Nature works by creating complex carbon compounds (nutrients) and cycling them through plants, fungi, bacteria and animals.
Carbon Cycling Certification
Overview
The Carbon Cycling Certification (CCC) is awarded to people who complete the following steps:
Attend and participate in the Four Seasons Gardening workshop series
Pass the Agents of Habitat Quiz with a score of 90% or higher
Complete the CCC Checklist
Complete apprenticeship with a certified mentor, and obtain their sign-off
Once you are CC certified, you are well-equipped to build and sustain regenerative gardens in the Front Range region—and you become eligible for a Lead Gardener role with Reinhabit.
Lead Gardeners can take on their own clients, are qualified to lead design consultations, and can generally earn more money and access more privileges and responsibilities in Reinhabit.
Attend our Four Seasons Gardening Workshops!
These workshops provide the foundational knowledge for our year-round gardening methodology at LSI.
Agents of Habitat Quiz
Students can either read the Agents of Habitat lessons on the Living Systems Institute website, or receive the information through instruction from a teacher or mentor. The quiz is online and is automatically scored. The student can make as many attempts as needed to score 90% or higher and should keep a copy of the email confirmation to submit later.
Apprenticeship and CCC Checklist
The student then signs up with a mentor who is already Carbon Cycling Certified to do an apprenticeship. The mentor will help the apprentice gain proficiency on all of the skills listed in the CCC Checklist. The mentor will supervise the apprentice performing each of the activities on the checklist with the mentor’s own clients. Apprenticeships can last as long as it takes for the mentor to believe that the apprentice is able to meet all of the criteria on the checklist.
