IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training (application form)

The Co-operators and The Natural Step are partnering to offer you IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training! This series of two-day trainings will be offered across Canada and focuses in two areas: developing your sustainability project and realizing your leadership potential using The Natural Step Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development. 

This complete program includes:

• Two days of sustainability and leadership training, with passionate sustainability champions
• Feedback on your project from peers and mentors during the training
• Connection with fellow participants and IMPACT! alumni on the IMPACT! community website
• Mentoring from a sustainability professional for four months after the training
• Reunion event four months after the training to discuss progress and lessons learned
• Eligibility to apply for IMPACT! Funding once a year

 To ensure a quality learning environment, participation is limited to 30 spaces in each city. The participant cost is only a $50 commitment fee and entrance fee bursaries are available based on need. All participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements and costs. To ensure a quality learning environment, participation is limited to 30 spaces.

Click here to fill out the  IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training application form.

 Application Deadlines

Click on the city links to see specific details for that training

For additional information contact Anouk Bertner at emergingleaders(at)naturalstep.ca 

IMPACT! The Co-operators Youth Program for Sustainability Leadership includes national conferences, an online community space, the IMPACT! Fund for project grants, and now, regional hubs created through the IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Trainings in partnership with The Natural Step Canada.  

The goal of The Natural Step Canada’s Emerging Leaders Program is to unleash the power of young leaders to catalyze change toward sustainability. The IMPACT! Sustainability Champions training is designed to provide tools, coaching, and support to participants as they lead change toward sustainability in their networks and communities.