Sustaining Spaces – Green Education Courses for Small Businesses
Green Your Business for Profitability
Your business is your life and like most small business owners you want to be competitive and you want to be environmentally responsible. Discover what consumes energy and what saves energy. Find out what kind of priorities, steps, and goals you can put into place to address energy issues and make green improvements in your business. Learn what a sustainable business plan is and why a business needs one.
Tuesdays, February 16th- February 23rd, March 2, 2010
Course Includes 3 sessions
Time 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Location: Fox High School
Room 4
Instructor: Marla Esser
LEED AP and National Association of Homebuilders Certified Green Professional
Course Fee: $99.00
Greening your Business up
Using Green to Differentiate Your Business
You have implemented green and sustainability efforts into your daily preparations, actions, and decisions. Now you want to share green information with customers and business partners find out how to begin.
This course will help you gain knowledge on the importance of sharing green and sustainability efforts with business clients, customers, suppliers, vendors, and other important related partners. By making green and sustainability efforts a business mission you may attract and retain a segment of the market that is eco-conscious while achieving environmental responsibility goals you have set for yourself and your business by putting forward a green marketing plan that includes information you can share with your listeners. Learn what a Sustainability Plan (sustainable business plan) is and why a business needs one.
Tuesdays, April 6th-April 20th
Includes 3 sessions.
Time 6:30pm-9:00pm
Location: Fox High School
Instructor: Marla Esser
LEED AP and National Association of Homebuilders Certified Green Professional
Course Fee: $99.00
Instructor, Marla J Esser _ Leed AP & (NAHB) National Association of Home Builders Green certified Professional
Marla is a degreed-engineer and member of the St. Louis Home Builders Association Green Building Council, owns Sustaining Spaces, LLC in St. Louis MO. She delivers custom green and sustainability services and education to the home building industry and consumers. Sustaining Space’s key offering is an electronic homeowners manual to help homeowners better manage and maintain their homes – a key of green living and green homes. Marla is active in the Rockwood School District and regularly shares her knowledge of Green Basics as a guest speaker for their Parents in Education program.
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