Brands are made up of people and people want to do the right thing.
But, if the people at your brand are like most everyone else in our industry, they’re feeling overwhelmed and underprepared to discuss, tackle, and/or explain sustainability at your brand.
It’s not their fault…
Most of us didn’t get the sustainability education we need through our educational or professional pathways.
I know - I had to go figure it out on my own.
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Workshops, Presentations, and Package Offers
After years of countless research, in-house experience, and teaching and then building lectures, workshops and courses, for students and brands, I’m offering a range of presentations to ignite sustainability passion at your brand…and to help put your people on the path to sustainability confidence and competence.
Let’s get them fired up!
Use these sessions to Add On to the engagement we’ve already got going, or use one of these as a place for us to Start our relationship.
Regardless, a presentation session on any one of the sustainability topics available in our library will leave your team inspired, motivated, and newly informed.
These workshops are also great if your team has already gone through The Accelerator, and/or is enrolled in The Academy and is looking for presentations on current/specific topics.
Invite your entire organization to participate, encourage them to engage and even take the post-show quiz!
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Let’s spend 25 minutes getting to know each other and talking about where you or your team is at today in regards to sustainability and where you’d like to be in the future.
Schedule a Free Call to Get StartedLIBRARY OF TOPICS & OFFERS
GENERAL SESSIONS
The following presentations each include a 90-minute virtual presentation session led by Derek:
⦿ Essentials Mini-Masterclass: Knowledge, Culture & Sustainable Living
⦿ Designing for Sustainability
⦿ Value Chains & Life Cycle Thinking
⦿ True Cost & The Triple Bottom Line
⦿ A More Sustainable Sourcing Strategy
⦿ Traceability, Transparency, & Accountability: Why it Matters
⦿ Brand Messaging Awareness: Communicating Sustainability, Avoiding Greenwashing…
⦿ The CEOs Sustainability Playbook
YEAR-LONG ENGAGEMENT
A 12-Part live session supplement to the Academy & Accelerator (or stand-alone engagement) that includes a progressive set of 90-Minute lectures for your entire organization. Features:
⦿ Sustainability Concepts 101
⦿ The History of the Modern Environmental Movement
⦿ Top Environmental Concerns
⦿ Top Social Concerns
⦿ Value Chains & Life Cycle Thinking
⦿ True Cost & The Triple Bottom Line
⦿ Circularity, Recycling, and Biodegradability
⦿ The Sustainable Development Goals
⦿ Reporting & Assessing
⦿ Nonprofits, NGOs, Standards, and Certifications
⦿ History of Sustainable Fashion
⦿ How to Live a Sustainable Lifestyle
THE MOVEMENT BUNDLE
The BEST DEAL. If you're all in, and ready to transform your organization, let's spend a year together ingraining sustainability into the rhythm of your organization. Features:
⦿ The Year-Long Engagement (12 live sessions with your entire organization)
⦿ The Academy (for up to 200 people in your organization) for 1 year
⦿ The Accelerator x2 - Enroll two groups of 25 at different times, to go through the advanced cohort experience.
⦿ This will ensure that your team is getting access to quality sustainability insights and education all year long at the basic level, the intermediate level, and the advanced level.
What’s included in a workshop presentation?
All presentations include:
✔️ Vitual presentation sessions led by Derek on my Zoom, or
your account (Teams, Zoom, etc.) - open to all employees
✔️ Interactive engagement with the audience (via Mentimeter)
✔️ Moderated Q&A
✔️ Take-home PDFs
✔️ Resources for continued learning
✔️ Potential solution resources
✔️ Advice on best practices
✔️ Follow up Quizzes & Homework for your team
What are clients saying?
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Going into the course I knew little about sustainability and now I feel equipped to hold a job position in fashion sustainability. The course changed my life in how I see fashion, nature and the resources we use. I use the course principles every day of my life from the products I purchase to the food I eat. - J. Morrissette, Design Professional
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I really appreciated the tone of the educational delivery: Derek delivers with optimism, and constructive energy - on top of stark, fact-based science & study from progressive thought-leaders. Frankly, taking this course felt very empowering and ignited and a fresh fire in my soul. - M. Anderson, Design Professional
About Derek.
I've been a part of the apparel industry for more than 25 years.
But perhaps like you, I didn't learn about sustainability until I was deep into my career.
I made these courses and workshops and developed this method to get the sustainability knowledge I’ve acquired over the last 15 years straight to you and your team in the most efficient - yet thorough and effective - way possible. Learn the essentials, get access to resources, and begin making progress immediately.
Additionally, I know this industry, from the inside, out - I’ve co-founded and launched my own sustainable fashion brand KOZM, been a Global VP of Sustainability for the iconic brand Volcom, worked directly with, and learned from, the world-class Sustainability team at the global luxury group Kering for 4+ years, developed and taught sustainability in fashion courses (a 3-semester certificate program) at Orange Coast College, and have worked with lifestyle brands you’ll surely recognize like: New Balance, Roark, Quiksilver, RVCA, Billabong, Sami Miro, and PJ Salvage, and have been called on to contribute to projects and events at Snowsports Industries America (SIA), Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), GreenStory, Seeding Change, SIMA, and more.
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Let’s spend 25 minutes getting to know each other and talking about where you or your team is at today in regards to sustainability and where you’d like to be in the future.
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