The Economic Literacy Project (Enviro-ELP) is proud to reprise this series of six, ½ day training workshops in Toronto at the Centre for Social Innovation. The series was first offered in the spring of 2015 and is back by popular demand.
The workshops are designed to build the capacity of environmental leaders to understand economic concepts and their role in developing a greener economy.
- October 6 Assessing the Promise and Perils of Markets
- October 20 Valuing the Priced and Unpriced Environment
- November 3 Rewarding Pro-Environmental Behaviour
- November 17 Reconciling Trade-Offs for Better Decisions
- December 1 Redefining Economic Progress and Sustainability
- December 15 Reorienting the Economy for the 21st Century
The first set of workshops this past spring attracted participants from numerous key environmental organizations among those that will be represented, so far, this fall include staff from WWF Canada, Environmental Defence, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ducks Unlimited, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Sustainability CoLab, Planet in Focus, Grassroots (the stores), Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust, Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network, Federation of Ontario Cottagers Association and Toronto Green Community but ... we have space for more!
To get a sense of the great learning and networking opportunity we have planned, check out this 3 minute video about the class we graduated in June 2015.
For a more detailed description of what is coming up and/or to register please visit
http://sustainabilitynetwork.ca/economic-literacy-project/
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