Taking action for a healthy environment, thriving society and stable economy!
This course provides knowledge, concepts and tools for developing plans, programs and practices for sustainability and success! This hands-on approach to sustainability will allow attendees to develop strategies, identify and assess risks and opportunities, undertake decision-making methods towards successfully achieving sustainability. The mission is to focus on putting sustainability into action in the organizational setting. We will address the formation of polices, roles and responsibilities and systems of accountability for sustainability. Using the case studies and drawing from current practices, we will design a framework and create a roadmap. We will also go over sustainability-related metrics and methods for making decisions regarding related activities.

Connecting the dots! It is not enough to merely manage environmental, social and economic impacts independently. To effectively realize the greater goal of sustainability, plans and actions need to capture connections between environmental, social and economic performance as a whole. Plans and actions additionally need to capture the connections of an organization’s performance, as well as the influence of state of local, regional and global ecosystems, communities and economies.

Laura Musikanski
Senior Consultant Sustainability, ENTRIX, Inc.

Heather Johnson
Interim Executive Director, Sustainable Seattle

Richard Gelb
King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks

Laura Tesch
National Risk Assessment Practice Leader, The Shaw Group Inc.

Travis Green
TGreen Consulting

Registration: Early bird $495 before Sept. 1st only through GreenDrinks! (extended!), 2008, $695 thereafter/All inclusive, click here for details.

2.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs, 20 hours of study)
September 9-11, 2008 :: 3-Day Short Course
Brunner's Lodge on Wenatchee River
2701 Sumac Lane :: Leavenworth, WA

Course topics:

Establishing a common language: the foundation for action
Sustainability in governance
Methods for forming sustainable policies
Roles and responsibilities
Life cycle assessments and systems of accountability
Eco-mindedness and organizational behavior
Finding and fitting a sustainability framework in an organizational setting
The landscape of risks and liabilities
Opportunity identification and solution creation
Plan design and formation
Sustainability implementation: pictures, words, indicators and feedback loops
Indicators and metrics for managing and measuring results
Methods to value sustainability
Decision tools for sustainability: decision trees, and multi-criteria decision analysis and other tools
Early registration is strongly recommended! You may register online via the link below or by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at 206-762-1976. If you require more time for payment please don't hesitate to call us. Contact Renata Sobol with any additional questions.

http://www.nwetc.org/sust-702_09-08_leavenworth.htm
Best,
Renata Sobol | nwetc.org

Northwest Environmental Training Center
650 South Orcas Street, Suite 220 :: Seattle, WA 98108
206. 762. 1976 ph :: 206. 762. 1979 fx
rsobol@nwetc.org :: www.nwetc.org