Registration now open!!ISSP 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. Register here!
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New Member Orientation May 10 @ 9:00AM PT June 7 @ 4:00PM PT
> Membership benefits > Overview of website > Networking
To join this free orientation contact
Marsha Willard
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Directory of Life Cycle Assessment Tools
by Darcy Hitchcock, Rita Schenk and Tamara Gordy
If you want to know whether Product A is better than Product B from an environmental perspective, you need to look at a number of factors: greenhouse gases, water, toxics, etc. But how do you compare these issues when they each have different units? Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method that lets you dig into the details. This knowledge is especially important when you want to make product claims or when you want to design better products. A number of LCA tools already exist. This directory is intended to help you choose the tool that best meets your needs.
This directory was created in cooperation with the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, and compiled by Tamara Gordy, a student at Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
ISSP Members: Log in and click HERE for your free copy.
Non-members: See a preview and purchase a copy HERE.
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The ISSP Board of Directors has selected the finalists for the group's first ISSP Pinnacle Award. The new awards program was launched to recognize individuals who have contributed significantly to the advancement of the profession by promoting the adoption of sustainability and by helping to prepare others to do the same.
The winner will be announced this September at the ISSP Conference in Portland. To help guide their selection of the winner, the ISSP board of directors is seeking member input about the nominees. There is still time to weigh in on your choice. Follow the link below to indicate your choice for the award. In addition to indicating your choice, please provide your comments and testimonials. We intend to share these with the honoree as part of the prize.
What could mean more than kudos from others in the industry!
The 5 finalists:
Ray Anderson
Gil Friend
Amory Lovins
Karl Henrik Robert
Bob Willard
<< Click here to provide your input via the ISSP Pinnacle Award member input form
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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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MAY | ISSP WEBCHAT SERIES
"A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SUSTAINABILITY PROFESSIONAL"
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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).
Kevin will share:
>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, 2011 at 11am PT | 2pm ET Convert time here
> Register HERE Free to ISSP members. $10 for non-members.
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WORKSHOP: Life Cycle Assessment 101
| Tom GLoria, Ph.D |
Are you a sustainability professional wondering if LCA would be a good field to get into and/or seeking introduction to LCA before taking the 'deep dive' into the certification training?
Or, are you a sustainability practitioner who may need to hire a firm to do a detailed LCA and need to know enough about the process to manage the project?
Then join Thomas P. Gloria, Ph.D., Managing Director at Industrial Ecology Consultants, in June for this online interactive workshop. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment. Tom will help you gain an understanding of the scope, challenges and possibilities in applying life cycle assessment to decision-making processes. You will practice accessing the true environmental impacts of a product through all stages of its life, from cradle to grave/cradle.
Tuesdays (June 7, 14, 21, 28) 1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET 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.
Discounts available Always: $75 off for ISSP members. Time limited: $50 off with Early Bird Discount before May 31. > Register HERE.
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JULY 2011 - JUNE 2012
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 to:
> Hear from experts
> Learn from each other
> Pick up new tools to sell
Cohort begins July 2011. Reserve your space today. Limited to 16.
> 12 webinars / 12 months coaching
> Interactive 'classroom' available 24/7
> Webinars held on the second Friday, noon-1:30pm PT
Attendees must be an ISSP member to participate; if you're not a member yet, join before the cohort begins.
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ON DEMAND - AVAILABLE ANYTIME
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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.
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Climate Action Plans In keeping with April's workshop on developing climate action plans our Resource Feature is on Climate Action Plans. There are more and more examples of Climate Action Plans in both the public and the private sectors. These plans can be the catalyst for change. - Does your organization have a climate action plan?
- Have you seen one on the web that you like or have used for inspiration?
- What features do you like best?
- What elements do you think should be in a climate action plan?
Post your submission 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: "Climate Action Plan" for ease of searching, followed by your name. 5. Paste your submission, comments, and/or links in the Body Box. Review and comment on other submittals. Do a search for Climate Action Plan. Add a new comment to those you review. In the subject line, indicate the number of stars (max 5 starts that you would give the plan. Then add your comments. Dorothy Atwood is our Resources Program Manager. 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 contact Dorothy HERE. |
Director of Education and Communications
Check out this new posting and other jobs still available at the ISSP job posting site
http://www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org/jobs
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Lenart, Melanie (2010) Life in the Hothouse: How a living planet survives climate change. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, AZ.
This is not about how humans will adapt; this is how the planet may adapt to hotter temperatures. Lenart walks you through what is known from science about how the planet corrects itself. This is not to say we have nothing to worry about. She walks through the likely effects of climate change, some widely known and some not. But it is with wonder that we can observe the self-correcting, stabilizing mechanisms the earth does have.
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Winston, Andrew (2009) Green Recovery: Get lean, get smart, and emerge from the downturn on top. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press.
The perfect book to give to the oblivious CEO. Winston provides clear business reasons for pursuing a green agenda and includes many vivid stories and data, all in a petite book. You need to forgive Winston for equating sustainability with green, but aside from that, he paints a clear business case for pushing even harder on environmental performance in this downturn. More...
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SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCES & EVENTS
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