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December 2010          www.SustainabilityProfessionals.org       Vol. 3 No. 12
In This Issue
Special Report
Award Program
Upcoming ISSP Events
Book Reviews
Partner Conference Listing
What's New

Year End Sale!
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ISSP Management Team

Executive Director:

Marsha Willard

Managing Editor:
Darcy Hitchcock

Education Director:
Christy Nordstrom

Marketing Director:
Jessica Vreeswijk

Board Liaison:
Dorothy Atwood
Special Report
Directory of Sustainability Planning and Reporting Tools
by Darcy Hitchcock
Before you create your own spreadsheets or sustainability metrics database, compare the features of a variety of available tools.
ISSP has compiled a directory of available planning and reporting tools. Free to members in electronic form.

> Access the report here.
Sustainability Professional of the Year Award
Submit your nominations for the ISSP Sustainability Professional of the Year Award 2011.  Deadline is December 10, 2010.

This award will honor an individual we believe has contributed significantly to the advancement of the profession of sustainability.

This is to be an award granted to professionals by peers - you the members of ISSP. The winner will be invited to the Sept 21-23 ISSP conference next fall in Portland, Oregon to receive the award.


> Submit your nomination here.
Upcoming Workshops and Webinars
For a full list of the ISSP educational offerings, click HERE and take
advantage of the Year End Sale before December 31, 2010.
On Demand

WORKSHOP: Sustainability 101

Instructor: Darcy Hitchcock

> Register here.

January

WORKSHOP: Sustainable Community Development |

Economic Recovery 101

Instructor: Gwendolyn Hallsmith with Hunter Lovins
> Register here.

February

WORKSHOP: SPaRK | Sustainability Reporting

Instructor: Marsha Willard
> Register here.

WORKSHOP: Communicating the Case for Action on Climate Change

Instructor: Indigo Teiwes

> Register here.
Book Reviews by Darcy Hitchcock
coverBrune, Michael (2008) Coming Clean: Breaking America's Addiction to Oil and Coal. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.

The author is the executive director of Rainforest Action Network. Each chapter includes startling facts and recommended actions you can take personally (behavior and activism). More...



coverMargonelli, Lisa (2007) Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline. New York, NY: Doubleday.

The back cover of this book said it was humorous. After the horror in the Gulf of Mexico lately, I was all for a funny book about oil. Margonelli is a journalist with the descriptive capacity of Barbara Kingsolver. This book is really the back-story about how gas gets into your car. It's a story most of us are blissfully ignorant of and dangerously incurious about. More...

Sustainability Conferences and Events
See details on the ISSP site under Education & Events - Non ISSP events. Special discounts for ISSP members.