Green Steps student workshop

Green Steps (students) is coming to Newcastle Uni in April/May 2011. The program involves 30 hours of workshops (over two weekends) and an internerships/work placement. The training includes

1. Environmental issues and responses: such as waste, energy and water, and an understanding of organisational responses to environmental issues.
2. Environmental auditing: an introduction to waste, energy, water auditing, and conducting staff interviews and surveys.
3. Project planning and management: action plan design, problem map creation and creative solution development.
4. Communication for change: effective communication to foster change within organisations, including professional presentation and report-writing, compiling promotional materials, constructing coherent arguments and negotiation skills.
5. Behavioural change management: understanding the role of the change agent, personal and organisational drivers, behavioural change theory and practice.