Let's start. And let's get back to basics.
Yes, we can do both.
Interested in a new career in Zero Waste + Sustainability?
Need a return to the fundamentals of Zero Waste + Sustainability?
A new and renewed interest in our industry is taking place. New opportunities abound, whatever and wherever your starting point may be.
For the best traction in today's environment, you can tap the deep resources of the Introduction to Zero Waste Bundle. This capsule of three seminal webinars includes Zero Waste Basics with Gary Liss; Zero Waste Communities with Gary Liss & Portia Sinnot; and Zero Waste Economics with Ruth Abbe. Gary, Portia, and Ruth are pioneers in the field of Zero Waste + Sustainability. Their knowledge and experience are the anchors for practices in place now and will fuel your future momentum.
Read on to learn more. Then register. GreenEducation.US is a premier provider of 100% only online education for Zero Waste + Sustainability professionals. You can trust our experience, our content, and our instructors.
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| Zero Waste Basics with Gary Liss
Monday, March 8, 10 - 12 PM, PT
Our Zero Waste Basics course provides foundational concepts and terminology. It's the first cornerstone course in Zero Waste + Sustainable Resource Management competence.
By the end of Zero Waste Basics, you'll be able to...
- Identify the 3 key components that define Zero Waste
- Identify the key drivers for businesses and communities to adopt Zero Waste
- Recite various cities around the world that have already adopted a Zero Waste goal
- Cite several examples of businesses that have already diverted over 90% of their materials from landfills and incinerators--and how diversion has helped them drive profitability
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Monday, March 15, 10-12 PM, PT
In this course, you will learn how communities working to pursue Zero Waste often develop Zero Waste plans. Plans are the means to identify an approach that is embraced by residents, businesses, service providers, and other stakeholders in the community.
By the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Identify the 6 key elements of the Zero Waste community planning process
- Describe how residents, businesses, staff, elected officials, or nonprofit organizations initiate the development of a Zero Waste Plan for their community
- Examine what services are generally missing from communities that are needed to achieve Zero Waste
- Identify what a Resource Recovery Park is and where they are developing as a logical extension of current systems and processes for handling waste
- Describe different types of market development programs that have been adopted by state and local governments to stimulate the development of new markets
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| Zero Waste Economics with Ruth Abbe
Monday, March 29th, 10-12 PT
Zero Waste Economics underscores the various economic issues required for successful implementation of Sustainable Resource Management. This course also shows how Zero Waste can work to grow local economies.
By the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Identify 3 incentives that communities can adopt to stimulate generators, haulers, processors, and/or disposal facilities to reduce wasting and increase reuse, recycling and composting
- Describe how to harness the avoided costs of garbage collection and disposal as the engine of change for Zero Waste
- Examine how a garbage-rate structure can incentivize waste reduction
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You want to dig deeper. Gotcha covered.
The Certificate in Sustainable Resource Management Program is right for you.
Join the community of Certified Sustainable Resource Management Professionals who have completed the CSRMP protocol by GreenEducation.US.
CSRMP is a self-paced program. You can enroll at any time.
We encourage you to learn more and enroll in our well-respected and comprehensive course of professional certification. CSRMP is designed specifically for those with careers in Zero Waste and Sustainability.
GreenEducation.US is a top choice for you.
- We provide professional education that is immediately actionable and practical
- We're pioneers and innovators in the delivery of professional Zero Waste education online - no other organization has our years of experience in Web-based instruction
- Our instructors are industry experts and work enthusiastically to advance the practices of Zero Waste & Sustainability across industries
- Our alumni use their CSRMP education in numerous fields, from governance to health care to hospitality to supply chain management
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GreenEducation.US Webinar: Zero Waste Entrepreneurs Tuesday, March 23, 11 AM to 12 PM, PT
Chrise de Tournay, CSRMP, will host this interactive session with 3 Zero Waste Entrepreneurs leading the way out of waste by building the circular economy. - Vanessa Pope: Founder and Exec. Director of the non-profit, For Here, Please and MudLab -- Zero Waste Cafe and Dry Goods/Grocery Store, Oakland, CA
- Stephanie Regni: Founder &Owner of FillGood.co, a refill store for non-food items and Zero Waste products -- home and body care, Berkeley, CA
- Max Wechsler: Manager of Urban Ore, a for-profit reuse store and city partner, Berkeley, CA
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GreenEducation.US Webinar: Using Community Gathered Data to Drive Public PolicyTuesday, March 30, 11 AM to 12 PM, PT
Data can demonstrate the need for policy, embolden education and outreach efforts, and provide motivation for community engagement. New technologies that enable community engagement and never-before-possible data capturing are emerging. How can you use data and technology to precipitate change in your community? How has data been used to inform litter and Zero Waste policies in cities across the United States? In this webinar, we’ll explore how Litterati, a litter data intelligence platform and app, is utilizing COVID-safe community building and data collecting to inform public policy. The discussion will be led by Alina Bekkerman, CSRMP. |
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GreenEducation.US Webinar with SWEEP: Hiding In Plain Sight - The Importance of Customer Safety Training
Thursday, March 4, 11 AM to 12 PM, PT
Attend this FREE webinar with speakers Rob Watson, the founder and co-chair at SWEEP and Sarah Bolton of Blue Ridge Services. Your organization may have an awesome safety training program for employees. But what about that other large group of stakeholders -- your customers? Statistics show that most accidents and fatalities that occur involve customers. Now's the time to place a proper focus on safety training for that group. Rob and Sarah will cover this and offer guidance on the implementation of this vital business process.
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