Sustainable school training courses in Brattleboro, VT (public, in-house or online)

SIT Graduate Institute is the higher education institution of World Learning, a leading international development organization, and as such is uniquely qualified to prepare professionals to work with communities around the world in meeting their development needs.

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SIT’s Sustainable Development program emphasizes the importance of civil society, which embraces a diversity of spaces, actors, and institutions. These include nongovernmental organizations, community group...

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All programs are designed to provide the most effective Web-based learning experience. Registration is open enrollment and includes everything students need, including textbooks and trained instructors. Students have 180 days to complete the coursework and will receive a certificate of completion from National University.

One well-known business saying is that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. With the growing importance of sustainable management, business leaders must find the appropriate tools and techniques for measuring their organization’s sustainability performance.

This course reviews the measurement of sustainable management practices and performance.

After completing this module, you should be able to:

Explain how managers can model and measure sustainable mana...

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Sustainability refers to the use of ecosystems and their resources in a manner that satisfies current needs without compromising the needs or options of future generations.

A sustainable business is one that generates profits for its owners, protects the environment, and improves the lives of the people with whom it interacts.

This program covers several key topics, including:

The reasons for sustainability’s increase in popularity
The connection between the environ...

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This course addresses the concepts, practices, and tools for smart growth sustainable urban planning and provides an understanding for how to apply these to urban communities. The sustainable urban development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations to come. In other words, it is the development and restoration of urban areas that will meet the needs of the ...

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