Resources Index

Explore the worksheets, tools, and references that support the work in Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the toolkit.

Section 1: Getting Started

Bringing people together & first meetings

Pause & Reflect: Reflection to infuse Planning

  • Scan the Landscape: Be an Amplifier, Not a Duplicator Worksheet

    Use this worksheet to map out current climate-related efforts in your community and explore where your group can plug in, support, or amplify what's already working. Starting with awareness helps align your energy with others for greater collective impact.

  • Setting a Thoughtful Foundation Worksheet
    After your initial meetings, this worksheet offers space to slow down and reflect as a group. By considering your values, strengths, and the readiness of your community, you’ll shape a clearer sense of direction and ensure your next steps are intentional and aligned with what matters most.

Identify Your Group’s Focus

  • Focus Worksheet
    Use this worksheet to explore what matters most to your group and where your efforts can have the greatest impact. Defining a clear, shared focus early on will help guide your decisions, deepen your strategy, and keep your work grounded as it grows.

Define the Scale of Your Work

  • Scale Worksheet
    Use this worksheet to explore what scale of action best fits your group’s capacity and vision, from hyper-local projects to broader advocacy efforts. Choosing a scale that feels grounded and doable helps your group stay focused, build momentum, and grow intentionally over time.

Build Your Core Team and Leadership Structure

  • Worksheet
    Use this worksheet to identify potential team members, clarify needed roles, and shape how your group will share leadership and make decisions. Starting with people you know and planning intentionally helps you build a strong, balanced foundation for collaborative climate work.

First Projects

  • Planning Result: Roadmap Worksheet
    Bring everything together in one place: your group’s purpose, priorities, team structure, and project plans. This worksheet helps you move from reflection to action with a clear, organized roadmap to guide your first steps and sustain momentum.

Engagement with the broader community 

Section 2: Building Capacity for Action

Capacity Through Knowledge

  • Tools and Resources - Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions - University of Maine

Capacity Through Planning

  • Emergent Strategies Worksheet

    This worksheet supports flexible, emergent strategy by guiding your group through regular reflection, learning, and adaptation. Use it to assess what’s working, respond to change, and adjust your direction while staying grounded in your purpose.

  • Strategic Plan Worksheet

    Creating a strategic plan means checking in on how your group is working, what’s most important right now, and where you want to go. This worksheet helps your group reflect on current challenges and opportunities, set priorities, and make choices that move your work forward with clarity and purpose

Capacity Through Funding

Capacity Through Partnerships

Section 3: Longevity

Longevity in organizational structure

Sustaining mental health and engagement

  •  Resources to support sustained engagement in climate action - from ACTT’s Climate Ambassadors Program