ISSP Webinar The Aftermath of Copenhagen: What Now?
Feb 4, noon Pacific Time.
Join us for an hour long webinar to explore what happened (and didn't) at the
climate talks in Copenhagen and where we go from here. Hear from two experts
who were present at the talks.
Our panelists are Dr James Hansen, NASA
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who has been studying and speaking
about climate change since the 1980's, and Alan AtKisson, author of the ISIS
Agreement and Believing Cassandra, will also share his perspective
about the talks in his capacity working on a project for the United Nations.
Register today.
Webinars are FREE to members!
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New Member Orientation
February 10 at 9:00 a.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. |
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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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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 always we've got some great events coming up. Be sure to join the conversion in our webinar with Alan AtKisson and Jim Hansen on the Aftermath of Copenhagen coming up later this week. Next month, we'll begin our Climate Professional Certificate and host a member meeting in Denver. If you've been graving in-person networking with other ISSP members, here's your chance. See below for all the details.
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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Using Green to Re-Energize Lean
Interview with Ian Young, Insights to Excellence (i2e) Ltd., based in Melbourne, Australia
by Darcy Hitchcock ISSP Education DirectorIan Young gets to hang out with leaders of the best companies in Australia. While many of them have been using Lean concepts to improve their performance, they have found that focusing on sustainability has super-charged their efforts and inspired a new wave of innovation from their employees. Find out why.
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Upcoming ISSP Distance Learning Courses
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Instructor: Gwen Hallsmith, City of Montpelier, Vermont, co-author of the LASER Guide,
Special Guest: Hunter Lovins with Natural Capitalism Solutions (co-author of the LASER Guide)
This course meets on-line on Mondays (March 1, 8, 15, 22) at 1:00-2:30PM PST.
Learn how you can take advantage of this moment in time to build more sustainable systems and practices in your community. We'll use the
LASER Guide (Local Action for Sustainable Economic Renewal) to chart a
course for your community that you'll be able to put into action at the
end of the course.
Early registration deadline is February 5. Register Now.
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Instructor: Tom Gloria This course meets on-line on Tuesdays (March 2, 9, 16, 23) at 12:00PM PST for 60-90 minutes.
This workshop will provide background, process and concrete tools
for conducting a Greenhouse
Gas (GHG) inventory of a company and carbon footprint of a product. The
material presented will provide key context, policy trends, and
emerging protocols overview, and then present the
entire process.
The workshop is intended to provide a foundation in the main technical issues so
students are ready to take on the task of a GHG inventory or carbon footprint
in a wide variety of circumstances.
Early registration deadline is February 5! Register Now.
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ISSP Member Meeting
Let's meet up in Denver!Technology is great, but we still love to see each other in real life. ISSP is hosting an official member meeting at the upcoming Sustainable Opportunities SummitMarch 2-4 in Denver, Colorado. This is not only a great conference, but one that will feature an ISSP member meeting on the morning of March 4.
The conference, sponsored by CORE - Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy,will offer panels and presentations on numerous
topics:
Register BEFORE FEB 5th: Early Bird price for partners is $260. Use the partner code: ECAA83BG After FEB 5th the price for partners is $300 and the partner code then is IA41TKNI.
We hope to see you there!
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Sustainability Conference Listing
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Take at look at the upcoming conferences around the world. MSWG Round Table, February 1, 2010, Los Angeles
Integrating Sustainability into Your Organizational Development Practices, Feb 5th, March 5th, April 2nd, May 7th, San Francisco Bay Area
Carbon Emission Management, January 31-February 1, Doha, Qatar
Sustainability Virtual Summits: Smart ICT , February 9-11, 2010
Greener Gadgets, February 25, New York
Sustainable Opportunities Summit, March 2-4, Denver, CO ISSP member meeting at this event!
Sustainability in Packaging, March 15-17, Orlando, FL
International Corporate Citizenship Conference, April 11-13, 2010, Boston, MA
The 3rd Annual Carbon Trade China 2010, April 15th- 16th, 2010, Beijing, China
GoGreen '10, April 21, Seattle
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