Environmental Sustainability in the Workplace Training

[Talk Action]

Date: Thursday, January 27, 2010 Time: 10:00-16:00 Location: St. Ethelburga=92s, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG

A practical and comprehensive training day to help your organisation make real efficiency savings, engage with staff and stakeholders and improve the environmental impact of your workplace.

=93It was a useful overview of how to take action to improve environmental awareness and create change in the workplace." -Mark Pearson (Surrey Wildlife Trust)

=93Very helpful and interactive.=94 -Charlotte Dugdale (Dukes Hotel)

=93Very good day. Great meeting people with similar objectives and tasks. I liked the information nature of it and there were very friendly people running it too.=94 -Kim Crane (Red24)

=93It was useful to discuss and debate issues, gather ideas and return to the fundamentals of the process. Very inspirational.=94 -Dave Belshaw (Mapeley Ltd)

Want to improve the environmental sustainability of your organisation? Wondering if there is more to it than simply recycling paper? Need help putting your good ideas into practice?

This thought provoking training day is designed to help you to gain a detailed understanding of the issues surrounding environmental sustainability and develop a meaningful action plan that will have a real and positive impact on your organisation and the environment. Through a combination of presentations, workshops, group discussions and real life case studies, this course provides an invaluable resource for organisations looking to tackle their environmental performance.

This training session will provide:

1) True benefits of a greener office =96 from cost savings and increased efficiency to the way your organisation is perceived by others. 2) The major obstacles to changing your workplace and ways to overcome them =96 share positive experiences, barriers and get expert advice on overcoming challenges. 3) Legislation =93need to knows=94 =96 steps to take to ensure you are up-t= o- date and legally compliant. 4) Real-life case study: A representative of a leading social landlord will discuss and take questions on the practical application of environmental policy in the workplace. 5) Practical suggestions for reducing energy and waste, greener transport and purchasing choices and making a positive impact on your local environment. 6) How to review your current performance =96 environmental target setting and methods for monitoring your improvements. 7) Top tips on communicating your achievements =96 ensure internal staff, external partners and funders realise the significance of your improvements.

Course Outcomes: A clear understanding of the range of benefits to your organisation. Understand where and how you can make changes to your current practice, and the barriers that may have to be overcome. Feel confident in implementing your environmental policies.

Who should attend? All organisations who are interested in increasing their environmental efficiency and overcoming barriers to achieving environmental goals. This includes charities and voluntary groups looking to reduce the environmental impact of their workplace, local authorities and government affiliated groups looking to improve their policies and build upon existing skills, and SMEs and social enterprises concerned with improving their environmental performance.

Facilitated by: Anna Hirschfeld Anna Hirschfeld will be the lead facilitator at the event. With a wealth of experience in the property sector, Anna manages the Ethical Property Foundation=92s Property Advice Service in London. Anna provides property advice and support to charities, community groups and social enterprises including advice on environmental sustainability. Anna has delivered well-received training events focusing around many core property issues.

Phil Dennison Phil Dennison is a Projects Officer with the Ethical Property Foundation and will be providing facilitation support on the day. Along with providing front line support to social groups regarding property issues, Phil also has detailed knowledge of property management procedure and environmental strategy.

Cost: =A3395: Business Rate =A3288: Large Charities, Public Sector and Small Businesses =A3130: Small Charities and Independent Consultants =A320: Concessionary rate for students, pensioners and unemployed. Please send a =A320 cheque to Talk Action, The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London N1 6HT to secure a place.

Bespoke courses can be arranged for groups at a date and location to suit you.

Prices include a vegan/vegetarian lunch, fair-trade refreshments and networking time.

For bookings and further information, please contact:

Talk Action Corinna Luther Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

The venue is fully accessible with wheelchair-accessible lavatory facilities and a hearing loop.

[Ericp]

Without going into the pros and cons of this event, why do the organisers assume that this type of restricted food menu will be of any interest to the attending audience?

It seems to suggest that the whole thing will be the usual Eco-Rant about Killin' The Planet.

[Ronald Raygun]

Perhaps the menu isn't as restricted as you think. Non-vegetarian options might also be available, but you have to pay extra for them.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Talk Action saying something like:

Eff off with your tree-shagging nonsense.

[Huge]

And what if I want a burger made from a critically endangered tarsier that was beaten to death with a baby seal?

[Phil L]

I can't imagine it would taste any worse than roast swan in dolphin gravy

[Tabby]

a wordy excuse for us to make money out of you, and you to make money out of your employer. Words are cheap. Very cheap.

Great way to learn how to interfere with those genuinely making a living by producing resources available to others

bs buzzword score +1

nothing to do with the job

At this point, any words will do. They dont need to make sense.

nothing to do with the job

enjoyed wasting the day and getting paid

wow, I can pull that one too now

want to be a parasite and help them do worse in the market place?

Green career aimed at the clueless

learn the right crp to spout

learn where to bite your host

where positive equals negative

its not really going to make any difference to our environement, but if you can figure that out, get a real job

wasting a lot of time to justify your ongoing employment

added costs in labour equals a less efficient office

where & how to bite your host

etc etc

[Huge]

I once had pike mousse in crayfish bisque in a Michelin 4 star restaurant in Epernay.

It was vile.

[Steve Firth]

I had Civet of wild boar in a no-star restaurant in Auxerre yesterday. It was delicious. I'd have had the pike, had I known what the French for pike was or if I had used Google Translate a little earlier than I did.

Since Auxerre is about the limit of my driving ability from Italy to France these days, I'm trying to find a decent hotel there. Not managed that so far, but the restaurants are brilliant.

[cynic]

SNIP

Oh do f*ck off theres a good boy

[Tim Watts]

I'd go if they do squirrel sandwiches and treehugger potroast.