ekonnect future plan
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The best way to predict the future is to create it
E-learning
USP• All content focused on ‘Business’ perspective• Content is customizable to sector and company• State of the art platform and instructional design• Pre and post questionnaire to measure understanding• Pedagogy aimed at three levels of employees
Current Products• 1 hour e-learning module on
environmental awareness & management
• Half hour e-learning modules on Waste, Water, Biodiversity, Energy
Potential impact & scale:• Customized to leading MNCs, Financing Institutions and
Government bodies in India• Integrate into sustainability kaleidoscope & sustainability
awareness program• Co-branding with leading institutes in India and Abroad
Employee EngagementCurrent Services• Employee engagement program integrating
volunteering & learning• Customizable to the requirements of the company• Includes interactive, immersive outdoor and indoor
events• Sustainability assessment to measure outcomes &
effectivenessUSP• Designed for behavioral
change• Provides individual
satisfaction• Exposure leads to
learning for actions
Potential impact & scale:• High priority for HR
departments• Existing budget for HR• Training of Green Teams
(ToT)
Sustainability Kaleidoscope• Blended learning training program for young
professionals• In partnership with trade and industry based
associations and Corporate sponsorship as CSR
• Face to face training on Friday/Saturday with e-learning in between
• Offered on a flexible subscription basis
USP• Case study based
content• Practical application • Web connect forum• Project ideas as output
Potential impact & scale:• Designed for corporate
sustainability professionals
• Establish entry points to corporates for other services
Ekohub Programs• Disha: Career Counselling for
Students & Young Professionals
• Urban Parks & Biodiversity Program: NJWITP & TRC
• Anvaya: Short Film Contest for Environment
Upcoming: Eco Explore, Sustainability Talks, Eco Exhibition
USP• Innovative Community
Based• Action oriented• Advantage to the
community
Potential impact & scale:• Burning topics in media /
social• Build community leaders• Community owned & led
Eko AwardsWho would we award?• Encourage deserving students of environmental
management• Award unconventional teaching practices by
awarding teachers• Recognize budding talent, offer mentorship, catalyze
innovation, • Promote entrepreneurship, provide backing and
support
Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation encourages talent and support good work through rewards with the intention of facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship. Proposed initial budget 10 lakhs as personal contribution
What is the award?• Learning program
sponsored• Support for books• Internship, counselling• Co-sponsoring pilot
training program that is innovatice
Institutional Capacity Building• Work with Institutions like Rachna Sansad, NMIMS,
N.M.College, Symbiosis in Pune, NITIE, NITK and the like
• Explore work with more such institutions in partnership for developing curriculum and offering courses either part of the course or as supplementary
Why such partnerships?• To fill the gap between what is taught and what is
practiced• To supplement existing courses with practical
knowledge• To update and influence curriculum with real world
application
Research, Publications & Knowledge Products
A ‘Green Map’ for Mumbai: A social mapping product to connect citizens, various subject experts, researchers, service providers, NGOs and social networks who aspire for a better environment in their neighborhoods.
The Green Suppliers Directory is a compilation of 200 Indian manufacturers/suppliers who can proudly claim that their products to be potentially eco-friendly.
KnowCO2Now - Assess your carbon footprint now. This web-based tool asks 14 simple questions to capture your lifestyle to estimate your share of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and provides advice on how to reduce the footprint.http://ekonnect.net/index.php/know-co2
Ekocalendar - An awareness tool on solutions to environmental issues, highlighting environmental days, trivia and tips to go green, made on ecofriendly paper, with a seed paper cover.
ISO 29990:2010ISO 29990:2010, Learning services for non-formal education and training – Basic requirements for service providers
• Aims to improve and maintain the quality of learning services
• All education and training programs at Ekonnect will be ISO 29990
• Professional quality in design, development & delivery of learning
A new standard currently in demand but only one institution has received it so far. An international requirement – we wish to comply with.
GPNIGreen Purchasing Network of India
• Promote Sustainable Production & Consumption, Green Procurement, Green Supply Chains, Green Public Procurement
• Affiliated with International Green Purchasing Network in Japan
What is the potential for GPNI?• Green procurement for
corporates• Green public
procurement • Green living and green
products
GPNI’s Peer Rating Service• Product manufacturers
and retailers can get the GPNI Peer review for their products
• GPNI’s 8 parameter criteria to rate the greenness of a product
We aspire to grow 2016-17• An activity monthly, a program bimonthly, a
project quarterly• Innovation to demonstrate for replication &
upscaling• Small team big impact• Increase revenue to sustain & re-invest in
future programs• Outreach across geographical boundaries
2017-18• Bigger team bigger impact• Increase in revenue and greater scale• Plan to open a branch in Pune &
representative in the U.S.• Promote Flagship programs of Disha, UPBP,
Anvaya in a Franchisees mode
Five year plan: 2021• National & international conduct of
projects/events, programs• Eco-Enterpreirship• Policy advocacy• Establish a brand for non formal & continuing
environmental education