New Member Orientation
April 12 @ 9AM PT
> Membership benefits > Overview of website > Networking opportunity
To join this free orientation contact Marsha Willard
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Network, Learn, Co-createISSP Conferenece September, 21-23, Portland, Oregon
Network, learn and co-create - that pretty much describes ISSP's first ever face-to-face conference. We plan to give members first shot at the slots for this event at a deeply discounted rate. Watch for the announcement that opens registration soon!
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Social Entrepreneurship Harnessing the market to solve world problems
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This month we continue our focus on the social side of sustainability. Charity is a good thing, but we are not likely to solve the world's problems with donations. We need to harness the power of the marketplace, to pursue what is called social entrepreneurship. And according to Tyler Spalding of Ashoka, doing this is also key to the long-term survival of traditional corporations because of the rapid pace of change in the world. Read article....
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A total of 24 people were nominated by you - the members of ISSP - for our first professional award for service to the profession. The board carefully reviewed the list of nominees and narrowed it to the people we felt best met the criteria for service and contribution. ALL of the nominees deserve acknowledgment and should take pride and satisfaction in having earned the respect of their peers - probably the highest of honors.
Below are the 24 people nominated by their peers. The highlighted names represent the finalists chosen by the board:
Ray Anderson Alejandro Langlois
Alan AtKisson Fernando Legrand
Rory Bakke Amory Lovins
Ralph Becker Hunter Lovins
Susanne Croft Kevin Moss
Gil Friend Ben Packard
Al Gore Keith Pezzoli
Kevin Hagen Wayne Rifer
Aston A. Hinds Karl Henrik Robert
Matt Kistler Bob Willard
Bob Langert EO Wilson
Rachel Zedeck
Members of ISSP will be invited to comment on the six finalists to assist the board in making the final choice. Watch for a special survey coming to you later this month.
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> For a full list of the ISSP educational offerings, click HERE > To see how these workshops apply to ISSP's Sustainability Professional Certificate click HERE Participants regularly note in workshop survey follow-ups how very important the instructor, resources and assignments, on-line format and price are to them. All of which ISSP delivers consistently.
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CONSULTANTS COHORT: Build a thriving sustainability practice
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Grow your business. Develop relationships.
Discover your calling. Make a difference.
Do you want to take your consulting practice to the next level?
Do you want to become a sustainability consultant?
If so, join this 12-month cohort of sustainability consultants.
Hear from experts, pick up new tools to sell and learn from each other. Monthly online live webinars linked to an interactive 'classroom' available 24/7.
Cohort begins July 2011.
12 webinars / 12 months coaching: $900. Webinars held on the second Friday, noon-1:30 pacific. (Attendees must be an ISSP member to participate; if you're not a member yet, join before the cohort begins.) Space is limited to 16.
Facilitator: Darcy Hitchcock, consultant and author of the award winning book, The Business Guide to Sustainability.
> Register HERE.
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WORKSHOP: Developing Climate Action Plans | An Integrated Approach
What's the difference between a Climate Action Plan, GHG accounting and a sustainability plan? As a sustainability professional your organization looks to you for clear answers to questions such as these. Paul Horton of Paul Horton Consulting, will lead you through learning the key elements of an effective, integrated climate action plan to reduce your organization's greenhouse gas emissions, identification of critical stumbling blocks, and provide practical ways to ensure success.
Wednesdays (April 6, 13, 20, 27) at 10am PT
> Register HERE.
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APRIL WEBCHAT: A Day in the Life of a Sustainability Professional
Highlighting sustainability professionals and the work that they do.
This month ISSP is featuring Kathleen Shaver, Director, Corporate Responsibility at Mattel and Jennifer Woofter of Strategic Sustainability Consulting for a look into their sustainability professions.
Tuesday April 19, 2011 at 11am PT | 2pm ET
> Register HERE Free to ISSP members. $10 for non-members.
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WORKSHOP: Practical Tools and Methods for Change Agents
Alan AtKisson (The ISIS Agreement: How Sustainability Can Improve Organizational Performance and Transform the World) will guide you through change processes and how to apply them successfully. Learn the ISIS Method and Accelerator: Indicators | Systems | Innovations | Strategy for Sustainability.
Attend 4 online interactive live webinars + 24/7 access to web based interactive classroom at ISSP's Learning Center. Includes dynamic Discussion Forums, resources, feedback on assignments and networking with instructor and other participants.
Mondays (May 2, 9, 16, 23) 12pm PT | 1pm MT | 2pm CT | 3pm ET
> Register HERE.
MAY WEBCHAT: A Day in the Life of a Sustainability Professional
Highlighting sustainability professionals and the work that they do.
