJJ5D
- 8.20-9.00 GMT
Join Mark McMordie and Liz Hall for a guided online mindfulness practice to mark the start of the Day, helping participants set a clear intention and find voices: https://lnkd.in/dPC66gv
- 10.00-11.30 GMT
Free Alarmed to Activated, Get into Action Workshop for coaches and the public, with Emily Buchanan and Ruth Sprinter http://bit.ly/2TeL9DD
The Climate Coaching Action Day Coachathon
Offering pro-bono coaching around climate change, on or around the day
- 12.30-14.30 GMT
Join Linda Aspey for an interactive session on psychological defences & coping strategies in climate & ecological crisis: http://bit.ly/2SVsw8H
- 13.00-14.00 GMT
Join Heather Burns online for a session on The Business of Climate Coaching™: Find Your Legs in the Marketplace, to learn a few essential industry concepts to apply to feel more confident in your climate coaching http://bit.ly/38Zk3ai
- 14.30-15.30 GMT
Join Liz Hall & Charly Cox online to kick-start your climate coaching. http://bit.ly/2Terofg
- 15.00-16.30 GMT
Join five other coaches and Climate Change Coach Sarah Flynn for a free mentor coaching session to develop your coaching skills on climate change. http://bit.ly/2TeL9DD
- 18.00 GMT
Join Angelos Derlopas and Maureen Purcell for a Climate Action discussion: ‘Doing good’ vs ‘Avoiding bad’, exploring issues such as how coaches can raise awareness on climate, and what first behavioural change we can make. Register: http://bit.ly/2uvIxsG
After the day
10 March
- 13.00-14.00 GMT
Debriefing for coaches in the initiative, with Amanda Devine and Zoe Greenwood http://bit.ly/2TeL9DD
- 16.20-17.00 GMT
Health and Wellbeing at Work conference paper at NEC by Prof Stephen Palmer, Can coaching assist in tackling climate change worries and ecoanxiety? http://bit.ly/3ck8i0a
23 April
- 10.00-13.00 GMT
Join Anna Sheather to explore climate change and emotions through art-based coaching, at Sarum College, Salisbury http://bit.ly/2T1NTVU
April – date tbc
2nd EMCC Climate Coaching series webinar, with Peter Hawkins: peter.hawkins@renewalassociates.co.uk
4 May
- 12.30-13.30 GMT
3rd EMCC Climate Coaching series webinar, with Charly Cox and Zoe Cohen charly.cox@charlycox.com
19 June
- 12.30-13.30 GMT
4th EMCC Climate Coaching series webinar, with Linda Aspey linda@aspey.com
1 July
- 13.00-14.00 GMT (or 14.30)
5th EMCC Climate Coaching series webinar, with Alison Whybrow alison@alisonwhybrow.com
Forthcoming (dates tbc)
- Kate Oldridge is lining up a series of interviews exploring the role of executive coaches in responding to the climate crisis, with leading thinkers in climate adaptation and leadership including Mac Macartney (speaker, writer, activist) and Mike Barry, senior associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and former director of sustainable business at Marks & Spencer.