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JULY 2013                                                                     VOLUME 7 NO. 7   

In This Issue
Draft Body of Knowledge Ready for Comment
Member Survey To Help Guide ISSP Plans
Latest Sustainability Job Postings
Sign Up for Free ISSP Orientation Session
Join ISSP's Virtual Book Club
July Workshop: Biomimicry: Pathway To Innovation
Sept-Oct Workshop: Sustainable Event Training
Self-Paced Workshop: Sustainability 101
2013-2014 Certificate Workshops
Sustainability Conferences and Events
 
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New Officers Elected As Strategic Planning Process for 2014 Gets Underway
 

ISSP is entering a new phase in its development. We've grown significantly since our inception in 2008: we have more members, more activities and projects and a broader reach around the world. To help manage our success, the ISSP board recently restructured and has elected a slate of officers that will take a much more active role in leading the organization. Congratulations to the new ISSP leadership team:

  • President - Dorothy Atwood, Atwood Consulting 
  • Vice President - Julian Crawford, Eco-Steps 
  • Secretary - Laurel Sukup, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Treasurer - Rick Woodward, Coastwide Laboratories
  • Development Director - Stephan Levitsky, American Sugar Refining
I'm very much looking forward to working with this stellar team of sustainability professionals. First on the team's agenda will be a strategic planning session to determine our long and short term strategies. We'd love to have member input into that session and so invite you to complete the ISSP member survey by July 15.

Click here to take the member survey

Later this summer, watch for more news about our plans for the coming year.

Sincerely,
Marsha Willard
ISSP Executive Director 

 

Member News
 
Professional Certification Update
Draft Body of Knowledge Ready for CommentSurvey

 

With input from our conference participants, an invited group of seasoned sustainability professionals created the fi
rst draft of the sustainability "Body of Knowledge" which defines our profession. This work will form the basis of any future professional certification as well as inform training and education programs preparing professionals for our field all over the world. 

Because of the impact it is destined to have, we are eager that it be reviewed and vetted by as many professionals as possible.  ISSP is making this document available to its members as well as distributing it to targeted organizations and individuals around the world for review.

If you would like to review and possibly comment on this important work, visit the ISSP web site and follow the instructions provided there. We are hoping to synthesize the feedback later this summer, so please submit your comments by July 31.

 
We Want Your Input!
Member Survey To Help Guide ISSP PlansSurvey

 

Our strategic plan will be all about YOU! In order to meet member needs, we need your input.  Please take a few minuets and follow this link to our member survey and help shape ISSP.
 
Please complete the survey by July 15!  

 

New Job Postings

 

Log into your membership account and visit our job posting page for the newest listings. This month we have two new international positions. Check them out:

 

 

 

ISSP Orientation Sessions Offered Every Month: Sign Up for One Today

 

Each month ISSP offers a free, member orientation session for new, renewing and prospective members.  We've recently added these sessions to our event list and scheduled them out for the rest of the year. We'd love to have you all attend one and learn to be a "power user" of our website - accessing materials, contributing resources, searching for other members, starting discussion forums. These orientations, offered via our webinar platform, also give you a chance to meet other members.  Come join us for one!

 

 Click here to register for an orientation to ISSP

 
 Join ISSP's Virtual Book Club
 

Discuss a Sustainable Economy with Book Authors and International Colleagues 

  

Want to learn more about the economic system of the future and discuss the key issues? Join ISSP members, book authors, and others from around the world on-line as we read and discuss the book, Enough is Enough, Building A Sustainable Economy In A World of Finite Resources, by Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill. The book explores how to move from our current "required" growth economic model to a steady state economy.

  

The group will read one to three chapters a week over a 10 week period from July 8 to September 15. You can start your own local face-to-face group that can then weigh into the larger on-line group discussion forum with resources that and guidelines that ISSP will provide.  Each week a new on-line forum question will start the discussion and sharing of ideas.  

 

As an extra special treat authors, two one-hour webinars have been scheduled to discuss the book with the authors, Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill. The dates are Wednesday July 24 at 5pm Pacific-US and Wednesday September 11 at 1pm Pacific-US. (To convert to your time zone, click here: Time Zone Converter).  The two webinars meet online at the ISSP Webinar platform.

