Free
Tools and Open Courseware:
Introduction to
Sustainability
A
hands-on, holistic approach to
sustainability. The critical,
and actionable, first steps to
move the whole of any effort to
a more sustainable operating
model.
Introduction to
Sustainable Design and
Business
A
hands-on, holistic approach to
sustainable design and business.
The critical, and actionable,
first steps to move the whole of
a company or effort to a more
sustainable operating model.
Eco-entrepreneurship
Here we
examine how eco-businesses are
making their way into the
mainstream, as well as look at
how niche players have carved
out healthy and stable market
share. Students will further
develop their own, or a
client’s, business using proven
tactics by pioneering
eco-companies. In addition the
class will look at ways of using
eco-entrepreneurship ideas to
leverage positive things a
company may already be doing but
not taking full advantage of —
better positioning for today,
while strategically planning for
tomorrow.
Cause-Based
Marketing
This
course examines
Cause-Based
Marketing techniques
to promote
ethics-based
companies, and as a
tool to move
mainstream companies
into the green
marketing arena.
Building week to
week, the students
will create a simple
cause-based
marketing campaign
to help support a
local charity,
business, or effort.
Brand-Management
in an
Ever-greening
Market
An eco
brand-management
primer for
brand-managers,
entrepreneurs, and
the creative service
people who serve
them. This course is
designed as a
compliment to
sustainable product
and packaging
design-focus
classes, as well as
Marketing and
Business classes.
Introduction to
Environmentally Preferred
Purchasing
and Supply Chain Management
This is a
quick introduction to
Environmentally Preferred (and
Socially Responsible) Purchasing
(EPP) and Supply Chain
Management, one of the first
operational steps in moving a
mainstream company to a more
sustainable business model, and
THE core essential for the
operations side of an
ethics-based company.
Walking the Talk
2.0:
Ethics, Marketing,
Sustainability and Design
Going way
beyond looking green, this is a
deeper, business and design
focused look at creating not
only meaningful messages and
products, but ways of using core
values as a way to strengthen a
company’s brand, as well as
foster a more cohesive, and
far-looking business operating
system. The essential how-to for
walking, and living, your talk.
Course
Plans, Syllabi, and other
teaching tools provided on
request.
Contact Wendy
Jedlička:
651-636-0964
Professional
Development:
Introduction to
Sustainability:
Educators' Professional
Development Edition
The
educators inside look at how to
teach: A hands-on, holistic
approach to applied
sustainability. The critical,
and actionable, first steps to
move the whole of any effort to
a more sustainable operating
model.
This
course can be conducted as a
dedicated in-house professional
development effort within the
school's online platform, in
either a semester long format,
or as a January-Term or Summer
intensive.
Interested
in hosting this course?
Contact Wendy Jedlička:
651-636-0964
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