Turning climate knowledge into confident classroom teaching. A curriculum-aligned, classroom-ready professional development program for secondary educators that builds confidence to teach climate change clearly, constructively and with practical solutions.

Our online Carbon Literacy course is a blended learning experience, with self-study elements alongside 2 half days virtual training, and is relevant climate change learning for everyone. Accredited by the UK-based Carbon Literacy Project (CLP), the course brings together information, videos, science backed data and online measurement and simulation tools to build a comprehensive understanding of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions and their sources.

This training is an important professional development opportunity for teachers to build confidence delivering climate change-related curriculum clearly, accurately and constructively. It is designed to align with both the Australian Curriculum and the NZ Curriculum and includes ready-to-use classroom resources and practical teaching ideas you can apply straight away.

The engaging and interactive training allows participants to map their own carbon footprint, and gain the understanding and motivation to reduce personal and school-based emissions. It also supports teachers to translate climate knowledge into empowering, solutions-focused learning that builds student agency.

This course is developed collaboratively with educators and tailored to the secondary school context to support teachers to identify practical steps they can take in their classroom, school and wider community.

By the end of the course you will:

• Understand the basics of climate change science and how we know it’s a problem

• Understand how climate change is impacting us all now and how it will in the future

• Have explored pathways to a net-zero world, including systemic and individual solutions

• Be able to identify practical actions you can take personally and within your school community, as well as confidently bring climate learning into your teaching

Who should attend:

This training is suitable for secondary school educators, particularly teachers of:

• Geography

• Science

• Earth and Environmental Science

• Agriculture

• and other subjects addressing climate change, its consequences and management

It’s also valuable for:

• Curriculum leaders and Heads of Department supporting climate-related teaching and learning

• Sustainability coordinators and wellbeing leads embedding whole-school climate action

• School leadership teams looking to build climate capability across staff

At the end of the course, participants are asked to submit evidence of learning and actions from the course by setting out an action plan to reduce their emissions and influence others to take action. This is then submitted to the Carbon Literacy Project for evaluation, for a Carbon Literacy certificate to be issued.

Course details

• Duration: One Day (8 PD hrs)

• Structure: 2 hours (online self-study modules) + 3 x 2 hour virtual sessions 

• Virtual session 1: Monday 20th July, 2026 4pm - 6pm AEST

• Virtual session 2: Monday 27th July, 2026 4pm - 6pm AEST

• Virtual session 3: Monday 3rd August, 2026 4pm - 6pm AEST

ACTS member discount

Staff and students of ACTS member organisations can access discounted registration to Carbon Literacy Training. Please contact us to confirm the discount code and receive $50 off!