ASP is pleased to support ENDS' Green Economy Awards 2013.

The Green Economy Awards, formerly the Green Business Awards will celebrate the pioneers of Britain's brave new green economy.  The awards will recognise excellence in environmental responsibility, reconfiguration of business models around sustainability principles, and the unsung heroes of the environmental services industry. They are the UK's most comprehensive awards on the subject.

With categories for sectors such as sustainability, green data, compliance, sustainability partnership, compliance, business, specialist, energy and politics these are the awards for the green economy. 

There are also two categories that allow for nominations of individuals and both of these categories are free to enter: Green Politician and Thought Leader.

For more information and how to enter please go here: Green Economy Awards

Here are a couple of inspiring TED talks that resonate with one of the outcomes from Minstead, namely taking our offerings in to the cities and towns as well as the wilder more natural locations:

earthmoving week

Fun and rewarding! We ask you to join our earthmoving team for 4 hours per day, and enjoy helping with ditches dug, banks banking up, reedbeds recreated and ponds put into place. We don't often hire earthmoving machinery, and when we do, we like to make the most of it with a support team of people with wheelbarrows, brash-clearing and bonfires, and buckets of gravel. It's like kids playing on the farm (but we do pay attention to health and safety, insurance etc of course). You don't actually have to move earth - you can help with getting food ready, or anything else you enjoy doing.

All in all, this is an experience week, the sort of experience that may change the way you think and live. So it is more than a holiday. It is about sharing and living in a rewarding way.  We will share delicious meals, evenings round the bonfire, music, walks on the beach, collecting eggs from the chickens, perhaps yoga, meditation, stories, poetry, maybe a barn dance. You will spend time with friendly people, in a simple but rewarding way of life.

We at Trelay are very grateful to the universe for allowing us to live in such a lovely place, and we really would like to share it with you for a few days.

So book now!

Please send a Facebook message (http://www.facebook.com/events/124018814455462/) if you'd like to come, as there are limited spaces.

Starts in the afternoon on Friday 3rd May, finishes Sunday 12th May 2013

£15 per day / night including accommodation in our camping barn and all meals.  If you'd like to stay for 7, 8 or 9 nights, it will cost you £100 for the week. (We may also be able to offer bed and breakfast in one of our houses.)

Please feel free to pass this invitation on to others.

Art of Hosting Practitioners Gathering

11 May 2013

10/10.30am-4/4.30pm

(flexible start and finish times to allow for travelling time)

"What is powerfully called for in our changing world and what is my/our practice calling me/us to step into?"

The pace of change in the world is rapid, our lives are speedy and busy, and it’s easy to become disorientated. At the same time people yearn passionately for change and there is great energy for positive ideas and actions all over the world.

How do we stay open to this energy and nurture its presence in all our connections, and in our work?

This is your invitation to find and re/connect with mates, to think creatively with others interested in Art of Hosting practice. We aim to create an intentional space for conversation, for people to tune in, to explore together what can unfold, what is under the surface, and what is at the core of what we seek to achieve. For those of you who are still new to Art of Hosting it will be an opportunity to experience some of the tools of the trade – Circle, Open Space, World Café.

This will be a one day event, one of an occasional series of UK practitioner gatherings for people to get support and move on in their lives and work. Your hosting team includes Dave Ridge, Jennifer Jones, Paul Smart and Lesley Wood, with support from Linda Mitchell and Valerie Menelec. Refreshments will be provided but please bring food for a shared lunch. Vegetarian and vegan meals and snacks are available all day at the Gallery Cafe. There will be a collection on the day to cover (minimal) expenses.

Please contact Lesley Wood asap to book your place, at lesley@lesleywood.co.uk, or on 07704 452862.

Please also let her know if you have any specific needs, or need help with accommodation or costs.

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Got an odd job you need doing? Want to choose how much to pay? Or need to earn extra cash near you?

Then please visit www.oddjobscentre.com. It’s free for you to use, as we’ve developed it in our spare time, and introduces people with real needs, like putting together flat pack furniture, hanging some pictures, or any other odd job, to others that are able to help. So now you don’t have to pay minimum call out rates or high street prices.

You can also use the site to search for ways to earn money in your spare time (students during their holidays, retired people, or anyone who could do with a bit of extra money in the hard economic times) and can even earn money by lending things out.

If you think it’s a good idea, and of value, then we’d be grateful if you could let others know about the oddjobscentre as it will only work if enough people register.

