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How to Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Self-Paced, Single-Module Programme With Carbon Footprint Calculator Included

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The Making Design Circular approach is unique because it combines head, heart and hand skills and most courses include an element of each.
  • Head means you predominantly use your brain to think things though
  • Hand means you’ll have the opportunity to learn new making techniques
  • Heart means it’s informed by coaching techniques and there’s likely to be some soul searching required

When

Immediate start

Where

Online

Level

Seedling (Intermediate)

Time

2 weeks, 1 hour/week

Money GBP

£90 one-off payment
or 2 payments of £45
£108 inc VAT if payable

Money USD/EUR

$118 approx
107 € approx

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When

Immediate start

Where

Online

Level

Seedling (Intermediate)

Time

2 weeks, 1 hour/week

Money

£90 one-off payment
or 2 payments of £45
approx $118
approx 107 €
£108 inc VAT if payable

Giving Back

10% of your subscription will be donated towards environmental causes and bursary places.

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How to Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

You know you should be reducing your carbon footprint, but you’re not sure how to even calculate how much carbon your creative practice generates. They say that “what gets measured gets managed” so this course will teach you how to measure your footprint and even includes access to an easy-to-use carbon footprint calculator designed especially for designer-makers.

Does this sound like you?

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You're a designer-maker who is passionate about sustainability but you're not sure how to quantify the environmental impact of your work
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Your clients and customers are starting to ask questions you don't always have the answers to
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You're aware of the environmental challenges facing our planet and feel a responsibility to contribute positively through your creative work
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You've tried to reduce your carbon footprint but struggled with measuring the impact of your changes or knowing which steps to take first
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You know that small changes in the way that products are designed and made can lead to significant environmental benefits and want to learn how to make those changes
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Excel is not your happy place
I have taken all the government data and turned it into something visually pleasing and easy to use – especially for designer-makers.
David Angelo
David Angelo
Founder and Creative Director, David & Goliath
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"Katie has all the right ingredients to make amazing things happen. Her non-traditional and highly creative approach is both refreshingly honest and well thought-out. Her infectious energy and passion is a huge plus for anyone who aspires to bigger thinking"

Katie Treggiden in the press...

Introducing: How to Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

A self-paced single-module course that will help you to:

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Understand the environmental impact of your design and making processes and identify key areas where improvements can be made.
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Calculate your carbon footprint with confidence, using tools and methodologies tailored to the unique needs of designers and makers.
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See your footprint broken down into "red", "amber" and "green" so you know exactly what to tackle first
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Implement sustainable practices that reduce waste, conserve energy, and lower your projects' carbon emissions, making your work more eco-friendly without sacrificing quality
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Recalculate your score every month/quarter/year so you can monitor your progress over time
Emma Morley
Emma Morley
Founder and Creative Director, Trifle Creative
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“Katie is an inspiring, design-obsessed, all-round fantastically interesting human. I truly look forward to every opportunity I get to work alongside her and learn from her.”

Hey, I'm Katie Treggiden

I once told a business mentor that my mission was to “inspire, educate and empower designer-makers to join the circular economy.”

He told me he didn’t think I was doing that. “What?!” I said. “I’ve written books, I’ve got a podcast, I give talks on the world’s stages, I write for everybody from The Guardian to Crafts Magazine – what more can I do?!” I responded, slightly affronted.

“Oh, you’re inspiring them, for sure,” he said. “But what about the educate and empower part? What about the ‘how’?”

He was right of course and in that moment Making Design Circular was born.

I have since interviewed hundreds of designers, makers, artists and craftspeople about their sustainability journeys and beta-tested everything in the membership, short courses and 1:1 nature-informed coaching offer with brave souls who saw me embark on my own “progress over perfection” journey.

I have seen first-hand the transformation this work has had for those who have joined so far – and I want that for you too.

What’s included

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A video that was recorded with a live audience to give you a sense of energy and camaraderie that you can watch at your own pace. (It's Module 3 of How To Understand & Reduce Carbon as a Design Maker, so if you want more depth, that's the course for you.)
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A jargon-busting explanation of what a carbon footprint is and why it matters
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A user-friendly carbon footprint calculator created especially for designer-makers and based on gov.uk data
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A calculator that not only gives you a score, but also lets you know how each part compares to the UK average with a RAG (red/amber/green) score, so you know which parts to address first
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Access to a private online community to share your progress, ask questions and connect with likeminded souls
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NB This course comprises Module 3 of How To Understand & Reduce Carbon as a Designer-Maker + the Carbon Footprint Calculator
Laura Wasley
Laura Wasley
CEO, Make South West (Formerly Devon Guild of Craftsmen)
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“Katie is fantastic to work with and always happy to share her immense knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, the design world.”

