Module 4: Peer Action November
Your time to dive deeper & get creative!
After 2 months of guided learning in Sep & Oct, we invite you to dive deeper into the field in what we refer to as ‘Peer Action November’. In short, you will have 4 weeks to organize in groups of 2-5 people, either realizing a change project of your choice or embark on a peer learning deep dive, zooming in on a particular topic within the field. This page is meant to guide you through the process & explore the different options.
🎈What are the options?
You can choose between 2 pathways:
Propose or join an idea & find a way to realize the project within 4 weeks. It is important that the project has an appropriate scale for the group to realize. Some broad examples include:
Presenting your project/startup/idea to NEIII advisors/partners in an interactive way
Creating an impact investing guide for individuals in the New England area
Prototyping a new product idea or process that you will propose to your employer
A resource base that further explores a particular topic from the course
Starting to build a utopia around bioregional finance in your bioregion
Designing a game to inform others about the flaws of the economic system & how money functions in the world
..Any other idea you'd like to explore with your co-fellows
We leave this option very open for you to create and explore together, using the time to work on it with others in your group. Make sure to ask for feedback from the Fellowship cohort and others from our community.
Embark on a peer learning deep dive that will allow you to focus on one particular topic in the field, together with a group of peers. You could, for example, set up a regular co-learning space, split up readings & present to each other & discuss your learnings. Options include, but are not limited to:
Carbon Trainings
CLT (Carbon Literacy Project) - 8 hours, free training, with a community of practitioners
Climate Literacy & Action for All - online 4-week training program, free, certificate
CFA Climate Investing or ESG study materials (google drive)
CSRD Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting - IFRS Credential
Global Alliance for Banking on Values (videos)
GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Training (resources available for free)
IFRS Foundation's Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (resources available for free)
MIT’s Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered (free course)
Luxemborough Sustainable Finance Initiative (database of trainings)
Oxford Center for Sustainable Finance trainings
Introduction to Sustainable Finance Course (online) - free to £500
PRI Academy - Course Listing
Principles of Sustainable Finance (free coursera course)
SASB and TCFD Training - course
Sustainability Basecamp - a systemic introduction to sustainability by oikos
UNDP SDG Finance Academy (multiple free courses). Examples
Unlocking Private Capital for SDG Investment
US SIF Training - https://www.ussif.org/courses - Prior Notes
Or… suggest your own!
Please put your idea ob the dedicated space on miro & later sign up your group here so we can see who already has a group
In December, when we are back together, we’ll have some time where you can share about your project, your learnings, and the skill sessions you organized in November.
👨👨👦👦👨👨👧👧What’s the process?
Starting in October, after 4 weeks of diving into the program, you will receive an invitation to start reflecting on a project you’d like to realize or a topic you would like to learn more about. We will gather those ideas & concrete proposals on a miro board & observe if clusters emerge.
In a second step, we call forward concrete proposals & idea givers, meaning there should be a concrete frame of a project (which might still shift over time) or approach to the peer study group (eg. one of the proposed programs you will go through together). People can then sign up for the emerging options & form a group. Once all groups have taken shape, we will create a communication channel on our community whatsapp for you. No worries, we will make sure that everyone finds a space :)
From here, once November started, you are invited to self-facilitate, find moments to meet & decide how you would like to go about the process. We are of course available if you have any questions throughout the process. There's a zoom room available for you which you can use for your meetings.
How to use the zoom space & open breakouts
This zoom link will give you direct access to the zoom room.
In case multiple groups are meeting at the same group or you want to split up, you have the option to claim host & self-organize using the breakout rooms that we have created.
To be able to open the breakouts, one of you will first have to claim host privileges. Use the code 217993 in the participant tab after clicking 'claim host' on the bottom. This will let you open up the Breakout Rooms. Be sure to set the breakout rooms to allow participants to choose rooms.
You will be invited to share your results and/or learnings in a practice space early December. The format of the presentation is very flexible & should not take longer than 5 min.
We expect a total time budget of 8-10 h per person for the month of November.
🎇🎉 What are the learnings?
We're happy to share the learnings, outcomes & resources from the different groups with you!
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