every one of us can do something effective to transition the planet to a climate stable one.
Combine everything above, and you reach a rather confusing status
when it comes to climate education.
Do we have a magic wand at Clidemy that we can swish and wish away the confusion?
Perhaps not. But we have a framework that we believe will provide
A clear motivation for hundreds of millions to get educated on climate action, and
Clear pathways and enablers to get such
education
We call it the 6E framework, because, well it comprises Six Es:
Let’s tell you what we mean by each, and why, together, they might just about be able to get a billion plus people in the world to get effective climate education.
In this context, we define effective education as that which will lead to actions having a positive impact on the environment and climate.
Here’s more about the 6Es. The rationale behind each E is that it should comprise a fundamental strong driver to move climate education ahead.
A key dimension of Clidemy will be to identify experts in various fields related to climate action - Eg: Solar power, Biofuels, Electric vehicles etc.
Once identified, the Clidemy platform will leverage their expertise to provide effective education to those interested in their fields. Many of these experts are keen that their knowledge and expertise should benefit a wider section of the population, but there is currently no platform that enables them to do this.
Such education could include physical classroom courses - in the cities where the experts reside - as well as virtual education through online platforms.
Identifying them will not be easy as many of the climate action fields are just emerging, but this is hopefully where the Clidemy team’s background and network in the climate tech field could come in handy.
Who are the target audience?
Climate Tech Industry Professionals & Experts
What is the fundamental driver here?
A feeling of satisfaction (and some tangible incentives) for the experts to share their talent & knowledge.
Who needs climate education? Those who need climate jobs.
As simple as that.
At Clidemy, we are committed to develop an education backbone that can educate hundreds of millions on jobs that can get the planet healthy.
Who are the target audience?
Job seekers in select sectors
What is the fundamental driver here?
Jobs! Careers!
And then there are hundreds of millions of people - school & college students, adults, home makers, white collar professionals - who read about climate action but have not experienced it.
Reading might not be much of an education, but getting people through a sustained experience and hands-on training can be an education that can lead to a positive change in mindset followed by action.
Think of an urban couch potato spending a week at an organic farm, tending to the farm all by himself. At the very least, there is a pretty good chance that his definition of “environment” will expand beyond his couch.
Who are the target audience?
Engineers, school children, college students
What is the fundamental driver here?
Experiential education can be fun!
Executive Suite!
When it comes to climate action, those in the top management & leadership positions at corporations hold enormous leverage. After all, a very large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions come from the industrial sector, and the executive suite has the power to redesign, and even reset, operations and management to low carbon quickly.
Today, the global corporate top management has a clear imperative to move, and move fast, on climate action because there is the twin pressure on them - from the governments as well as the markets.
Who are the target audience?
Senior and top management in medium and large firms worldwide
What is the fundamental driver here?
Increasing demand for climate action from governments and markets.
If engineers can provide scalable solutions, entrepreneurs can provide scaled impact.
Entrepreneurs are driven. Given attractive business opportunities, they will somehow find 30 hours in a day to work.
Just imagine if these entrepreneurs are provided focussed education on attractive, impactful climate action opportunities.
Each of them will found a startup, give jobs to dozens, and his/her solutions could provide a positive impact to thousands.
Just imagine if we can ignite the fire in the belly for tens of thousands of entrepreneurs worldwide.
Who are the target audience?
Startups & Entrepreneurs
What is the fundamental driver here?
Business opportunities
Catch them young.
Educate them when education is their only “work”.
We are talking about school children.
Today, schools worldwide are quite clueless on the need for, and a way to provide, climate education.
There are over 750 million school going children worldwide.
Imagine if we can figure out a clear way by which schools can impact effective climate education. We can suddenly reach over 750 million people for whom education is the main thing in their lives!
750 million minds that can be moulded to become far more environment, planet and climate conscious adults.
Who are the target audience?
School Children
What is the fundamental driver here?
Education is something they undergo everyday!
Each of the 6 Es has the potential to drive climate education because each is able to offer unique benefits to the target segment We are confident that the 6E framework lays a strong foundation for a large, scalable effort for effective climate education worldwide.
