Workshops

The Natural Capitalism team is available to deliver 1-5 day workshops to your group to meet your specific needs. Whether you are just discovering that sustainability can increase your profits, or are ready to make your organization truly restorative—we can help! Learn how to lead your company or community to a more prosperous future with the help of Natural Capitalism.

Below are possible workshop topics, but NCS is happy to structure a workshop to fit your group's unique requirements.

Please contact us if you have any questions or would like more information.

Possible Workshop Topics

Natural Capitalism Workshop Team

Past audiences

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Workshop Topics

Sustainable Business Practice—Explore how the Management Helix enables a company to progress from an initial exploration of the business case for sustainability to becoming a fully restorative corporation.
LASER (Local Action Sustainability Economic Renewal)—Train in this comprehensive approach that empowers communities to develop and to strengthen their local economy and enhance quality of life without depleting land, energy, water, and other forms of natural capital.
Energy Efficiency and Climate Change—Learn how to implement a program in your community to reduce costs, enhance quality of life and improve local security. We can help your company or community reduce carbon emissions, join the growing number pledging to meet the Kyoto Protocol, and join the Chicago Climate Exchange.
Sustainability Indicators—Educate local leaders about sustainability and the merits of sustainability indicators as a community development and management tool, and stimulate better regional cooperation.
All speech topics are also available in workshop format.

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Natural Capitalism Workshop Team

Hunter Lovins

Christopher Juniper

Jeff Hohensee

Paul Sheldon

Bob Dunham

Andrew Smith

Janet Graaff

Hunter Lovins is the president of Natural Capitalism Solutions. A renowned author and champion of sustainable development for over 30 years, she has managed international non-profits, taught at major universities, advised citizens’ groups, governments and corporations, created several corporations.

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Christopher Juniper is a Consultant for NCS. He has been on the leading edge of environmental and sustainability solutions for over a quarter century as a consultant, economic development manager, teacher, activist, business owner, writer, radio producer and community development board member.

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Jeff Hohensee is C.E.O. for Natural Capitalism Solutions, and co-author of Natural Change.

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Paul Sheldon is a Consultant for NCS. He specializes in organizational development, and staff training. He has consulted widely to non-profit and philanthropists as well as serving as an Underwriting Consultant to California's State Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund. Paul also has extensive business experience in wholesale and retail travel, hospitality, real estate and insurance industries. In the last two years Paul and Hunter have taught “Sustainable Business Management” and “Implementing Sustainability” at Presidio School of Management, the first fully accredited M.B.A. program in Sustainable Management.

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Bob Dunham is a Consultant for NCS and a professor at Presidio School of Management.

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Andrew Smith is the Treasure America Project Director and a Consultant for NCS. He has a deep passion for wild places, global experience leading expeditions and a professional background in sustainable economic development.

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Janet Graaff is currently a Consultant for NCS. Janet has a Science Degree from the University of Cape Town and an M.B.A. from Stanford University (California). She is a qualified mediator and certified master facilitator, and currently teaches Sustainability and Systems Thinking in the College of Engineering and the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Past Audiences

Chicago Manufacturing Center

Western Australia State Sustainability Workshop

America's Development Foundation, Economic Development Seminar, Serbia

Presidio School of Management

Sustainable Resources Conferences

State of the World Forum

European Sustainability Seminar,

University of Colorado Maymester

The Oregon Natural Step Network

New Voice of Business

U.S. Army's Ft. Carson Mountain Base

New England Small Farms Institute

National Recycling Coalition

Colorado Renewable Energy Society

Institute for International Education

Wright Ryan Construction

Bridging the Gap Sustainability Seminars

Arkansas Environmental Federation

Sustainable Development Conference, Environmental Ministry of Cuba

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What people say . . .

"With their sustainability workshop, Hunter Lovins and her team from Natural Capitalism provide an inspirational and informative forum for learning about the opportunities in becoming a sustainable enterprise. The interactive format of their workshop involves all the participants and makes the learning experience valuable to everyone who attends. The Chicago companies who participated in our 2004 GreenPlants workshop enjoyed the experience and came away more informed and energized to take the next steps on the sustainability journey."

--Karen Wan, Chicago Manufacturing Center