New Green Entrepreneurship online course and webinar invitation |
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New Green Entrepreneurship online course starts on November 2 We are delighted to announce the launch of a new online course on Green Entrepreneurship, developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), FaithInvest and other partners. The six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is free and open to anyone to join, and starts on November 2. The Green Entrepreneurship MOOC will provide you with all the tools you need to generate, test, and refine an idea for a green business. It also includes faith teachings and perspectives on business, wealth and the planet drawn from Catholic, Hindu and Chinese traditions (Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism). This is the first time that a UN course has included faith perspectives. Our hope is that this will help create a new generation of faith-based eco-entrepreneurs, and will also enable faith groups to introduce more business-like and entrepreneurial thinking into their own activities. |
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Course details - The course runs from November 2 to December 11 on UNDP's Learning for Nature platform
- It is free and open to everyone.
- Register here
- Watch a trailer for the course here
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- There will be an Orientation Week from October 26 but it is still possible to take part if you register too late for this.
- The course will run in French and Spanish in early 2021.
- If a group would like to study together, you can create a 'room' on the course
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To provide the faith perspectives, FaithInvest worked with partners including the Vatican's Dicastery for Integral Human Development, the American Hindu Foundation, Dr Jayshree Balachander, Green Pilgrimage Network India and the China Biodiversity, Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF). |
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Webinar: Faith Long-term Plans & Green Entrepreneurship Faith traditions have a long history of business reform and practice, as well as a deep tradition of thinking about the purpose of wealth and the greater good. We invite you to join us in this webinar to discuss how different faiths – including Catholic, Hindu and Chinese traditions (Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism) – can contribute to a re-think of business in light of the global climate and biodiversity crisis. The webinar builds on the launch on November 2 of the Green Entrepreneurship MOOC. Wednesday 28 October 2020, 12.00 GMT Speakers - Lorna Gold, FaithInvest
- Dr Zhou Jinfeng, the China Biodiversity, Conservation and Green Development Foundation
- Dr Jayshree Balachander, Green Pilgrimage India
- John Mundell, Mundell & Associates
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Other webinars in the Faith Long-term Plans programme series Keep the date free if you are interested in any of the following webinars. We'll send out invitations nearer the time. - Mon November 9: Assets: Financial Investments
- Thurs November 19: Assets: Construction & Buildings, Healthcare, Purchasing & Consumption
- Thurs December 3: Education and Young People
- Thurs December 10: Wisdom
- Wed January 13: Assets: Land & Forests, Water, Wildlife & Habitat protection
- Tues January 19: Lifestyles
- Tues January 26: Media and Advocacy
- Thurs Feb 4: Partnerships, Eco-twinning and new environmental departments
- Tues Feb 23: Celebration & Next Steps
Click the link below to find out more about the Faith Long-term Plans programme. |
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The Faith Long-term Plans programme is organised by FaithInvest, the International Network for Conservation and Religion (INCR) and WWF's Beliefs and Values Programme. |
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