JUST ONE THING
Trainings and Courses You Can Do.
University of Edinburgh: Offers free online courses on climate solutions, justice, and net-zero strategies.
University of Reading: Provides free short courses on weather, climate, and tackling environmental crises.
The Open University (OpenLearn): Features free courses on climate psychology, renewable energy, and ecology.
One Home & Others: Curates lists of free online courses from various providers on climate change basics.
Youth & Community: The British Red Cross offers resources and games for young people on climate adaptation and anxiety. Climate Emergency UK: Offers practical tools and training for local climate action.
Climate Ed: A charity providing free climate science and action education for children and cross-generational learning.
Carbon Literacy Project: Offers accredited training to help individuals and organizations understand and reduce their carbon footprint.
https://freecoursesinengland.co.uk/em-lc-climate-change-environmental-awareness-lv2/› This free online course is designed to provide you with an essential introduction to the principles of climate change and environmental awareness. This is provided by Uk Government.
Climate Action Network (CAN) trainings in the UK offer diverse opportunities, from formal university courses like the University of Leeds' module on turning anxiety into action, to practical local workshops by groups like Climate Action North, which focuses on CPD for businesses, and community-led initiatives from groups like Climate Action Leeds and Edinburgh Communities Climate Action Network (ECCAN) providing grassroots skills in areas like consensus building and local campaigning, often linking to larger networks like Friends of the Earth and their local branches for broader campaigns and resources.
As 2026 begins why not add to your knowledge base and do a training connected to climate matters. Many are free and cover a wide range of topics. Two of us are currently doing a free training with Tipping Point on 'movement organization' and mymothertree.com offer a training on finance. See below for a list of many more and do let us know how you get on.
JUST ONE THING IN JANUARY
JUST ONE THING IN FEBRUARY
Our Grandchildren's Climate is a member of Climate Coalition and in the spirit of collaboration this month we are joining their February action 'Show the Love' . With a grandchild or without, send a green heart to a local politician with a message about what is important to you about your community and environment. If you are not certain who to send it to, use the excellent Write To Them website, or from 14th February you can send a great heart postcard through the Climate Coalition Website. Let us know how you get on.
JUST ONE THING IN DECEMBER
December's Just One Thing is to read about or watch a video about organisations taking countries to Court in relation to climate protection being a human right.
The Good Law Project is working with Global Legal Action Network and the claimants SOS UK, Tipping Point and Save Hemsby Coastline (in Norfolk) to challenge the UK government. Keir Starmer’s climate framework is so full of holes that it breaches our right to family life. Nic Harries (Our Grandchildren's Climate Board and Executive member) has condensed the 82 pages into a short document. The case has implications for many places along the UK coastline.
In their claim they refer to the Swiss Elder Women (Klimaseniorinnen) who successfully won a judgement at the European Court of Human Rights - a judgment that is binding on the UK, which is is still a member
We had an inspiring talk at our monthly meeting on 3rd December, given by Isabelle Jörg, one of the Women. You can watch it here.
JUST ONE THING IN NOVEMBER
The 89 Percent Project (Frequently Asked Questions - The 89 Percent Project) is a year-long global media collaboration aimed at highlighting the fact that the vast majority of people in the world care about climate change and want their governments to do something about it.
Most don't realize that most others share their fears. Tell your local press about this and let us know what they reply. Here is a sample letter:
