Testimonials from Championing Sustainability
“I go to many workshops since I am working on a sustainability plan for the City of El Cerrito and this workshop was one of the most valuable I’ve been to in terms of new information. I left with fantastic notes and ideas to implement into my work for at least a year! I would recommend this workshop to anyone wanting to learn more about sustainability strategic plans and how to move their operations toward (and beyond) sustainability."
—Garth Schultz, Waste Prevention Specialist, City of El Cerrito
“This was an eye-opening and engaging workshop that helped me create a new lens through which to view and do my work. Given my intense interest in building sustainable organizations, I have been thinking about how to enhance my methodology for coaching in organizations that would result in creating this specific outcome. I received this and more from the day, where we explored the crucial elements in effectively envisioning, identifying actions and determining strategies to integrate sustainability throughout all processes and practices of an organization. The workshop was particularly powerful in showing a step by step process that addresses core beliefs, assumptions and needs which have to be dealt with in order to create any lasting real change. I left feeling inspired and energized.”
—Joanne Brem, Principal, Joanne Brem & Company
“Fantastic workshop geared toward helping various disciplines understand what ‘sustainability’ is and how we can work together to get there.”
“I had a real shift in awareness about my way of operating in the corporate world. This innovative workshop gave me a completely new understanding of how we interact in the world and provided me with extremely helpful tools to implement in my company. I was so inspired by the workshop, I applied to a sustainable MBA program! I now want to effectively champion change in my multinational corporation.”
—Nicole Ward-Stalnaker, Director of Business Development, Accretive Solutions
"The Championing Sustainability workshop was so detailed and informative and the format so inventive, that I was repeatedly forced to think outside of what I already know. The result? One epiphany after another. I didn’t just get new information; I learned new ways to problem solve and develop sustainability strategies for my clients. And I’m already a sustainability consultant!”
"My work is focused on facilitation and organizational development, so I have been to many sustainability workshops. The Championing Sustainability workshop was truly professional; the content was well organized, the facilitators were a terrific team together and the design of the day was informative, interactive and effective. I would certainly recommend this to professionals who want to take the basics of systems thinking and use it to apply to sustainability in their organization."
— Genevieve Taylor, Associate, Global Genesis
“Championing Sustainability gave my business a framework to develop a comprehensive view of sustainability. We brainstormed, we put up ideas on the board, we gave and received criticism for those ideas. They gave us a lot of information, and then we got to do exercises that anchored that information to real life—what a fantastic learning tool! It was also great to network with people and companies in the industry, learning what's out there has made all the difference in being able to give and receive referrals. Great work!”
