Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Course
Learn how to embed sustainability throughout your community’s planning, decision-making, and operations by registering for The Natural Step Canada’s Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Course.
This 5-month course is designed around the lessons and experiences of The Natural Step Canada and its partner organizations in community sustainability planning. Via a mixture of online seminars, in-person workshops, and applied project work, it is designed to provide community leaders, and those supporting them, with the practical knowledge, skills, and tools to lead long-term, participatory planning efforts toward sustainability. These are often referred to as an “integrated community sustainability plan” (ICSP).
Learn more...
- Course overview brochure
- Location & dates
- Who is it for?
- What are the pre-requisites?
- How long is it?
- What are the learning objectives?
- How much does it cost?
- What will you receive?
- Our ppproach to learning
- What comes next?
- Questions?
- What do graduates have to say?
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Montréal, QC (en français |
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26 septembre |
7 octobre |
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This course is aimed at those who are leading and facilitating long-term planning efforts in their communities.
In particular, the following individuals should consider taking this course:
- Municipal staff and community leaders tasked with leading ICSP initiatives for their communities
- Consultants looking to improve their ability to support and facilitate ICSP efforts with clients
- Community leaders looking to learn and apply a sustainability planning process to engage other leaders in exploring and realizing long-term success in their communities
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- Approximately 5 months of customized learning via a mixture of online seminars, in-person workshops, and applied project work
- Read our Course Overview Brochure for more details and our Course Outline for a complete schedule
What are the learning objectives?
At the end of this course, participants will have the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to:
- Communicate the business or community case for sustainability in general and for integrated community sustainability planning specifically
- Describe the importance of the backcasting approach of The Natural Step Framework for Strategic Sustainble Development
- Explain in detail the general phases of integrated community sustainability planning
- Scope and design an integrated community sustainability plan process
- Design and facilitate processes to help communities analyze municipal-level systems and theme areas
- Assist communities in establishing an ongoing framework for analyzing and prioritizing initiatives to bridge the gap between current reality and sustainable success
- Analyze and contrast different tools and approaches to sustainable community development
- Municipal/non-profit sector:
- Regular fee: $1,799 + tax
- Early bird fee: $1,599 + tax
- Members of The Natural Step Exchange or partners: $1,499 + tax
- Corporate sector:
- Regular fee: $2,299 + tax
- Early bird fee: $2,099 + tax
- Members of The Natural Step Exchange or partners: $1,999 + tax
- Group rates available for organizations that register 3 or more participants (please contact us for details)
The course fee includes:
- A customized, 3-day workshop facilitated by our experienced sustainability advisors (including lunch, snacks, refreshments, and all course materials)
- Eight 2-hour interactive online learning sessions facilitated by our experienced sustainability advisors and special guests presenters
- Personalized coaching from our experienced sustainability advisors
- A 1-year license for our award-winning eLearning course
- A membership in The Natural Step Exchange, our exclusive network of sustainability professionals from across Canada
The Natural Step Canada’s Sustainability Learning Programs are designed using a dialogue education approach to learning design and facilitation. Instead of just listening and watching presentations, you will actively engage in hands-on, participatory learning tasks that will help you dive into the content, apply it to real situations, and prepare to transfer what you learn to your business, community, or organization. We keep the presentations short and focused, and provide plenty of opportunities for you to apply what you’re learning and reflect.
Please contact Erika Aruja at earuja(at)naturalstep.ca or 613.748.3001 x236.
What do graduates have to say?
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