Municipal Employee - Green Training/Education

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Michael Williams
GoEco Certified
United States

Schweiger, Sabine; Reading, Jeff

Any ideas for this gentleman? (this is from the Community-Based Social Marketing Listserv at http://www.cbsm.com/

Remy


Hi Remy (and Martin), I trust all is well. This is a HUGE question with many implications. A few things to consider... Do they have a metric for measuring success? Otherwise it's tough to know the status quo and if any changes are making a difference. If there is no metric, Ecological Footprint is a good vehicle to both measure and plan for action based on the the Footprint suggests by category. They can contact the Global Footprint Network for details. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has some resources available The Cloud Institute (private consultant out of New York) has some great resources to consider www.cloudinstitute.org Local sustainability NGO's ENGO's, companies, etc Climate Change Centre - of Calgary, is a national organzation supporting climate change education / efforts www.climatechangecental.com Local Governments for Sustainability has some support available - Meghan Jamieson, www.iclei.org, York Universities Sustainability and Regional Centres of Excellence Program might be options to consider.

Contact Chuck Hopkins at [email protected]

Environmental Literacy is a good paradigm to redefine desired behaviours that apply exisiting environmental knowledge and awareness http://www.cbe.ab.ca/community/ecoStewardship/

The best option though is to use these resources as fodder to develop locally relevant, conducted and targeted PD efforts that integrate the community, business and government in mutually beneficial actions that contribute to significant change over time. Thoughful consideration of the sustainability and legacy of this type of training is critical in assembling the training itself.

Cheers
Jeff Reading

Environmental Specialist
Ecological Footprint Project
Environment and Safety Management
City of Calgary, P.O. Box 2100,
Stn. M, #8020 Calgary,
Alberta, T2P 2M5, Canada
T: (403) 268-1552
F: (403) 268-8291
www.calgary.ca/footprint 

Hello, I apologize if this has been posted before but I had trouble tracking down any online info on this. The City of Guelph is looking to add green training to its list of employee training and education programs. Much like: customer service skills or conflict resolution, I think it is important for all staff, especially frontline staff to have an understating of the key elements of sustainability and the green movement. Especially as it relates to the employer (what are the major environmental projects and or programs currently going on in our/your organization). I guess I am looking for what type of format examples and/or resources exist for such training? The content would be approx 50% real-world and 50% in-house projects/programs so I expect that there would be some customizing required. Any help is appreciated.

Martin Lavictoire
519 822-1260 x 2633

There are all kinds of resources that can be found in the Canadian Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse database - www.ec.gc.ca/cppic - that could be good to adapt in a training program for employees. I did a quick search under the Municipal Government sector and this is the link to the search results http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/En/sectSearch.cfm?sectSearch=step3&category=13&sctr=327

Some items of interest may include: P2 and You @ Work Fact Sheet: Nuts and Bolts of P2 Event Greening Guide Fact Sheet: Go Green at Work FleetSmart Program Municipal Green Purchasing case studies Environmental Purchasing Guide for Municipalities Reduction and Reuse Resources: Home, School, Work A Guide to P2 for Municipalities Employee Awareness Program: Energy Management Green Office Guide Also, Your the Solution to Water Pollution Presentation might be useful -- http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/En/refView.cfm?refId=1341

Cheers,
Harmony Madill

Regulatory Innovation and Management Systems
Innovation rglementaire et systme de gestion
Environment Canada/Environnement Canada
819-994-7262
http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic 

You could try Natural Step training. Here's an upcoming green purchasing workshop: http://www.si.pmac.ca/education/seminars.asp

Mr. Kelly G. Goyer

Waste Prevention Coordinator
University of Saskatchewan
Facilities Mgmt. Div.
110 Maintenance Road
Saskatoon, Sask. CANADA S7N 5C5
Ph. (306) 966 1282
[email protected] 

Hi Martin,

You may wish to look at www.bmba.com.au which was developed for SME education and training, which, however has been also used by our local council to bring their staff up to date on sustainability. This could be modified for purely in-house use with little difficulty and in act has been considered here already.

Kind regards,
Paul Payten
GEENI