Foresight-E
Education for Sustainable Transformation
Progress toward greater sustainability isn't an option; it's a personal and professional mandate. Foresight-E programs catalyze the potential of motivated individuals seeking to transform their careers, businesses, and communities. The seminars take participants out of the classroom and into the places where change is occurring and the leaders are working.
Combining broadly knowledgeable, practitioner-teachers with an intensive experiential format focused on the complex problems of today and tomorrow, Foresight-E empowers trailblazers to better understand multifaceted challenges and to create more vibrant, resilient solutions.
Upcoming Programs & Seminars
Foresight NEXT- Professional Development for Corporate Sustainable Impact
February 9-July 24, 2012
A unique corporate professional development program, Foresight NEXT provides emerging leaders from diverse departments with the insight to support organization-wide sustainability efforts. NEXT takes participants on-site, face-to-face, with leading executives to learn where their sustainability programs are, where they are going, and how.
Foresight Immersion- A Transformative Experience For You, Your Career, and the World
June 18-August 8, 2012
This seven week summer intensive provides a firm grounding in the values, issues, and application of sustainability through meetings with experts and hands-on assignments for real clients. Accepting applications through April 2, 2012.
Career Seminars- Part I: Groundwork
Feb 23, 5-8:30pm
For early and mid-career professionals. Topics covered include types of sustainability careers, educational opportunities, and strategies for gaining experience. These popular seminars fill up fast.
Education Innovation
Building on Success
The Academy for Global Citizenship, a Chicago public charter school that cultivates international awareness and fosters environmental stewardship, can serve as a model…
Sustainable Office Development
A Work/Space Guide
Created for a major foundation in the process of relocating its offices, this guide divides the process into seven phases from creating a vision to effective…
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Ward-Level Climate Change Resiliency
A durable future can be achieved through a decision-making process that balances a local economy, respects the natural environment and encourages community inclusion. In the past, policy decisions…