TRAINING
Choose the Right Training for You
🌟An Introductory Class that gives an overview with actionable take-aways
🌟A topic-focused Course that dives deeper and helps you customize which solutions work best for your situation
🌟An Incubator that considers your entire organization where you create a customized plan and are provided implementation mentorship
All of our training is designed for you to
take immediate action
Introductory 1-Hour Classes
We invite you to get to know us better. Take a free class to pick up some tips you can apply immediately.
These live Zoom classes are offered monthly. Current topics include:
Attract Funding
Elements of a Dream Team
Community Engagement Principles
What Organizations Need to Inspire Local Climate Action
4-Week Courses
Learn, share and create a Customized Implementation Playbook in each of these “skill building” courses
Whether you are a non-profit leader of an existing organization that needs a boost or are looking to start a new organization, this 4-week course will give you the guidance needed to fund your efforts.
Stop wasting precious time and avoid team burn-out implementing your mission without sufficient funding. Execute a well-developed fundraising plan that will help you make more of an impact in your community.
You will learn:
Why Funding is Essential
How Much Funding is Needed
The Difference between Restricted vs. Unrestricted Funding
Various Sources of Funding
Cost/Benefit of Various Funding Approaches
Aside from Funding, Staffing is often one of the primary reasons that existing grassroots organizations are unable to build long-lasting programs and sustainable organizations. This 4- week course will give you the guidance needed to staff your efforts in the best way to achieve your organization’s goals.
You will learn:
Why Solid Staffing is Essential
What Staff (roles) are Needed
The Difference between Paid and Unpaid (volunteer including advisors/board) Staff
Various approaches to Staff recruitment
How to build a complementary Staff
How systems and processes make for efficient operations
And much more…
Engaging your Community around Climate Action or Sustainability is not easy. But if your Mission is to move climate action forward within your residential neighborhoods, effective Community Engagement is necessary.
You will learn:
The various Phases of Community Engagement
How to create a plan based on your community
Various Community Engagement Approaches
Staffing and Funding requirements for Various Approaches
Cost/Benefit of Various Community Engagement Approaches
And much more…
Incubators
Join the GCC Incubator to launch, grow, and sustain a local climate-focused organization that delivers measurable impact. Strategies for overcoming the common challenges of funding, staffing, community engagement and others are covered.
With our turn-key training approach, leaders are equipped to ‘hit the ground running’ with the practical examples, templates and customized implementation Playbook provided in the 12-week course. Paired with a year-long mentorship and graduate networking platform, graduates are fully supported to pursue their goals.
Winter, Spring & Fall cohorts
Green Community Catalysts (GCC) is proud to partner with Mass Energize (ME), a leader in community engagement tools and services. We’ve bundled our Incubator with Mass Energize’s platform licenses, templates and expertise to make deploying your community engagement communication easy.
Offered Spring 2026 only
Participate in the Green Impact Project (GIP), our free sustainability-focused leaders forum, to exchange ideas and resources with like-minded sustainability leaders from various communities.
See what we’re discussing this month.