MOSS Q3 and Q4 event details will be released soon. Join our online workshop series with international experts from across the globe and our 2010 Sustainability Series.

We're also going to host another business delegation to the UNFCCC in December to Cancun Mexico. Perhaps you want to join the thousands of business leaders and sustainability thought leaders who attend the hundreds of side events that make up COP 16. More on that as the program advances!

In the interim, join MOSS as we deliver workshops and key note addresses at the CIPSA Special Interest Forum - Sustainable Procurement in Melbourne and the 2010 HORTITUDE Horticulture NZs annual Conference in Auckland. We will also run some demonstrations of the Sustainability Challenge in Auckland.

Alternatively let us design a workshop or training program specifically for your organisation. We cover beginners through to advanced from the shop floor through to the board and or executive team. Email us at events@moss.org.au for more information. 

Carbon, Sustainability and Your Business Seminar presented by Carbon Neutral
Tuesday 20 July 9am - noon
Venue: L2 RACV City Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne
MOSS members only $80.00  Non member $100
 Download the full details here.

Documentary Screening "The Future Makers" followed by a panel discussion to celebrate the Sydney Theatre Company's Greening the Wharf Project
Monday 26 July at 6:30pm
Venue: Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay
Tickets: $15 (+$4 booking fee)
The Future Makers tells the story of eminent scientists in Australia who are leading the way on the world stage in renewable energy. Some are designing a future based on models in nature. Others are creating a sustainable energy model for a 21st Century economy. This documentary explores the visions of these leaders and follows them as their projects unfold. People are creating solutions that won't cost the earth.
Click here to learn more about this film.  click here to book now online or call the box office on (02) 9250 1777 / (02) 9250 1777.

The Wholistic Business Network presents: "The Sustainability Challenge"
A new Revolutionary Training Tool & Game presented by Anne Maree Huxley & Maryella Hatfield
Thursday 29th July 6.30 pm -9.30 pm
Venue:The Crows Nest Community Centre (2 Ernest Place, Crows Nest, NSW 2065)
Tickets: $20 donation
Click here to get all the details

Please confirm your attendance here sandhi@wholisticbusinessnetwork.com

 

Crawford Fund Annual International Conference on Biodiversity and World Food Security
Nourishing the Planet and its People
Tuesday and Wednesday 30 August - 1 September
Venue: Parliament House, Canberra

Conserving and using biodiversity sustainably is vital if we are to feed the more than one billion malnourished people in the world. This conference will be a key event in the Australasian region related to the UN International Year of Biodiversity, and one of very few international events focusing on food security imperatives in relation to biodiversity conservation for developing nations and Australia.

Online registration and further information is available at here

 

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Process workshops with MOSS Member ZOOiD
Sydney: 19th/20th August
Melbourne: 23rd/24th September
Sydney: 14th/15th October

Guest speakers include Melissa Clarkson, Manager, Sustainability and Climate Change, Transurban, for Melbourne's September workshop. Other guest speakers will be announced shortly.  The two day workshop provides a practical overview of the GRI sustainability reporting framework (world's best practice) and how to put together a sustainability report using the GRI's five phase process. Specifically, you will learn:

- About the Global Reporting Initiative
- How to develop an action plan
- Innovative ways to engage stakeholders
- How to select and prioritise material issues
- About environmental, economic and social indicators
- How to manage the sustainability reporting process
- Tips and techniques to develop a comprehensive sustainability report
- How to plan for your organisation's sustainable future
 Download the brochure here. 
 Download the registration form here.

 

Health and Disaster Risk Reduction: Strengthening Health Systems for Resilient Communities
September 13-24, 2010
Venue: the IIRR Yen Center in Silang, Cavite, Philippines.
 Download the full details here
 Download the application form here

This two-week course is designed for health practitioners and representatives of development organizations, non-government and government, engaged in promoting health and strengthening health systems to build resilient communities. It focuses on demonstrated models and strategies that aim to sustain efforts in community-health.