For graduates of the Eco-Polis Master, as well as our institutional partners around the world, there is a great opportunity for further education and networking in the global environmental planning community. The application
period is now open for the 2012 Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)
at the University of California, Berkeley. The program offers a unique learning
opportunity for mid-career practitioners and decision-makers to broaden their
knowledge and perspectives on environmental and natural resource science,
policy, management, and leadership. Through exposure to innovative
sustainability approaches and dialogue, ELP participants develop the tools and
skills necessary to meet environmental goals that also reduce poverty and
social conflict.
Established in August 2000 with seed funding from UC
Berkeley alumni Carolyn and Richard Beahrs, the ELP offers an annual
three week summer certificate course at UC Berkeley, and coordinates the
Berkeley ELP Alumni Network with nearly 400 members from over 90
countries. The ELP also supports post-training conservation and
sustainable development collaborative projects with alumni, their organizations
and the UC Berkeley community of faculty, staff, and students.
ELP alumni
have gone on to win awards, like the prestigious The Goldman Environmental
Prize, and become key international players in projects and policies that are
impacting environmental restoration and preservation efforts throughout the
world. To find out more, visit the website for the program and download the
application for the 2012 edition.
Feel free to contact me directly if you are having trouble understanding the program materials or would like me to follow up on some more specific questions about the program.
Gregory Delaune, AICP
Eco-Polis Steering Committee
grgdln@unife.it
(+01) 510.229.2970
