Color Your Organization Green
Interested in participating? Click here to be notified when applications open for the 2024 cohort!
The Accelerator’s Color Your Organization Green course is an opportunity for organizations that are motivated to take action on climate and looking for guidance on how to do so. Through participating in this program, organizations will…
Develop an understanding of the problems and opportunities that climate change poses for our region, through an intersectional, equity-focused lens;
Identify how they currently contribute to the climate crisis and corresponding quick wins and high-impact solutions that will mitigate their impact;
Create a strategy and vision to guide their organization in addressing the climate crisis over the long-term;
Connect to relevant resources and a network of like-minded organizations;
Begin moving toward their vision, implementing strategy, and measuring progress.
Course structure: Participating organizations will form an internal “green team,” made up of at least three individuals from their organization, including at least one executive-level staff member who has the power to implement change within the organization. A cohort of green teams from different organizations will move through the course together, attending a variety of in-person gatherings and virtual workshops.
Time commitment: The course will run from January-November 2023, including (1) a kickoff meeting, (2) the Climate Solutions Summit, (3) a summer social, (4) online workshops, and (5) a course completion celebration. Each change team is expected to dedicate 3-6 hours a month to the course (for meetings and assignments). All cohort gatherings will take place on Friday afternoons. See below for complete schedule.
Cost: To support the participation of a wide range of organizations, course fees will be on a sliding scale, based on annual budget size:
$2,000 for organizations with a budget of <$1M
$3,000 for organizations with a budget of $1-5M
$4,500 for organizations with a budget >$5M
For questions, contact André Primus at andre@climategfl.org or 585-981-8942
*Registration for the 2024 cohort will open in October 2023.
