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Don't miss this last chance to do a little Green Team Training & Conduct a GAP Assessment on greening up your office facilities.
Use our 51 point checklist to see how your company is doing.
Conduct a "materiality" analysis to prioritize your greening activities. |
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Upcoming Partner Programs
The 4th Annual Canadian Water Summit, June 27th, BMO Centre in Calgary, Alberta.
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 Building Global Sustainable Supply Chains Survey |
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Greetings!
Last week in Tim Draimin's, webinar "Getting Started on Social Innovation", he explained that we are stuck in a "shallow partnership culture". This really struck a cord with me.
Let me be clear, I don't think any of my present partnerships are shallow; but I don't think they are deep enough either. How would you know? Here are some of the symptoms: short-term focus, silos, lack of champions, staff resistance and others. Recognize any of them? Your partnerships maybe suffering from this often inconspicuous ailment.
The cure? Draimin suggests we need a new way of doing things: a new mindset of innovation to reframe our challenges; new problem solving tools; new ways of collaborating and spanning boundaries and - an abundance of abundance thinking.
To download Tim's presentation or watch the webinar look here. Or attend the Accelerate - collaborating for sustainability conference, June 10 & 11, 2013.
Because, Social Innovation is the new, new black. If you don't know what it is - it will be hard to use it to change the world (and I know - that's why you're here).
Kathryn
Kathryn Cooper
Sustainability Learning Centre
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Green Team GAP Assessment Workshop
 | | Complete a "green office" gap assessment with your Green Team in 4 - 1 hour sessions. |
 Date:Jn. 5, 12, 19 & 26.
Time: 12-1 pm EDT
Location: On-Line
During this course -
* Complete a 51 point Green Action Plan checklist and examine energy, water, waste, transportation and healthy office opportunities within your facility.
* Create an individual company "green office" sustainability policy
* Explore resources such as paper calculators for measuring, monitoring and celebrating your "green office" accomplishments.
Also available - customized and in house!
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Inspiring Engagement in Sustainability - insights on the psychology of engagement & culture change
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Understand the psychology of engagement in this session. |
Date: Jul. 10, 24, Aug. 7, 21, 2013
Time: 12 - 1 pm EDT
Location: ON-Line
"Which comes first - sustainable attitudes or behaviour?"
(hint - it is a trick question - learn more by attending)
Getting your employees really engaged in your sustainability initiatives can be difficult if you don't use the right approach.
Low or no budgets, minimal time allocations and competing priorities leave Sustainability Team Members tired, disheartened and imped culture change. Join this Workshop and gain powerful insights on how to drive a culture of sustainability throughout your organization.
For More Information or to Register |
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Getting Started on Social Innovation
(with Tim Draimin) |
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Check out this amazing presentation from Tim Draimin (Social Innovation Generation)
The Bottomline:
- The Post-war systems we rely upon are running out of steam and are not sustainable without significant reform or innovation.
- The Social Innovation agenda is for all sectors, high impact and boundary spanning.
- Cross sector collaboration skills are critical.
- Diversified financing strategies are vital for longevity and scale.
- Municipal, provincial and federal policy changes are key for enabling systemic change.
- Market strategies are becoming engines for social sustainable change.
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LLearn more by attending Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability.
This conference is being held June 10 & 11, 2013 in Guelph. Tim and others will explore these topics, share examples and discuss how your organization can embrace social innovation. |
Accelerate: Collaborating for Sustainability" Conference (Guelph, ON), June 10 & 11, 2013.
This is a must attend educational opportunity for anyone wanting to make change for a more sustainable world (yes - that would mean every single person involved in sustainability - we get that).
Sustainability Learning Centre subscribers are eligible for a 10% discount on registration for the Accelerate: Collaborating for SustainabilityConference
To register, select the appropriate organization category "with coupon code" and enter coupon ID "SLC10".
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Water Security and Human Impact
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Water in the Anthropocene is a 3-minute film charting the global impact of humans on the water cycle.
Evidence is growing that our global footprint is now so significant we have driven Earth into a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene.
Human activities such as damming and agriculture are changing the global water cycle in significant ways.
The data visualisation was commissioned by the Global Water Systems Project for a major international conference (Water in the Anthropocene, Bonn, Germany, 21-24 May, 2013).
http://www.anthropocene.info/en/anthropocene |
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FEATURED REPORT: Driving Sustainability in Canada and the role of supply chain and procurement
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This report finds that enhanced external collaboration is essential for sustainability |
Key Findings:
- Canada leads in capturing profitability derived from sustainability initiatives
- Compared to their worldwide peers, Canadian organizations are increasingly integrating sustainability into their operations, supply chain and procurement functions
- Canadian sustainability departments may be over-emphasizing their focus on cost reducing sustainability initiatives at the expense of other non-financial initiatives
- Organizational design is vital to sustainability success
- Enhanced external collaboration is necessary for future success or Canada could run the risk of stalling its progression.
For more information or to read the entire report |
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Sustainability Practitioner Course: The Accountability Project (TAP) Training
Dates: June 3-6, 2013
Place: Ernst & Young Office, 222 Bay St., Toronto
Link: www.theaccountabilityproject.ca
Choose from 1 to 4 days of training in:
- sustainability management
- reporting
- assurance and
- stakeholder engagement
The Accountability Project, now in its 10th year, offers professional training in sustainability management, reporting, assurance and stakeholder engagement. Sustainability practitioners from many leading businesses already count on TAP to keep them informed and build their skills in corporate responsibility and sustainability.
Please join us for our next courses in Toronto - June 3-6, 2013 and register on line at www.theaccountabilityproject.ca
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FEATURED VIDEO: Reality Check - Canada's Oilsands
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The Sustainability Learning Centre is a learning & networking hub for sustainability.
Ask us about Customized In House Training & Green Team University Certification
Don't forget - students get 50 % off in our student scholarship program. Select Student Option when Registering.
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