Many thanks for your help.

This document gives some good insights of the UN's stance on competencies for educators in sustaianbility.

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Hay-on-Earth 2013

Now in its sixth year, and firmly established as one of the main sustainability events in Wales, Hay-on-Earth once again brings together business, government and community for a series of workshops and events with the explicit aim of taking sustainability change to the pace and scale that likely futures require.

In 2013,Landmarc, an international provider of choice for integrated training and infrastructure solutions,who have already taken their entire workforce of over 1200 people through accredited environmental training, are launching their Landmarc 100 project and a commitment to invest £100,000 and 10,000 hours of employee time in community sustainability projects.

Hay-on-Earth will also be the first public event for Slipstream Wales, TYF’s ambitious project that is bringing together business, civic and environmental leaders and create projects that use Wales as a test track for breaking the sound barrier on sustainability.

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LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: CREATING A NET POSITIVE COUNTRYSIDE. WORKSHOP 1

Event 183 • Tuesday 28 May 2013, 10am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

What do we need to do to deliver the resilient ecosystem services needed by all of us, every day? As part of the Landmarc 100 Innovations Scheme, this is the first in a series of open invitation workshops, conversations and presentations designed to inspire applicants, tackle the big issues of sustainability, and take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: CREATING A NET POSITIVE COUNTRYSIDE. WORKSHOP 2

Event 188 • Tuesday 28 May 2013, 11.30am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

What do we need to do to deliver the resilient ecosystem services needed by all of us, every day? Join us to take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

SLIPSTREAM WALES – LAND & NATURE. ANNE MEIKLE AND GARETH WYN JONES

Event 193 • Tuesday 28 May 2013, 1pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How business, government and community could collaborate and drive country-scale change to make Wales land and nature net-positive. WWF’s Anne Meikle and Bangor University’s Gareth Wyn Jones discuss. Chaired by Andy Fryers. Price: £5.00 

DRAGONS’ PLAYGROUND: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Event 200 • Tuesday 28 May 2013, 2.30pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’ Den will be telling their stories, practicing their pitches and sharing ideas on how they’d use the £10,000 prize if they won the Den. Today focuses on how we can create innovative, connected and healthy communities using our land and resources. Free, drop in

GREEN DRAGONS’ DEN FINAL 1. SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Event 205 • Tuesday 28 May 2013, 4pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

Five participants, four Dragons and three minutes to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, minds and cheque books for a chance to win a grant of £10,000. Today focuses on how we can create innovative, connected and healthy communities using our land and resources. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: RESILIENT COMMUNITIES – FIT FOR THE NEXT FORTY YEARS. WORKSHOP 1

Event 225 • Wednesday 29 May 2013, 10am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

Making radical changes to the way business works with communities to bridge the gap between public, private and voluntary sectors. As part of the Landmarc 100 Innovations Scheme, this is the second in a series of open invitation workshops, conversations and presentations designed to inspire applicants, tackle the big issues of sustainability, and take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real.

Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: RESILIENT COMMUNITIES – FIT FOR THE NEXT FORTY YEARS. WORKSHOP 2

Event 230 • Wednesday 29 May 2013, 11.30am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

Making radical changes to the way business works with communities to bridge the gap between public, private and voluntary sectors. Join us to take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

SLIPSTREAM WALES – RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: PAUL MATTHEWS AND HYWEL LLOYD

Event 235 • Wednesday 29 May 2013, 1pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How business, government and community could collaborate and drive country-scale change to make Wales’ communities net-positive. Paul Matthews, Chief Executive of Monmouthshire County Council, and Hywel Lloyd, advisor to energy self-sufficient Stoke-on-Trent, discuss with TYF’s Andy Middleton. Price: £3.00

CALLING ALL SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

Event 240 • Wednesday 29 May 2013, 2.30pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

Want some guidance, mentoring or financial support? Whether you are just starting out or needing to grow, drop in to meet the people who can help you out and to network with other like-minded souls. FREE - DROP IN

GREEN DRAGONS’ DEN FINAL 2. BUILD IT

Event 245 • Wednesday 29 May 2013, 4pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

Five participants, four Dragons and three minutes to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, minds and cheque books for a chance to win a £15,000 cash award and one-to-one support from UnLtd. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket

LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: PROFESSIONALS – DELIVERY AND INNOVATION.  WORKSHOP 1

Event 267 • Thursday 30 May 2013, 10am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How do professionals across all sectors develop the survival skills for a resilient future? As part of the Landmarc 100 Innovations Scheme, this is the third in a series of open invitation workshops, conversations and presentations designed to inspire applicants, tackle the big issues of sustainability, and take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: PROFESSIONALS – DELIVERY AND INNOVATION. WORKSHOP 2

Event 273 • Thursday 30 May 2013, 11.30am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How do professionals across all sectors develop the survival skills for a resilient future? Join us to take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

SLIPSTREAM WALES – PROFESSIONALS: DELIVERY AND INNOVATION: JANE DAVIDSON, STEVE EVANS AND MAT ROBERTS

Event 279 • Thursday 30 May 2013, 1pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How do we take the individual professionals’ ideas and innovations and raise them to a country-wide scale across Wales? How could we measure the benefits, join the dots and really get organisations working together? Jane Davidson, INSPIRE Director at University of Wales, Steve Evans, Industrial Sustainability Research Director at Cambridge University, and Mat Roberts, Head of Sustainability at Landmarc Support Services, discuss with TYF’s Andy Middleton

LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: DATA, DATA EVERYWHERE BUT NOT A BYTE IN SIGHT. WORKSHOP 1

Event 312 • Friday 31 May 2013, 10am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How can we use omnipresent data to drive behaviour change, improve performance and make radical the new normal? This is the last in a series of open invitation workshops, conversations and presentations designed to inspire applicants, tackle the big issues of sustainability, and take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

LANDMARC 100 WORKSHOPS: DATA, DATA EVERYWHERE BUT NOT A BYTE IN SIGHT. WORKSHOP 2

Event 317 • Friday 31 May 2013, 11.30am • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How can we use omnipresent data to drive behaviour change, improve performance and make radical the new normal? Join us to take the great ideas you’ve jotted on the back of beer mats or napkins and make them real. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

SLIPSTREAM WALES – DATA FUTURE. ANDY MIDDLETON AND GUESTS

Event 322 • Friday 31 May 2013, 1pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

How can data be used to help drive behaviour change, increase performance and make radical the new normal? With speakers from the world of technology and smart data analysis, chaired by TYF’s Director Andy Middleton. Price: £3.00

THE DRAGONS’ SLIPSTREAM. ANDY FRYERS, ANDY MIDDLETON AND GUESTS

Event 328 • Friday 31 May 2013, 2.30pm • Venue: Landmarc 100 Stage

Earlier this week a group of senior business leaders, third sector innovators and participants from government came together in Hay to catalyse change in Wales. Join in the discussions in this open event and help build confidence and capability to magnify the solutions and share them globally. Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.

There seems to be a growing awareness in the formal education sector, especially the independent Business Schools and those affiliated to universities, that there needs to be a new approach to embedding sustainability in their curriculum. Certainly there is a place for formal teaching of certain areas of sustainability.

• Can it be taught?

• Should there be more "learning" that is directed to the right brain to complement the current teaching process; that develops critical thinking and world views? 

• Can this be taught only by academics or is there a role for the practitioner?

• What value can "guiding", peer-to-peer learning and other non-hierarchical methods bring where the outcomes and results are unknown and emerge from the educating?

• What are the "soft-skills" that will serve practitioners and therefore need to be developed?

These are some of the questions that have been widely discussed both within ASP and with members of Businesses Schools and unis recently.  And now we invite you to join us in the New Forest to explore these questions and see what we can contribute to embedding sustainability in HE/FE.

I hope you can join us on Friday 26th April from 17:00(ish) to Saturday 27th April 16:30 at the Minstead Study Centre in the New Forest.  Details attached.

We are aiming to keep the numbers down to 15 for this first meeting so please reserve your place early, here:  http://aspect01.eventbrite.com

The costs will be about £40-60 each including food (which we will all have a chance to contribute to: provision and preparation!) and accommodation, depending upon the final number of participants.

Applications are now open for One Year in Transition 2013-14

 A new programme for people in their Twenties who want to lead their own practical projects for community wellbeing and find right livelihood

  This course is offered by Transition Network, the organization that supports communities around the world that are committed to post-carbon living. Designed as a self-directed learning journey, you learn practical skills, community engagement and inner development. Spread over 11 months, it is as full or part time as you want it to be, is low cost and you can do it right where you are or move to a host community.