Accelerate Sustainability Workshop

Sustain Dane

This half day workshop will connect you to the tools you need to accelerate sustainability at your organization.

Goodman Community Center

Our Accelerate Sustainability Workshop is a professional development opportunity designed to help you start sustainability initiatives at your organization whether you’re brand new to the subject or well versed. Grounded in current sustainability plans and research, this workshop presents best practices, local case studies, primers on sustainability topics, and changemaking strategies. You will leave with a clear action plan for your projects to make change at your organization.Topics include:<ul><li>Current sustainability plans &amp; research including The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, Dane County Climate Action Plan, The Natural Step, and more.</li><li>Overview on energy efficiency, renewables, food management, alternative transportation, and more.</li><li>Local case studies of organizations that successfully implemented sustainability initiatives.</li><li>Inspiration and resources to help you develop sustainability projects.</li></ul>This program is a part of the Sustain Dane Membership. Membership includes attendance to our other sustainability programs including our Sustainable Breakfast Series and Green Team Roundtables. <a href="https://sustaindane.org/sustain-dane-membership/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn more about becoming a member.</a> Non-members can participate for a fee.This workshop is building on the success of the 10-year-old MPower Champions Program. Through MPower, 110 organizations in Dane County completed over 570 sustainability projects, resulting in over 60 million lbs of CO2 emissions avoided and over 2 million dollars saved annually.Access InformationGoodman Community Center is located at 149 Waubesa St in Madison, WI. The center has approval from St. Bernard Church for our group to park in the back of their lot (off Corry Street near Paul Ave., 1.5 blocks away from Goodman). Street parking is also available; please pay attention to street signs. <a href="https://sustaindane.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Parking_Goodman.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Parking diagram.</a> The center is just off the Capital City Bike Trail where there is also a B-cycle station. The nearest bus stops are on Atwood &amp; Hudson (stop IDs: 1211 or 1898, bus routes 05, 14, and 15) and Milwaukee &amp; Waubesa (stop IDs: 1474 or 1133, bus routes 03, 07, 37, and 38). <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir//Goodman+Community+Center+IRONWORKS,+149+Waubesa+St,+Madison,+WI+53704/@43.0968981,-89.344651,17.71z/data=!4m16!1m6!3m5!1s0x880654750f4394d3:0xe406244cd2e7e0a9!2sGoodman+Community+Center+IRONWORKS!8m2!3d43.0967271!4d-89.3436675!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x880654750f4394d3:0xe406244cd2e7e0a9!2m2!1d-89.3436674!2d43.0967271!3e3?hl=en-US" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Plan your trip.</a>Contact us with questions: hello@sustaindane.org

Thank you to our program supporters <a href="https://www.cityofmadison.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The City of Madison</a>, <a href="https://www.mge.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Madison Gas &amp; Electric</a>, <a href="https://www.communityshares.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Community Shares of Wisconsin</a>, our food sponsor<a href="https://www.festfoods.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Festival Foods</a>, and all <a href="https://sustaindane.org/sustain-dane-membership/#sponsoringpartnersandmembers" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustain Dane Members</a>.

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