Learn and Earn: Carbon Credits Training
Join the growing number of farmers earning extra income from Carbon Credits.
We’ve made it easy enough that anyone can do it.
- Real-world practices that are eligible for carbon credits
- Materials for all levels of expertise
- 4 modules that take just 1-2 hours each
Cathbad's Learn & Earn Course teaches the following essentials to get you started:
Module 1: Introduction to Carbon Credits and Offsets
- The Demand for Carbon Credits
- How Farmers, Land Owners, and Businesses can Earn Income by meeting theCarbon Credit
- How Carbon Farmers Sell Carbon Credits in the VoluntaryCarbon Credit
- Standards in the Carbon Voluntary Markets
Module 2: Types of Carbon Offset Projects
- High-quality projects earn money
- Gallery of carbon farming projects: No till
- Gallery of carbon farming projects: Cover crops
- Gallery of carbon farming projects: Combining projects
- How carbon projects are measured
Module 3: Carbon Capture Strategy
- Carbon Credit Market Primary Stakeholders
- Stakeholder Roles
- Stakeholder Responsibilities Overview: Verification
- Carbon Standards Organizations
- Short-term Contract Options for Forest Owners
- Prepayment Contract Options for Farmers and Ranchers
Module 4: Develop a Carbon Project
- Planning your Carbon Project
- Carbon Market Tracker
This course serves as a practical guide to the carbon credit marketplace including the steps needed to begin a carbon project.
You will learn through case studies, interactive materials, current business and farming articles, and a downloadable carbon project template.
You will gain a deeper understanding in the following areas.
- The fundamentals of the carbon credit marketplace, including how carbon credits can be created and then sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions.
- Different types of carbon credit projects and how they are valued and verified by independent organizations in the carbon marketplace.
- Strategies used to maximize carbon capture and the steps needed to measure and report carbon storage.
- Interactive materials to begin developing your own carbon credit project.
- Emerging carbon market trends and an overview of trading carbon-based financial instruments on stock and commodity exchanges.
