In this module, you will explore the rationale for working at the community level for climate change solutions and the basic principles for building effective and equitable approaches for doing so. You will apply what you have learned by reflecting on your own experience of “community” and by responding to a series of questions about basic principles of community climate solutions and how they manifest in a case study.

In this module, you will explore various theories about how communities work, what motivates them to come together to confront and find collective solutions to environmental and social problems, and the barriers that can keep them from doing so. You will apply what you have learned by exploring a number of case studies that illustrate these theories through examples from communities around the world and completing a quiz at the end of the module to assess your comprehension.

In this module you will explore the rationale for including the communities impacted by climate change in envisioning and enacting solutions and some of the methods you can employ for doing so. You will apply what you have learned by exploring a number of case studies that illustrate the power and potential pitfalls of these methods through examples from communities around the world and by completing a quiz at the end of the module to assess your comprehension.

In this module, you will explore community organizing strategies for defining and motivating collective action and techniques for effectively communicating and changing behavior to enact your movement’s climate change solutions. You will apply what you have learned by reviewing concrete examples and planning how you might use these organizing and messaging techniques to advance climate action where you live.