Coaching the Race to Zero Carbon is a privilege and responsibility that demands commitment and a high standard of excellence. Are you ready to be a Zero Carbon Coach? Take the Coaches Pledge!
Climate change is real. Team doom is dancing in civilization’s end zone and most of humanity is just playing out the clock. This is an emergency. We need to pull team Earth together to mount a final offense or we’re going down. We need the best players, and they need the best possible zero carbon coaches to guide them to victory. To be a zero carbon coach, take the coaches pledge. And so it begins!
First step, read the pledge (including the Player’s Rights and the Coaching Code of Conduct) and submit the form below.
You will be enrolled in the Coaches Corner and will start receiving the latest Zero Carbon Coaching guidelines and links to sign up for a zero carbon coaching clinic. Feedback welcome. Contact us if you have thoughts about coaching coaches or specific plays or want to help organize a clinic. We need all hands on deck! This is not a drill!
I understand that my responsibilities as a zero carbon coach are of great importance and that my actions have the potential to significantly influence the players I coach. Therefore, I promise to uphold the following Player’s Rights to the best of my ability.
Zero Carbon Player’s Rights
In the Race to Zero Carbon, my TEAM is my STATE as a whole. As an individual (Voter, Consumer, free spirit) I am a PLAYER.
The PLAYER is the basic unit of the team. PLAYERS coordinate to form SPECIALIZED TEAMS within the STATE TEAM. These can be anything from households, clubs and interest groups to corporations, governments and regional consortiums.
Behind every PLAY is one or more PLAYER, a human being who makes a decision and takes action. As such, the power comes from the PLAYER.
The effectiveness of a team comes from the power of each PLAYER, combined with the quality of our teamwork.
Zero Carbon Coaches work with us to bring out the best in us and our SPECIALIZED TEAMS, always keeping in mind our Rights as PLAYERS:
- Right to participate in the Race to Zero Carbon - and the right to refuse to participate. (The race is voluntary)
- Right to play at a level determined to match my commitment, political-economic orientation and ability. (The race is trans-partisan)
- Right to explore all the options, presented in a clear and comparable manner free of double standards, with full disclosure of conflicts of interest.
- Right to express my opinions and preferences to my coaches and fellow players, and to propose, question and brainstorm plays.
- Right to be heard and treated with respect, to the same extent as I listen and treat others with respect.
- Right to be properly prepared to play, receiving full disclosure on the costs and benefits of each play, supporting plays required and alternatives.
- Right to process my feelings (Climate Therapists are standing by) to find the source of my unique motivation in this race.
Players take the Player’s Pledge to be in the race to zero carbon. Coaches, too! You are also Players in the game.
As a Zero Carbon Coach, in addition to upholding Player’s Rights, I further promise to conduct myself in accordance to the following Code of Conduct at all times:
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