<aside> 💡 There are three "Phases" of the Climate Innovators Fellowship. This document lays out each phase. In the section for Phase Two, we share a preliminary syllabus for the Fellowship's Training Phase.

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🚀 Phase One: Orientation (February 12 at 4 p.m. EST)

<aside> 💡 The Orientation Phase is your time to get set up for success for the rest of the Program. In this phase, you will... Complete the self-directed Program orientation course, which will be released on February 10th, 2023, and is due prior to the first roundtable on February 19th, 2023. Orientation should take you no more than 2.5 hours. We will meet on February 12th, at 7 p.m. EST for a mandatory but fun welcome and introduction to the Fellowship.

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💪 Phase Two: Training (February 20th - April 16th)

<aside> 💡 The Training Program Phase is the "meat" of the Fellowship. In this phase, you will... → Learn a lot about the most vexing problems facing the U.S. and the world → Learn "systems thinking" and about energy systems you care to improve → You will leave with a Climate Innovator portfolio that will display your newfound expertise and be key to unlocking future opportunities

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Lessons

Climate Innovation Portfolio

One of the objectives of the Fellowship is to leave Fellows with a Climate Innovators Portfolio that they can bring with them to job/internship interviews or use for future academic pursuits. Their portfolio consists of pre-designated key terms and concepts for note-taking of asynchronous material and a briefing template to fill out together during our weekly Round Table Sessions.

Round Table Briefs consist of an analysis of a vexing problem facing a particular issue within one of the three sectors covered in this program.

🚀 Phase Three: Climathon (April 16th - April 23rd)

Climathon

The Climathon is designed to challenge Fellows to apply what they have learned from Round Table sessions to present an innovative and outside-the-box solution to a fictional climate emergency-related challenge.

Early in the Fellowship, Climate Fellows are matched with a peer learning group (a "Junto group") of 7-8 other students. Each Junto will select their Junto Name as an initial ice-breaker to the Fellowship.

• Fellows are encouraged to share insights and bring up questions about any topic the Fellowship has helped spark—about themselves, their communities, the world, and beyond to tackle the weekly challenge.
• The junto groups will be guided by the Climate Guide for the final Climathon
• By the end of the Climathon, each Fellow will have 1) had the opportunity to express themselves and share insights from their learning journey and apply what they have learned to solve the weekly challenge; 2) learned more about themselves, others, and beyond; 3) expressed their gratitude to other Junto members; and 4) left with more interesting questions/topics to explore.