GBRI Climate Change Ambassador Program: Empowering Minds, Inspiring Change
Start your journey today to become a GBRI CERTIFIED Climate Change Ambassador and share your digital badge with your professional network.
Climate change affects not just our planet but also the fabric of our society—altering everything from individual well-being to ecosystem health. Taking action starts with gaining comprehensive knowledge.
Introducing GBRI’s Climate Change Ambassador Program, designed with a tiered-badging system that encourages continuous learning and action. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or a committed environmental advocate, this program offers a curated set of resources to elevate your understanding and enable you to act as a true ambassador for the planet.
How it Works?
The program operates on a self-paced, four-tiered system
Level Zero
Warrior Level
Champion Level
Ambassador Level
Each level beyond Zero features a collection of courses, articles, and actionable exercises. As you complete these components, you’ll earn points and a certificate of completion for each individual action. Successfully complete all components within a level to earn a specialized climate change badge—Warrior, Champion, or Ambassador—that validates your commitment and knowledge.
Join our 7,14- and 21-day challenge.
Watch our webinar ‘Climate Change and You’ to earn your Climate Change Trailblazer badge. This initial step paves the way towards your journey to becoming a GBRI Certified Climate Change Ambassador.
Welcome to the next stage of your journey towards becoming a well-informed and proactive Climate Change Ambassador. In this level, we delve deeper into the multifaceted issues surrounding climate change, from basic scientific principles to its social and economic ramifications. The courses in this level are meticulously designed to offer a well-rounded perspective, providing not just knowledge but also sparking the critical thinking needed to engage meaningfully with the challenges at hand.
You’ll learn about the fundamental science behind climate change in ‘Climate Change – Get the Basics Right.’ Explore the health implications with an expert in ‘Climate Change and health: a lunchtime chat with Dr. Joan Schiller.’ Contemplate responsibility and accountability with courses like ‘Climate Change: Not My Problem (But Whose Is It?)’ and ‘Outsourcing Pollution: Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?’.
We also venture into specialized domains, examining the sustainability of our oceans, the burgeoning field of cultivated meat, the ethics of travel, and the roles different industries play in exacerbating or mitigating climate change.
By completing these courses, you are not just enriching your understanding but also equipping yourself to be part of meaningful dialogues and actions that can lead to lasting change.
Climate Change and You: Is it End Game Now?
Climate Change & You – Let’s Get the Basics Right
This is a quick refresher course on the basics of Climate Change
Dark Skies Contribute To A Brighter Future
Don’t be a Tourist: How to make your world travels experience sustainable
Vroom:The Automobile Industry’s role in reducing global warming and climate change
Learn more through GBRI’s new article on this topic. You may download this article on your favorite device and read on-the-go. Please don’t forget to take the quiz to earn Continuing Education (CE) credits for this article.
Did you complete Level 1 ?
Congratulations on completing this robust set of courses and broadening your knowledge on various facets of climate change. As you stand at this milestone, we invite you to pause and reflect on what you’ve learned. Take a moment to share your badge on social media with the hashtag #GBRIClimateAmbassador, showcasing your commitment to sustainable living. We also encourage you to visit our Meaningful Action page to share a short paragraph on your most significant takeaway from this level. Your insights will not only reinforce your own understanding but could also inspire others to embark on this journey towards a more sustainable future. With this badge in your repertoire, you are now one step closer to becoming a GBRI Certified Climate Change Ambassador. Are you ready to continue the quest? The next level awaits you with more intriguing courses and meaningful actions to explore!
Climate Change and You: Is it now or never for India?
Watching this course will allow participants to earn the Climate Change Trailblazer badge. This serves as the first step towards becoming a GBRI certified Climate Change Ambassador.
Architecture and Carbon: The Odd Couple Destined for Partnership
Ever wonder about the odd couple, Architecture and Carbon, and how they interact with each other online and offline? Are they compatible with each other? Will the current carbon emissions trend overhaul their relationship and is their relationship sustainable? Find these answers and more in this in-depth article.
How The Government Is Revitalizing Energy Communities And Tackling The Climate Crisis – Is It Enough?
With over $37 billion in immediately available funding, the Working Group has a chance to make a huge impact on the lives of people in priority communities as well as our environment. One question remains – are we doing enough to fight climate change?
Climate Justice – A Multigenerational Global Civil Rights Issue
In this article, we dig deep into the climate justice movement, uncovering the priorities it aims to assert, as well as examples of climate injustice and the activists who are fighting to stop them.
Oceans In Crisis: The Blame Game
In light of the recently released Netflix documentary, SeaSpiracy, we have taken a deep dive into understanding the status of our oceans. Learn more about the controversy behind oceanic preservation and the blame game it has created under part 2 of this series.
Revolutionary Outcomes Of Cop26 What The Annual Meeting Means For Our Future
In this article, we review what was discussed, the outcomes of these negotiations, and where we can expect to go from here.
Caffeine: How Your Morning Coffee And Tea May Be Lacking Sustainability
This article isn’t to scare you off from your cup of joe, but to instead educate you that your caffeine intake may be hurting others and the environment just as much as it’s keeping you addicted.
The Paris Agreement: Is it an Overly Optimistic Pledge?
In this lesson you will understand the role of countries as it relates to the Paris Agreement
Capturing Carbon From The Air Might Solve The Climate Crisis
Read on to find out how Direct air capture, or DAC works, what the benefits and draw
Are India’s Plastic Roads the Solution to the World’s Plastic Waste Epidemic?
Are India’s plastic roads the solution to world’s plastic waste epidemic? Learn more through this article written by Pooja Jain and Diana Webb.
Oceans In Crisis: The Importance Of Taking Action
In light of the recently released Netflix documentary, SeaSpiracy, we have taken a deep dive into understanding the status of our oceans. Our oceans are a vast and crucial part of Earth’s ecosystem, but they are not infinite.
Natural Gas: Is It A Clean Fuel?
What’s the relationship between natural gas and the environment? What about natural gas and health? Let’s discuss.
Accelerating the Path to “Green” through ESG Disclosure
Minimalism — What is it and is it for you?
In this article, you’ll learn about the benefits of minimalism and who can gain the most from it.
Tiny Homes — Is it for You?
Learn what a tiny house is, its advantages and disadvantages, and how green it is to determine whether the lifestyle would fit you. Perhaps you’ll end up joining in on the movement.
Everything You Need to Know About Socially Responsible Investments
This article will explore each facet of SRI in order to inform anyone reading what SRI is and how it came around, what companies have SRI policies and why they’ve chosen to do so, what the future of SRI looks like, and several other aspects.
Impact Investing – What You Need to Know
This article will explore the phenomenon of impact investing and all its facets from the basic definition all the way to potential future of an impact investing network.
Living Sustainability With Pets: Reducing The Carbon Pawprints Of Our Furry Friends
This course(in article format) is an exploration of sustainability and its intersection with pets. Animal companions enrich peoples’ lives in a variety of unique ways, but it is up to owners to reflect that enrichment in a way that supports the health of this planet.
Back To The Basics: Embracing The Richness Of Traditional Knowledge For A “Greener” Earth
When Western science cannot explain particular environmental issues with hard core data, there is invaluable information that is never discovered. Indigenous people, on the other hand, rely on ingrained knowledge to assess the natural world. The knowledge is called by many names, but it is commonly referenced as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). Can we incorporate Indigenous Knowledge into Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Infrastructures?
Traveling Sustainably: Destination Case Studies & Lessons Learned
Under this session, Ross walks us through several case studies and lessons learned from his ongoing trip around the globe.
Climate Change Leaderboard
| # | Avatar | Name | badges | Climate Change Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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nandhinee-vkcaad-ac-in | 5 | 1330 |
| 2 |
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Abhilash Pusapally | 5 | 1100 |
| 3 |
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Revathi Sreekumar | 4 | 1070 |
| 4 |
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Naveen Djegadissane | 4 | 1070 |
| 5 |
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Ateet Singh | 4 | 1040 |
| 6 |
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Samyukta Vijay | 4 | 1030 |
| 7 |
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XAVIER | 5 | 970 |
| 8 |
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Mohamed Fendi | 5 | 940 |
| 9 |
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nehro.ali | 2 | 930 |
| 10 |
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Meera Mohan | 4 | 920 |
