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New Member Orientation
January 14 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. |
The
ISSP
certificate program is certainly more comprehensive than anything out
there besides a business degree.
Kim Hedberg, first ISSP Professional Certificate graduate.
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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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Find ISSP on
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!
Happy New Year to you from everyone here at ISSP! We are looking forward to continued growth in 2010, in both our membership and our membership benefits. In December we graduated three of our members in the Sustainability Professional Certificate program. In this issue you can find out about the experience of the first graduate, Kim Hedberg, who completed the certificate in ten months while working full time as a consultant. Next month, Roberta Fernandez and KJ McCorry will be featured as our most recent graduates. This month marks the third time we've offered the popular Sustainabilty Planning and Reporting course with Marsha Willard, our Executive Director. In February the first class of our new Climate Professional Certificate begins with Indigo Teiwes' Introduction to Climate Change. See the ISSP website for more information on the certificate programs. 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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The Earth Charter: The World's Vision of What Sustainability Means
by Darcy Hitchcock
ISSP Education Directory
 The Earth Charter was released in 2000 as a guide for sustainable decision making. After almost a decade, Darcy Hitchcock checks in with Mirian Vilela, Executive Director of Earth Charter International, to see how it's working. Read more.
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Sustainability Planning and Reporting: A Systematic Method
with Marsha Willard
This class meets online on February 3, 10, 17, 24 at 12:00PM Pacific Time
 Learn how to create a sustainability plan and report. Get access to the
SPaRK (Sustainability Planning and Reporting Kit) electronic
files...spreadsheets for common metrics already set up for you, MS Word
template for a sustainability plan.
Course text will be the instructor's most recent book - The Step by Step Guide to Sustainability Planning (not inlcuded in registration fee). Registration does include a copy of the SPaRK planning tool (a $100 value).To order a copy of the book at a discounted rate, go to http://www.axisperformance.com/publications.html. Register now. Early registration deadline January 13!
Instructor Biography
Marsha is co-founder and CEO of
AXIS Performance Advisors, Inc. a Northwest based consulting firm
specializing in helping organizations implement sustainable business
practices. She has worked with organizations in both the public and
private sector providing training, consulting, facilitation and
executive coaching services. Marsha is also adjunct faculty for several colleges and
universities. She teaches classes in sustainability for
the University of Oregon, Bainbridge Graduate Institute and the
Presidio School of Management. In addition she is an associate of the
Zero Waste Alliance and a coach and presenter for the Natural Step
Network. Marsha is also founder and Executive Director for the
International Society of Sustainability Professionals.
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Introduction to Climate Change
with Indigo Teiwes
The class meets online February 4, 11, 18, 25 at 10:00am Pacific Time
 Introduction to Climate Change covers the fundamental concepts related
to global climate disruption and the associated risks and
opportunities. Through the webinars, readings, and discussion forums
we will examine the current science of climate change including
anthropogenic and natural contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. We
will explore the ramifications of climate change on ecosystems and
ecosystem services, the human and social impacts, and the business
risks and opportunities. We will also examine several case studies
around the challenges of climate destabilization. For more information and to register click here. Early registration deadline January 13!
Instructor BiographyIndigo Teiwes is the Director of the Carbon Advantage Program at Earth Advantage Institute. She has over ten years of experience evaluating sustainability risks and opportunities and developing corresponding strategic
responses, specializing in those associated with climate change. Indigo has led
carbon footprint and emissions inventories and associated strategic planning
efforts for a variety of organizations, analyzed energy efficiency and
renewable energy companies, and tracked the US voluntary carbon market since
2000. Indigo has an dual degree from the University of Oregon with a in
Business and Environmental Studies and holds an MBA in Sustainable Business
from Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
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ISSP Professional Certificate Corner
 Kim Hedberg is First to Complete the Sustainability Professional Certificate!
We are pleased to announce that Kim Hedberg, an ISSP member, is the first professional to complete all requirements for the Sustainability Professional Certificate (SPC). She completed the program in ten months while working three-quarter time as a consultant.
Kim, owner of Balanced Solutions, LLC, started her business consulting firm in 1997 while still in business school.
Back then, sustainability wasn't exactly top of mind in the business
world, but Kim, influenced after reading The Ecology of Commerce, worked to insert sustainability ideas into her strategic planning for her
clients.
She became an ISSP member last January, attracted by the association
of professionals, and found the classes of interest.
She had looked at a couple other training programs, but didn't find any that were as easy to
access or seemed as comprehensive. Her local university now offers a
certificate, but she felt it was too thin,
and had no real management classes on the list. What she found most useful for
her own situation were the techniques offered for consulting. All the
instructors created a track for consultants within their classes.
After the third or fourth class, she decided to go ahead and
get the certificate because "it would give me more credibility with businesses
I wanted to work with on sustainability, as well as just giving me additional
knowledge to help them. "
She found that all of the core courses and electives "had
bits and pieces of info that really rounded out my understanding of sustainability
and how applicable that info would be in the field. All were useful, especially
the tools (received by the instructors). I think I got very applicable tools
that were useful right away."
She also reports that she got a lot out of working in groups
within the classes, because "working on a project with others helps you learn a
lot. The different backgrounds make the projects even better."
Her advice to incoming students: "The order of the classes doesn't matter so
much. I would suggest the Community Development course and AtKisson course be
done later, since they are more intensive and requires more knowledge before starting.
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Final Words: "The
ISSP certificate program is certainly more comprehensive than anything out
there besides a business degree."
Contact info for Kim:
Kim Hedberg
President
Balanced
Solutions, LLC
4578 Prado
Drive
Boulder, CO
80303
kim@balancedsol.com
www.balancedsol.com
303/887.9226
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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
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