Time to take stock of LiFE
The EAUC has just announced that it will be launching its new sustainability assessment system - Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) - in November.
ESD Consulting has been working with the EAUC to develop the metrics for LiFE, which replaces Universities that Count ...
Going Down Under
During September 2011 Jimmy will be in Australia for a speaking tour.
ESD has worked with ACTS - Australian Campuses Towards Sustainability - for more than a year and Jimmy was invited to speak to colleges across the country about the meaning of sustainability in a ...
Our approach
Our focus is on:
- People: We work with a wide range of people and partner organisations to stimulate change for sustainability.
- Learning: We actively encourage the cross-fertilisation of ideas, research and development to ensure that our services are cutting edge.
- Focus: Our specialism is in linking sustainability objectives with other aspects of an organisation and implementation through established business processes.
- Methods: We use innovative work approaches and tools as a means of getting the best results.
- Professionalism: We deliver excellent project management to ensure on-going rapport with clients.
Our people
Jimmy Brannigan runs ESD Consulting, but we work with a network of sustainability and communications professionals.
This means we can be flexible to your needs and can call on the relevant expertise so you get the best advice.
Our people have worked in the public, private and third sector, so we have direct experience of a huge range of organisations.
About Jimmy
What drives ESD is people. I believe that people have the resources to solve most of the challenges we face, they just need that creativity releasing. That’s what ESD really does – builds competence, confidence and focuses on people.
Often I give help with the first steps, reinforcing what people already know. I help them go forward in a more structured way and to see they already have the skills to take action.
I work on the principle that you can have long-term working relationships, but not long-term working dependencies. I want to pass on skills and build capacity for sustainability in the organisations I work with.
Having spent time living and working across Europe and the developing world I have an an appreciation for the inequalities of the planet and the diversity and urgency of the challenges we face in terms of sustainability.
But what living in different countries really brought into focus for me was the shared nature of problems and our responses to them, regardless of whether you’re in the first or third world.
What also stands out for me is that people are no longer asking to be convinced that sustainability is an issue. They just want help to respond.
