A learning group forms when members commit to meeting regularly at a fixed time. Members commit to spending a fixed amount of time each week to researching this topic and producing useful output (e.g. a white paper, a viable business plan, case studies when consulting/co-brainstorming for projects in need of input).

Learning groups are a fun way to harness social motivation to begin your climate journey, meet people interested in the same subarea of climate, and work towards a tangible result.

Gathering interest

If you have an idea for a learning group, post something on #learn-the-space to gather interest.

See what learning groups other people are interested in on this Slack thread.

Other ideas for learning groups:

• Climate adaptation — How can we help vulnerable areas adapt to the climate crisis?
• Deep dive into other solutions from Project Drawdown's sorted table of solutions

Forming the group

Once you've gathered enough evidence that there is interest:

• Create a Notion page for the group under this page (contact Eugene Kirpichov or Cassandra Xia if you need help creating the page)
• Advertise the group you've created on #learn-the-space
• Ask Eugene Kirpichov to add you to #learning-group-hosts

Running the group

Generally it's up to you to decide how to run the group, as long as it is action-focused (i.e. if group members are expected to do tangible work together and produce useful output).

However, you can find some best practices and ideas on #learning-group-hosts.