  

The book group is free for ISSP members and $25 for non-ISSP members. Price does not include the book. To join, link to the registration page below. All registered participants will have access to the ISSP Learning Resource Center where we will host the private book club. Participants will introduce themselves to the group with an on-line profiles; the platform will host the forum for questions and a collection of additional resources.

 


Wednesday July 24 at 5pm Pacific-US and

Wednesday Sept 11 at 1pm Pacific-US

Price: $25 includes book group and 2 webinars 

Member Price: Free

 

REGISTER HERE

 

 

  

SEPTEMBER 2013 WEBINAR

Branding Redefined:
How Sustainability is Changing
the Way We Do Business
with  James Cerruti, Senior Partner of
Strategy and Research - Brandlogic
 
Thursday September 19 @ 11:00am Pacific Time-US
11am PDT/ 12pm MDT/ 1pm CDT/ 2pm EDT
Check for your time zone HERE 

James' presentation will focus on the research and data featured in Brandlogic's 2012 Sustainability Leadership Report.Specifically, he will speak about the intersection between branding and sustainability and how companies are being perceived in this realm. Any company's ultimate brand power and success is correlated to how it can communicate its sustainability efforts. He will report on the characteristics that define the leaders, challengers, promoters and laggards in this area. He'll also discuss the important nuances and trends related to the multifaceted "ESG" (environmental issues, social issues and governance practices) of business sustainability. Join us to learn:  
  • How can sustainability transform a brand's image and boost business?  
  • What if companies are not actively pursuing sustainability practices?  

James will discuss the consequences of inaction. It's clear that this research is opening new doors and broadening our definition of sustainability. He will report on how this research effort came about and the impetus behind making this report an annual publication.

Now in its second year, Brandlogic's Sustainability Leadership Report is championing a new research effort, looking at top global brands and examining how those businesses are faring in terms of real versus perceived sustainability. This project, which involves input from investment professionals, purchasing managers and graduating university students, looks at corporate performance from an environmental, social and governance angle. The results of this year's report are uniquely tabulated in a Sustainability IQ matrix, which is quickly becoming a meaningful framework for organizations as they strive to achieve sustainability leadership.  

 

PRESENTER

James Cerruti is Senior Partner of Strategy and Research - Brandlogic. His expertise lies in explaining how sustainability is integral to business strategy, brand and customer value propositions. He is the author behind the Sustainability Leadership Report and his inspiring ideas are supported by meaningful qualitative and comparative data that analyze the world's top global brands. To download the latest Sustainability Leadership Report, visit: http://www.sustainabilityleadershipreport.com/.

 

Thursday September 19 at 11am Pacific-US 

Price: $10  

Member Price: Free

REGISTER HERE

 

 



 

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Upcoming Events
 
JULY WORKSHOP 

Biomimicry:    

Pathway to Innovation...    

Learning from Nature   

with Mary Hansel   
July 2 is Last Day for Early Bird Discount!

Biomimicry is an old practice and new discipline that emulates nature's time-tested strategies for surviving and thriving sustainably on Earth. Formaldehyde-free building materials modeled after mussels, networks that emulate slime mold, and self-cleaning paint inspired by lotus leaves, are a few examples. A growing number of people are applying lessons from nature's treasure trove of tried-and-true solutions to spur innovation toward creating healthier, more resilient societies. 

Register for next month's education event with Mary Hansel and meet on-line on Tuesdays (July 9, 16, 23, 30), 2013 at 10:00am Pacific Time-USA for 90 minutes.