Join us in this live webinar and Q&A with Kevin Hagen, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at REI (Twitter @kevinhagen). He will present on how CSR drives business innovation at REI, the future of the CSR position, the six phases to problem solving in sustainability and the five skills and competencies that a CSR director needs. This will be a very engaging webinar. Please join us.
Thursday MAY 12, 11am PT | 2pm ET
> Register HERE. Free to ISSP members. $10 for non-members.
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WORKSHOP: Sustainability 101 Instructor: Darcy Hitchcock
You'll know after taking ISSP's foundation course the concepts, frameworks and tools used by sustainability professionals.
Open enrollment | Web/computer based workshop.
> Register HERE.
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A Day in the Life of YOU, <<the Sustainability Professional>>
This month in keeping with our feature WebChat on April 19th 'A Day in the Life of a Sustainability Professional,' we are looking for members to create their own Day in the Life profiles. We would like all the "Day in the Lives" to be consistent in format. Use the following outline to create yours: Organization: Title: Email: Responsibilities: What are your primary tasks? Typical workday: What is a typical day like? Competencies: What skills or knowledge are important for you to be successful.? (Refer to the ISSP Competency study) Best part: What do you like about this work? Worst part: What is frustrating or hard about this work? Getting this job: How did you get into this field (and how long ago was that)? What would someone need to have to get into a position like yours now? Once you have completed your submission, posted in the Resource section of the ISSP website. Here is how: 1. Log in and click on the Resources section in the left column 2. Click on Create Content under your log-in name in the right column. 3. Click on Resource. Title and body boxes will pop up. 4. In the Title box - Start your post with: "A Day in the Life" for ease of searching, followed by your name. 5. Paste your submission in the Body Box. Review and comment on other A Day in the Life submittals. Do a search for A Day in the Life. Add a new comment to those you review. Dorothy Atwood is our Resources Program Manager so contact her if you have ideas of things you want other members to post or ideas of ways we can use this feature to pull together information.
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ISSP hosts a job board for members. New this month -
Director of Development for well known non-profit &
Environmental Services Manager
Check out this and other openings at
ISSP Job Postings
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Parkin, Sara (2010) The Positive Deviant: Sustainability Leadership in a Perverse World. Earthscan: London, England.
When I first started reading this book, I was really excited. The intro claimed the book was for those of us who "does the right thing for sustainability, despite being surrounded by the wrong institutional structures, the wrong processes, and stubbornly uncooperative people." I was so hungry for a book that could help me and others deal with our role in society, of being Cassandra, trying to convince the oblivious masses on the Titanic that we need to turn the ship.
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Henderson, Hazel (2006) Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy. Chelsea Green: White River Junction, VT.
This is a who's who of people making progress in the sustainability field. While the chapters are organized around areas and the stories were often encouraging, it was hard to read cover to cover. Maybe it's the irony of working in such a doomsday world field that good news is hard to take.
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Call for study participants
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Seeking sustainability professionals familiar with or using the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Vision 2050 Report to complete a survey by e-mail or interview. You are invited to participate in a research project from the Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability programme, at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden. The research focuses on the Vision 2050 report, which was released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in February last year. As the report states the biggest question facing business and others is "How do we get there?" The primary goal of this research is to co-create a management model that is intended to help companies that are willing to commit to the report�s goals to align their operations and strategies with the spirit of moving in the direction of strategic sustainable development by 2050. We are seeking the participation of sustainability professionals to gain a better understanding of their insights into the report and to collect the necessary information to create a management model that complements the Vision 2050 report. In order to ensure the validity of our research, once a prototype management model has been developed we would like to share it with you to get your insight and feedback on it. This information would be used to create a final management model. We are offering to share our final product by the beginning of June. This management model will be yours to use not only in capturing maximum value from Vision 2050 but in enabling you in supporting your clients/services as well. Thank you in advance for your collaboration. Your information is invaluable to us. We will make the best use of it in order to best contribute to society�s sustainable development. If you are interested in participating in this survey, please contact the Vision 2050 Thesis Team at [email protected]
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SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCES & EVENTS
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See details on the ISSP site under >Education & Events>Partner Events
Special discounts for ISSP members.
- GoGreen, April 6 , 2011 Austin, Texas | April 20, Seattle
- Corporate Responsibility Practitioners Training, May 2-6, San Francisco
- Green Chemistry, May 2, Cupertino, CA
- Sustainable Hospitals, May 4-6, San Diego, CA
- TBLI Conference, May 26-27, Tokyo
- Sustainable Brands 2011, June 7-10, Monterey, California
- Sustainable Development and Planning, July 12-14, New Forest, UK
- ICLEI European Membership Convention, September 12-14, Brussels
- NAHMMA conference, September 26-30, 2011, Portland, Oregon
- Gaining Ground, October 17-20
- GRI Certification Training, various workshops around the US, see below for dates and locations
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