New Member Orientation
December 8 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
ISSP offers regular new member orientations to show people how to get
the most out of their membership and the ISSP site. Any member of ISSP may join these free
orientation sessions. The orientations are conducted via conference
call and last about an hour. To register, send a request email to Marsha. |
Want the Latest News for Sustainability Professionals?
Follow Us on Twitter
Darcy is now posting all her news items related to the profession via our Twitter account: sustainableprof.
You do not have to have an account to see our Twitter posts.
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Don't forget to link to the ISSP LinkedIn group.This is a great networking site for sustainability professionals. Click on the graphic to go to our group.
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Did You Miss an ISSP Webinar?
We have stored the audio and PowerPoint portions of all our webinars on
our Learning Center site and are now offering them for a small fee,
which helps defray the cost of storage. If you are not a member, you
can still register for the site and pay for the webinar via the PayPal
button. View list of podcasts.
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Maintaining Our Email List Reminder
Please note that the move to using Constant Contact for our
emails, members will be updated every month to ensure we have an
accurate list. When a member joins, they will be automatically
subscribed. If a member does not renew, they will be automatically unsubscribed.
All non-members will be responsible for maintaining their
contact info. This is done by clicking on the Update Profile/Email
address link found at the bottom of every email. It is best for
everyone to save our emails as a "safe sender" to ensure your emails
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Greetings!
As we close out 2009, the ISSP management team and board
would like to thank our members for their continued support and contributions
to ISSP. We end our second year with some real indicators of growth.
In 2009 we: -
Doubled our membership
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Added a Marketing Director to the team and implemented a marketing campaign to continue that growth
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Received official designation as a
501c3 non-profit organization
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Implemented a quality professional
certificate program
- Had roughly 97 students complete 253 courses
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Released our second report: Cool
Trends 2
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Conducted our first survey on core
competencies for the profession
- Began
holding member meetings (every other month)
- Upgraded our newsletter format and system
- Upgraded our course registration system
We're looking forward to the New
Year and achieving even greater success in 2010. We can't do this without our
member's continued support. See below in the "What's New at ISSP" article for
more information on our plans for the coming year.
sincerely, The ISSP Management Team Marsha Willard, Executive Director Darcy Hitchcock, Education Director Dorothy Atwood, Webinars Director Michelle Hippler, Marketing Director
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Peace Corp(oration): IBM's Deep Dive Into Social Responsibility
by Janet Brumbaugh ISSP Guest WriterSustainability 1.0 was about mitigating risks: getting ahead of regulations and avoiding PR debacles. Sustainability 2.0 involves the recognition that this work improves competitiveness. So what's next? ISSP went in search of tangible examples of Sustainability 3.0 where corporations realize that there are huge problems in the world that they are well positioned to solve. This interview with Kevin Thompson is one place our search took us. Kevin created IBM's Corporate Service Corps, an internal Peace Corps of sorts. Read more.
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Sustainability 101 with Darcy Hitchcock
The class meets online on January 5, 12, 19, 26 12:00 PM Pacific time
Sustainability 101 covers the fundamental
concepts related to sustainability and sustainable development: its
source, foundational principles and major practices/ frameworks. We
will approach this topic using methods for different learning styles:
reading both non-fiction and fiction, mind mapping, research, webinars
and discussion forums. Don't just understand the problems; begin to see
how the solutions can weave together to create a better life for us
all. You'll end the course with an exploration about where you fit in
the picture, what your role might be in creating a sustainable world.
Participants will be able to:
- Identify the most pressing sustainability trends, worldwide and in your own region/industry
- Demonstrate proficiency in systems thinking
- Describe different sustainability practices/terms/frameworks in common use and explain how they interrelate
- Apply common strategies in both public and private sector situations
- Identify where you can best contribute to the field of sustainability
This course or the equivalent knowledge is a prerequisite for all of ISSP's workshops. Register Now.
Instructor Biography
Darcy Hitchcock is the author of the award-winning book, The
Business Guide to Sustainability, as well as other books related to
organizational change and sustainability. She's one of the founders of
ISSP and teaches Foundations of Sustainable Business at Bainbridge
Graduate Institute's prestigious MBA in sustainable business program.
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What's New @ ISSP
ISSP Plans for 2010: Increasing Our Member Benefits
Here are some of the member
benefits we have planned for the New Year:
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Add a new Climate Professional Certificate (CPC) track
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Double the
course and webinar options
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Double
membership
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Increase
member connections
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Redesign the
website for ease of use
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Increase
the resources available in the ISSP Knowledge Base
Save $600 on ISSP Certificate Programs if You Purchase Before the Year EndsOur course prices are going up starting January 1. The total cost to complete either one of the certificate programs is currently $2000. The cost will increase to $2600, based on early registration fees, in 2010. We will honor the 2009 prices until December 31! All of our 2010 confirmed courses are now listed on the website under the Education tab. Last Chance: Competency Survey Still OpenIf you have not taken the survey for this groundbreaking research that will define the core competencies for our field, please do so now. We will be closing the survey at the end of the year. Take the survey.
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Last Chance: Save the Buyosphere! The Potential (and Pitfalls) of Green Marketing Webinar with Joel Makeower
December 15, 2009 9-10 am Pacific
Join Joel Makower of GreenBiz as he offers real-world tales from the trenches,
the latest market trends, and insight and inspiration to help marketers
succeed in the growing green marketplace.
We've expanded our capacity for this popular event and there are still spots available. Register now.
This event is FREE for both members and non-members, an early holiday gift from ISSP!
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AASHE Offers Discount on New STARS 1.0 Program for Colleges and Universities
AASHE's new Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) is a voluntary, self-reporting framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities. It awards points for engaging in sustainability practices in three major categories: education and research; operations; and planning, and administration and engagement. STARS provides a standard, comprehensive way to compare the sustainability performance of higher education institutions, and to measure a single institution's progress over time. Institutions are now able to review the STARS 1.0 Early Release Technical Manual. This document outlines in detail the three STARS categories and the associated sub-categories.
A key feature of STARS is that all indicators are transparent, so it is clear how an institution earns a rating. In addition, STARS encompasses the triple bottom line of sustainability including not only environmental indicators, but social and economic as well. Finally, a STARS rating is good for three years before it expires, which encourages institutions to pursue a path of continuous improvement toward sustainability.
Register today to become a STARS Charter Participant! All institutions that register on or before December 31, 2009, will pay a discounted fee. Also, Save the Date for Tuesday, January 19th at 12pm Eastern for an AASHE webinar launching STARS 1.0. Speakers will include Paul Rowland, AASHE's new Executive Director, Dave Newport from the University of Colorado at Boulder and more! Contact [email protected] for further information.
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Member Involvement
Member ForumsGet involved with member discussions. See what members are saying in the forums in the Recent Posts section. maryfrose has posted a question in the forums on the Human Impact of Green Buildings. cwiedmeyer has posted links to some recent studies on Green Consumer Trends.
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Sustainability Conference Listing
Take at look at the upcoming conferences around the world.
ASA - Corporate Water Footprinting: 2-3 December 2009, San Francisco
Cultivating the Brain of a Mindful Leader: Dec 14, 2009, Portland, OR
Carbon Emmission Management, January 31-February 1, Doha, Qatar
Sustainability Virtual Summits: Smart ICT , February 9-11, 2010
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