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June 2010                                                  Vol. 3 No. 6
In This Issue
New Members
What's New at ISSP
ISSP Member Meeting & Discussion Forum: "Consulting in Sustainability"
Member

June 4 at Noon Pacific Time

Ever thought about being a sustainability consultant? The June member meeting will give you a chance to explore this option with career consultant Bruce Hazen who specializes in entreprenuerial counseling. Bruce will share his take on what you need to succeed as a consultant and then you'll have the chance to share your own stories and hear how others on the call have pursued this career option.

To participate in this free conference call, send an email to Marsha Willard
ISSP New Member Orientation
Member

June 17 at 4:00pm Pacific Time

New (and even old) members are welcome to join this free orientation conference call. Learn about the benefits of ISSP, the contents of our web site, and meet other new members. If you'd like to participate, send an email to Marsha Willard
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Maintaining Our Email List Reminder
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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 get into your inbox.
Greetings!

Ahhh, summer at last.  The summer brings ISSP staff a little breathing room to do our annual planning.  We're very proud of our new web site and expanded course offerings. Now we're ready to take on more new projects.  Watch for news about those in coming newsletters!

Our ISSP Management retreat will be this July where we'll be planning what to offer next year (Sept 2010-Aug 2011). We'll be sending out a survey asking about educational offerings later this month so be sure to fill it out. If you have other needs or ideas, please share them! And plan to get more involved in ISSP yourself! Think about what you can contribute to the field.

In the mean time we hope you'll join us for our summer activities. We have some good webinars and member meetings planned you won't want to miss. For example, have you ever thought about becoming a sustainability consultant? Then you won't want to miss the June 4 member meeting (see left sidebar) with guest Bruce Hazen, a career coach who specializes in supporting mid-career entrepreneurs.


Sincerely,
The ISSP Management Team
  Executive Director: Marsha Willard
  Managing Editor: Darcy Hitchcock
  Education Director: Christy Nordstrom
  Marketing Director: Jessica Vreeswijk
  Board Liaison: Dorothy Atwood
Featured Article

Carbon Offsets & the Cleveland Carbon Fund

by Molly White, ClearSky Climate Solutions

Courtesy ClearSky
Image from ClearSky website
This journal article continues our focus on climate change. This is a combination of two articles. Molly White of ClearSky Climate Solutions provides advice about how to choose high-quality carbon offsets. Then as a sidebar, John Weedon talks about the Cleveland Carbon Fund which is funding carbon-reducing improvements in their own community. Go to article.
Upcoming ISSP Events

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Member Needs Survey-Coming soon!

Stay Tuned! 

ISSP's Education department seeks your input.  We've had a great year offering several successful Workshops and Webinars.  Now as we plan our Learning Events for 2010 - 2011, we want to gather your thoughts.  What changes might you like to see to the program line-up? 

In June we will send a survey to all ISSP members and Event attendees.  Your input will help us understand how you use ISSP's educational series and how we can make it more useful to you.
Webinar: June 3, 2010
"SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING: 
Best Practices From Around The World"
Each year, Corporate Register, which tracks non-financial reports from all over the world, presents awards for the best sustainability reports in a number of different categories (e.g., climate, small business, etc.). Come to this webinar to find out who won, why, and what we can learn from the trends. Use this information to produce better sustainability reports for your organization or clients!
 
More About the Presenter:
Paul Scott, Corporate Register, London UK. A lawyer by training, Paul has consulted on issues of corporate social responsibility for the past 15 years. He sits on a number of judging panels for corporate communications and developed the original CAF Hallmark Awards judging framework.

Thursday, June 03, 2010 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (PT)

This event is FREE to members and non-members. Registration is required. Register Now.

Webinar:  "How to Assess a Living Wage"
with Judy Gearhart
July 29, 12:00PM Pacific Time-USA

SAI logoJoin Judy Gearhart from Social Accountability International (SAI). SAI has developed a series of recommendations and guidance for assessing living wages in a way that is both time and place specific.

Part of sustainability is paying people a living wage, not just minimum wage. But how can you assess the adequacy of wages? What's fair in one location isn't in another. Do you base it on a single wage-earner family of four with two cars or a recent college slumming with roommates? How do you come up with a number that is defensible and appropriate? Where can you find useful statistics? And what qualitative analysis is needed?

Webinar: Thursday July 29, 2010 @ 12PM Pacific Time-USA. Webinars run about an hour in length.

This event is FREE to members and $25 to non-members.
Registration is required.
Register Now.
Fall classes
Sign up now for early registration price!
Follow this link to the registration page.  Register here.

Workshop: Sustaining Sustainability: Organizational Assessments
 Wednesdays (September 8, 15, 22, 29) at 12:00PM Pacific Time-USA

Workshop: How Consumers, Retailers, and Manufacturers
are Trying to Buy a Better World
Thursdays (September 9, 16, 23, 30) at 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific Time-USA

Workshop: Zero Waste Strategies
 Tuesdays (Oct 5, 12, 19, 26) at 12:00PM Pacific Time-USA

What's New @ ISSP
New Web Site Features

Visit and explore


We'd like to encourage you to visit the new ISSP web site and poke around.  One of the first things you'll notice when you log in is that you have a unique home page that tracks the groups you belong to, your membership renewal date, and (as you enroll for them) a record of the events and courses you have taken.

Visit the site and use this as an opportunity to update your member profile.

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Book Reviews
Darcy Hitchcock has new book reviews in the member resource section.

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Anderson, Ray C (2009) Confessions of a Radical Industrialist.  New York, NY: St Martins Press.




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Register, Richard (2006) Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature. Revised Edition. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers.
Sustainability Conference Listing

Take at look at the upcoming conferences around the world.
See details on the ISSP site under Education & Events - Non ISSP events

  • Modern MacGyvers: Innovations for a Developing World, Thursday, June 3, 2010, New York
  • Food 2.0: Feeding a Hungry World, Friday, June 4, 2010, New York
  • National Environmental Health Assoc conference, June  6-9, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Sustainable Brands, June 7-10, Monterey
  • Corporate Responsablity and Sustainability, June 21-22, Malaysia
  • Sustainable Manufacturing Forum, June 28-30, Manila, Philippines
  • CRC Energy Efficiency Summit, July 6-7, London
  • Disaster Risk Reduction Certificate, Sept 6-17, Lusanne, Switzerland and November 8-19, Bangalore, India
  • Sustainable Building Advisory Program,  October, Portland, Oregon
  • Gaining Ground 2010, October 4-7, Victoria, BC