Greening Your Business or Program
Greening Your Business or Program
Workshop One: Diversity and Inclusion in Green Space Organizing
Lead by Trina Jackson
Workshop Description
What you will learn?
Lead by Trina Jackson
Workshop Description
- Many environmental organizations work hard to increase the diversity of their staff across race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religious and other differences. But how do organizations create an environment where people feel they can actively participate, where their contributions are respected and valued? This workshop is about moving beyond the representation of diversity to the systemic and cultural change needed to build inclusive organizations and transformative social movements.
What you will learn?
- The role of implicit bias and its impact on "green space" organizing, movement-building, leadership, hiring,and decision-making
- How to have courageous conversations about racism and other forms of structural oppression
- Strategies and skills critical to building an organizational culture for equity and inclusion
- The role of intentionality – orientation to an inclusive culture that is self-perpetrating through organizational systems, policies, and practices.
Workshop Two: Using Business as a Force for Good
Lead by Daniel Weeks, ReVision Energy
What will you learn?
Workshop Description:
For over a century, business has been all about the "bottom line" of maximizing profits. But as the cost of unfettered capitalism becomes increasingly unsustainable for people and planet, a new generation of socially-responsible business leaders is emerging. This workshop explores new trends on corporate social responsibility, notably the "Benefit Corporation" movement that goes beyond greenwashing to ensure that certified B Corps are genuinely committed to creating maximum social and environmental good
Speaker Bio:
As ReVision Energy’s Director of Market Development, Dan combines his love of people and the place where he was raised with a strong desire to see business become a force for good in society. As a co-founder and director of successful nonprofit organizations in education, poverty-alleviation, and government reform, Dan now works to expand access to cost-saving clean energy for nonprofits and low-income communities. Dan is the author of "Democracy in Poverty: A View from Below" and has written and spoken extensively on public affairs. A graduate of Yale and Oxford, Dan and his family enjoy reading, hiking, traveling, and playing music in their church band.
Lead by Daniel Weeks, ReVision Energy
What will you learn?
- How a new generation of ethical businesses are using the market to advance social and environmental aims like fighting climate change
- How the ""B Corp"" certification is take businesses beyond ""greenwashing"" to robust triple bottom line commitments (people, planet, profits)
- Specific case studies of local and national socially-responsible and environmentally-sustainable businesses
Workshop Description:
For over a century, business has been all about the "bottom line" of maximizing profits. But as the cost of unfettered capitalism becomes increasingly unsustainable for people and planet, a new generation of socially-responsible business leaders is emerging. This workshop explores new trends on corporate social responsibility, notably the "Benefit Corporation" movement that goes beyond greenwashing to ensure that certified B Corps are genuinely committed to creating maximum social and environmental good
Speaker Bio:
As ReVision Energy’s Director of Market Development, Dan combines his love of people and the place where he was raised with a strong desire to see business become a force for good in society. As a co-founder and director of successful nonprofit organizations in education, poverty-alleviation, and government reform, Dan now works to expand access to cost-saving clean energy for nonprofits and low-income communities. Dan is the author of "Democracy in Poverty: A View from Below" and has written and spoken extensively on public affairs. A graduate of Yale and Oxford, Dan and his family enjoy reading, hiking, traveling, and playing music in their church band.
Workshop Three: Working in Collaboration: How to Build Effective Coalitions
Lead by Erin Allgood, Allgood Eats Rights LLC
Participants will:
1) Learn the necessary components for effective multi-sector collaborations
2) Understand the importance of diversity within a coalition and ways to ensure you have a diverse group
3) Learn how to set common goals and design a strategy for collaborative work
4) Share their own experiences and learn from one another
Workshop Description:
This workshop will give an overview of how organizations and individuals can work effectively together to create a desired social change. Participants will be introduced to the foundational concepts in coalition-building and learn best practices when working in a collaborative way. The facilitator will provide real-life examples of coalition-building from her work in the New England food system and will encourage participants to bring their own questions and experiences in working in collaboration to share with the group.
Speaker Bio:
Erin Allgood grew up with a fierce love of food and passion for social justice. A nearly lifelong Granite Stater, Erin currently resides in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and consults throughout New England. As a food system consultant and principal at Allgood Eats Local, Erin facilitates multi-sector collaborations, provides capacity-building for food system initiatives, and helps businesses, organizations, and professionals clarify their mission and develop their strategy for impact. She holds a BA in Biochemistry from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, an MS in Nutritional Sciences from University of New Hampshire, and certificates in Leadership in Sustainable Food Systems and Sustainable Business. She is currently working on a second MS degree in Leadership for Sustainability through the University of Vermont. When Erin has a free moment, she love to get outdoors for a hike or visit a local nano-brewery for a pint.
Lead by Erin Allgood, Allgood Eats Rights LLC
Participants will:
1) Learn the necessary components for effective multi-sector collaborations
2) Understand the importance of diversity within a coalition and ways to ensure you have a diverse group
3) Learn how to set common goals and design a strategy for collaborative work
4) Share their own experiences and learn from one another
Workshop Description:
This workshop will give an overview of how organizations and individuals can work effectively together to create a desired social change. Participants will be introduced to the foundational concepts in coalition-building and learn best practices when working in a collaborative way. The facilitator will provide real-life examples of coalition-building from her work in the New England food system and will encourage participants to bring their own questions and experiences in working in collaboration to share with the group.
Speaker Bio:
Erin Allgood grew up with a fierce love of food and passion for social justice. A nearly lifelong Granite Stater, Erin currently resides in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and consults throughout New England. As a food system consultant and principal at Allgood Eats Local, Erin facilitates multi-sector collaborations, provides capacity-building for food system initiatives, and helps businesses, organizations, and professionals clarify their mission and develop their strategy for impact. She holds a BA in Biochemistry from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, an MS in Nutritional Sciences from University of New Hampshire, and certificates in Leadership in Sustainable Food Systems and Sustainable Business. She is currently working on a second MS degree in Leadership for Sustainability through the University of Vermont. When Erin has a free moment, she love to get outdoors for a hike or visit a local nano-brewery for a pint.
Workshop Four: Building a Green Economy
Lead by Vien Truong, CEO Dream Corps
Our planet now faces an existential crisis. Many scientists believe that if we do not take aggressive action to accelerate climate solutions, we will have less than 100 years of human habitability on earth. At the same time, we are seeing a growing wealth divide. In 2016, Oxfam reported that 62 people have as much wealth as half the world’s population. In 2017, that number dropped to 8 people having as much wealth as half the world’s population.
We must do much more to address both these issues of poverty and pollution. A major component of Vien’s work is to grow and diversify the climate movement. She is working to grow education and outreach to underserved communities and communities of color. This role of bridge building and education is to develop a public push for climate solutions and economic solutions. Currently leading a campaign to bring together moms to fight our kids’ and our planet’s future, her work is building the foundation for a strong popular movement for social change.
Lead by Vien Truong, CEO Dream Corps
Our planet now faces an existential crisis. Many scientists believe that if we do not take aggressive action to accelerate climate solutions, we will have less than 100 years of human habitability on earth. At the same time, we are seeing a growing wealth divide. In 2016, Oxfam reported that 62 people have as much wealth as half the world’s population. In 2017, that number dropped to 8 people having as much wealth as half the world’s population.
We must do much more to address both these issues of poverty and pollution. A major component of Vien’s work is to grow and diversify the climate movement. She is working to grow education and outreach to underserved communities and communities of color. This role of bridge building and education is to develop a public push for climate solutions and economic solutions. Currently leading a campaign to bring together moms to fight our kids’ and our planet’s future, her work is building the foundation for a strong popular movement for social change.