REAP Workshops

Part of a REAP software license agreement usually involves a package of days of support from the REAP team. If the organisation purchasing the software has not used the tool before, part of the support days package will involve a training session for potential users and interested parties.

Logistics

REAP workshops usually take place at the offices of the organisation purchasing the tool and take up a whole day. Training sessions work most effectively with between 10 and 30 participants and each person either has their own computer or is sharing with one other person.

The day's session comprises presentations on the concept of footprinting and application to policy, with a number of interactive sessions where participants learn how to use the REAP tool to extract information and assess the impact of policy on the area's carbon, greenhouse gas and ecological footprint.

Other types of training

The team has also adapted workshop material for lectures on Sustainability and Environmental Footprinting and practical sessions using the REAP tool for the Environment Department's undergraduate and masters courses and the Social Work and Social Policy department's undergraduate course at the University of York.