How it works

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This is a self-paced course, hosted on a platform called Circle, so you can find everything in one place and track your progress as you move through the content
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You will receive reminders by email to keep you on track
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A comments thread on each video enables you to share learnings and “aha” moments, ask questions and connect with likeminded souls on the same journey
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The videos will remain accessible for as long as this course exists, so you can go at your own pace and come back to it as many times as you need to.
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You also have access to the calculator for as long as it exists so you can come back to it and recalculate your footprint over time to monitor your progress
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Having taken this course, you will become eligible for my *free* quarterly “Ask Me Anything” sessions via Zoom so can get clarification or dig deeper on any part of the course.
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All videos are fully captioned and written transcripts and audio-only versions are provided to cater for different learning styles. If there is another way I can make this programme more accessible, just shoot me an email and I will always do my best to help

Your investment

£90 one-off payment
or 2 payments of £45
£108 inc VAT if payable
Approx $118
Approx 107 €
✴ Money Back Guarantee ✴
✴ Money Back Guarantee ✴

We’re not here to waste your time or ours.

That’s why we offer a direct, no-nonsense money-back guarantee.

Our goal? Happy customers and zero regrets.

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Dive into any course. If at any point before completion you feel it's not teaching you anything new or it's not relevant to your world, hit the brakes.
Reach out to us before you finish the course. That's crucial. If you complete it, we'll take it as a nod that you found value in our content.
We'll refund every single penny. No hard feelings. No lengthy processes. Just straight talk and fair play.


Note: Under the UK Consumer Contracts Regulations, you (as a consumer) have the right to cancel a course within 14 days. This right applies regardless of whether the course will be taken online or in person. However, this assumes that you have not accessed the course material on the course website. Our policy offers more than this…a full refund at any point before completing the course.
Jaime Derringer
Jaime Derringer
Founder, Design Milk
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“Katie’s respect and admiration for designer-makers shines through everything she does.”

All Access Membership

A membership community and online learning platform in which you get to feel proud of contributing to a thriving planet with every product you make.
Monthly rolling membership.
Cancel anytime with 3 working days notice.

This is for you if...

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You are a designer, maker, craftsperson or small business and you’re keen to reduce your carbon footprint, but you're not sure how to go about measuring it
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You've tried calculating your carbon footprint before but got overwhelmed by spreadsheets and data
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You are looking for a simple way to track your footprint as it reduces so you can monitor your progress and prioritise actions to reduce your carbon output

This is not for you if...

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If you already track your carbon footprint and are happy with the system you are using
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You are looking for a super accurate solution – this calculator has been designed to give you a ballpark carbon footprint to enable you to prioritise action and compare like with like over time
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You are not willing to do the work of collecting data and information to inout into the calculator

Frequently Asked Questions

All the course materials hosted on a platform called Circle, so you can find everything in one place and track your progress as you move through the content. You will receive immediate access as well as a series of reminders by email to keep you on track. (You can cancel or reset these at anytime.)

The exact content varies by course, but most include a series of videos and workbooks, a ‘Read/Watch/Listen’ list for those who want to dive deeper and email reminders to keep you on track.

If you take any of my self-paced courses, you will also become eligible for my *free* quarterly “Ask Me Anything” sessions via Zoom so can get clarification or dig deeper on any part of the course.

Again, it varies by course so check the fact box at the top left of this page. Most videos are 30–90 minutes long and you can usually do the exercises as you watch. Some courses include additional homework or “challenges” which you might want to dedicate more time to – but you can do everything at your own pace.

You have access to all the course materials as long as the course exists, so you can work through at your own pace and revisit as many times as you need to.

This is an online self-paced course so you can work at your own pace, around other commitments and from any time zone. You will be invited to live quarterly Q&As via Zoom where you can bring any questions.

All videos are captioned and written transcripts and audio-only versions are provided. If there’s anything else I can do to make the course more accessible, please just ask and I will always do my best.

If you are in the UK, we have to charge you VAT. If you are not in the UK and outside the EU, we will not charge you VAT. If you are in the EU, we have to charge VAT unless you provide a VAT number, in which case we don’t. Simple, huh?! But don’t worry – our payment system will work all of this out for as you add your address details. (If you’re having any trouble entering your VAT number, make sure the two-letter prefix, e.g. DK for Denmark) matches the country you’ve entered in your address. Give us a shout if you’re having any trouble and we’ll get you sorted.

Nope! By popular demand, we have moved away from Facebook and now use Circle for hosting all the course materials as well as the community aspect.

A comments thread on each video enables you to share learnings and “aha” moments, ask questions and connect with likeminded souls on the same journey

You can ask questions on the comments thread on each video – I check in most days so will respond as quickly as I can.

Having taken this course, you will become eligible for my *free* quarterly “Ask Me Anything” sessions via Zoom so can get clarification or dig deeper on any part of the course.

And if you’re stick stuck and need a quick response, you can always shoot me an email. 

Again, it depends on the course, so check the details in the fact box at the top right of this page, but most of the higher-priced courses have some sort of payment plan. 

**Include Daniel’s refund copy**

Email me and I’ll be happy to answer it!

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