Leading the way in Sustainable Development Training for the Professions
Professional Practice for Sustainable Development, or PP4SD as it is usually called, originated out of a seminar held by the Council for Environmental Education and the Environment Agency in 1998.
PP4SD has been working with professionals across a wide range of industry sectors to embed sustainable development into continuing professional development (CPD) programmes since 1999. PP4SD is a partnership project which currently involves the Institution of Environmental Sciences, the Environment Agency, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Society for the Environment.
PP4SD has worked with professional bodies in the construction, engineering, utilities, financial services and land-based industries as well as with private sector companies such as Barclays Bank. PP4SD has published a Foundation Course in Sustainable Development for Professionals as a manual for CPD trainers and bespoke programmes for the financial services and land-based sectors can be downloaded from the website at www.pp4sd.org.uk.
Advancing the sustainable development agenda beyond CPD
PP4SD has proven to be an effective research organisation having completed research projects on curriculum development in the learning and skills sector and in higher education. PP4SD has been a regular respondent to Government consultations on sustainable development policies and has given evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee. Promoting inter-professional dialogue has been a central aim of PP4SD. This has been achieved through giving professionals a voice by organising events and publishing.
PP4SD publish an excellent tutor handbook for a foundation course in sustainable development for professionals. The course has been published as a manual and as a CD. This is avaliable from the IES for £10 plus £2 p&p. Click here for an order form.
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To find our more about the work of PP4SD, please visit http://www.pp4sd.org.uk
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