Learn about TIST!
TIST is over 200,000 farmers in East Africa and India. You can join this successful program and become a TIST champion in your home area!
What you will learn in these trainings:
Below are short summaries of the 7 trainings offered on this site. Ready to start? Click here.
1. What is TIST?
Learn about this farmer led program
TIST is a farmer led community of volunteers who share a core set of values, and these values make us who we are as a community.
3. TIST Values
Critical to our success
The TIST Values guide who we are, what we do, what we create, and how we are different. Learn about how TIST farmers are the embodiment of these values.
5. Carbon Business
Tree planting and carbon credits
Receive an overview of what carbon is, how the carbon cycle works, how tree planting fits into the carbon cycle, and how carbon credits are generated for income.
2. TIST Small Groups
The foundation of TIST
In this training you will learn about the TIST structure, why small groups are so important to TIST, and next steps to start a Small Group.
4. Tree Planting and TIST
The benefits of tree planting
Learn more about the central activity of TIST: planting trees! Learn about why planting trees is important and how this can benefit you and the environment.
6. Carbon Payments
Pre-Payments and Profit Sharing
Every TIST Small Group signs the Green House Gas Contract. This section explains the contract and the pre-payment and profit sharing agreements for the TIST trees.
7. Next Steps: Joining TIST
Ready to go and do?
Learn what next steps you can take to join TIST and become a TIST champion!