 

Through a series of interactive, online webinar presentations and access to the ISSP Learning Resource Center this workshop is designed to meet the following learning objectives:
  • Ability to describe the concept of biomimicry and various ways (innovation tool, ethical gauge for sustainability, reconnection between humans and the planet) it is being used to advance sustainability.
  • Learn to translate challenges into functions that can be used to ask "How does nature...?"
  •  Explore a system's perspective on Earth's operating conditions and learn deep patterns of biological design (Life's Principles) that have evolved in response to those operating conditions.
  • Practice using Life's Principles to both evaluate, and inspire strategies to improve, sustainability performance.
  • Identify biomimicry tools and resources. 
INSTRUCTOR

Mary Hansel is a Certified Biomimicry Professional and was the instructor for ISSP's Biomimicry workshop September 2012.  She was among the first fifteen graduates of the Biomimicry Institute's two-year professional program with a concentration in biomimicry and business innovation.  She has designed and presented sustainability and biomimicry educational sessions for professional conferences, graduate courses as a guest lecturer, and internal workshops.

Mary specializes in organizational sustainability and intrapreneurial coaching.  She has included biomimicry as a core piece in her work since first learning about it in 2000.

 

Mary served for six years as Treasurer on Biomimicry 3.8 Institute's Board of Directors, and is co-founder and primary mover and shaker of Biomimicry Oregon, a biomimicry regional network in the Pacific Northwest.

 


Price: $450
Member Price: $325*
*Early Bird Discount available to ALL through 07/02/13: $50 off

 

 

              

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Sept-Oct
WORKSHOP
 
Sustainable Event Training
with Meegan Jones    

 

Seeking to achieve improved sustainability performance for your events?  Learn how to articulate the right questions and make the informed decisions before you design and deliver sustainability management strategies.

 

Over 500 event professionals have taken this course face-to-face.  Now it is offered as an online ISSP workshop taught by an experienced sector specialist/instructor from GreenShoot Pacific.  The Sustainable Event Training workshop is delivered online via ISSP's dynamic, interactive eLearning experience: meeting online once a week for 5 weeks for a live webinar plus interacting 24/7 at the ISSP Learning Resource Center. 

 

Gain an in-depth understanding of sustainable development principles and how to put them into practical action in event planning and delivery.  Meegan will cover these topics: Sustainable development principles; Identifying sustainability issues; Destination, Venue & Accommodation; Biodiversity, Community, Society; Sustainable sourcing/procurement;  Implementing ISO 20121; GRI Event Organizer's Supplement; Legacy & Leadership; Managing transport impacts; Waste reduction/resource recovery; Water supply and management; Energy management; Reducing GHG emissions; Produce a sustainability policy; and more HERE.

INSTRUCTOR:
Meegan Jones is an event professional (20 years) who provides sustainable solutions for live events and productions.  She is Director of GreenShoot Pacific (GSP), training and consulting on sustainability for the events, screen and music touring industries. Meegan is author of Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide, published by Earthscan/Stylus in 2012.  She was recently on the working group for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) events organizer sector supplement and is also on the international working group for the development of ISO 20121 Events Sustainability Management Systems. Meegan is President of the Sustainable Event Alliance, an industry body working towards increased sustainability performance in the event industry.

 

Price: $550 (5-week workshop)
Member Price: $325*
*Early Bird Discount available to ALL and ends 08/28/13 $50 off

 

 

              

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SELF-STUDY WORKSHOP:  SUSTAINABILITY 101
Instructor:
  Darcy Hitchcock, co-founder of ISSP and
co-founder of Axis Performance Advisors

   

on-line learningAre you well-versed on all the essential sustainability concepts? To be a credible sustainability professional, there are certain key concepts you should know. Use this self-study workshop to test your knowledge and fill in any gaps. The course has four modules (read more HERE).  

 

The prerecorded webinars are taught by ISSP co-founder and sustainability consultant/author, Darcy Hitchcock.  

 

Dates: Open Enrollment. Register at any time.  

Take up to 8 weeks to complete.  

 REGISTER NOW>>                        

 

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2013 - 2014  
CERTIFICATE WORKSHOPS

 Sustainability 101 + 5 CORE + 3 ELECTIVE+ 4 WEBINARS 

= 1 ISSP Sustainability Professionals Certificate  

 

Purchase the entire certificate program for $2600 and receive the prerequisite Sustainability 101 for free, a $250 value    

 

2013

2014 

More info on the ISSP Certificate program HERE

  

 

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SeptEventsSUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCES
 AND EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

 

See details about these events on the Other Sustainability Events  page of the ISSP Website. 

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