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Promote Climate Change Awareness.

Climate Communication for Outdoor Guides 

Connect observable changes in the places where you guide to global climate trends. This practical, science-grounded course equips you to lead authentic conversations, tell personal stories, and confidently respond to guest questions in the field.

 

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Promote Climate Change Awareness.

Climate Communication for Outdoor Guides 

Connect observable changes in the places where you guide to global climate trends. This practical, science-grounded course equips you to lead authentic conversations, tell personal stories, and confidently respond to guest questions in the field.

Start Leading Authentic Conversations
A naturalist guide discussing climate change in the Pantanal, Brazil

Become a Trusted Voice.

The local impacts of climate change often become apparent during travel and exploration. Guests may respond with curiosity, skepticism, or uncertainty. As a guide, you’re in a unique position to offer clear, grounded explanations that help people make sense of what they’re seeing.

In this 45-minute online class, you’ll learn how to:

  • Promote climate awareness and understanding in ways that feel natural while guiding

  • Develop personal, place-based stories that highlight recent climate impacts where you work

  • Connect observable local changes to broader global climate trends and implications

Capably shaping your guests’ understanding of a changing world adds depth to the trip experience and complements the adventure activities that first drew them in.

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Professional wilderness guide using interpretation skills for conservation to travelers in a national park
A drone image of kayakers paddling a river within a protected forest.
Polar bear crossing a patchwork of ice symbolizes conservation urgency

How You'll Benefit

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

  • Confidently communicate local climate impacts relevant to where you guide
  • Understand basic climate science, including historical trends and extreme weather events
  • Distinguish between weather and climate, and explain that difference clearly to guests
  • Use storytelling techniques to ground climate science in lived, place-based narratives
  • Connect global climate trends to observable local changes
  • Become a trusted communicator and climate-aware leader in the field

Who This Class Is For

This class is designed for:

  • Anyone who has thought, “I know this is happening—but how do I talk about it?

  •  Outdoor, expedition, wilderness, and adventure travel guides

  • Interpretive guides and naturalists

  • Guides who want to communicate local climate impacts professionally, clearly, and constructively

No prior climate or science background is required.

Rebecca G.

"I’m glad to have taken this course! It has given structure and understanding on how to go about bringing up these conversations."

Climate Communication for Outdoor Guides

$55 USD

  • Certificate of Completion to demonstrate your professional knowledge to employers
  • 45-minute On-demand Video Class focused on understanding and communicating local and global climate impacts
  • 8 Video Lessons and 1 Written Lesson taught by a climate science professor & professional guide
  • Downloadable 'Climate Communication Worksheet' to develop your personal climate story and talking points
  • Downloadable Master's Thesis "Climate Science and Communication for Mountain Guides"
  • Secure Checkout and instant class access that never expires, plus a 7-day money-back guarantee. 
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Waypoint Guide Academy certificate for conservation skills for guides.
Sustainable tourism depends on developing nature interpretation skills.

Class Syllabus

Speaker Colby Brokvist teaches conservation communication techniques in the field.

Your Instructor

Eliot Headley holds a Master's in Climate Science and Policy and works as a mountain and kayak guide in California and the Pacific Northwest. He developed climate change communication resources for guides during his graduate work, and has led climate communication workshops for guides in the PNW.

Eliot is currently a faculty member of Meteorology and Climate Change at Portland Community College and is a Communications Fellow with the USDA Climate Hubs.

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