About ISSP

—Making sustainability standard practice—

As a professional association, ISSP improves the skills of sustainability practitioners through education, knowledge sharing and research.

Learn more about the benefits of membership below.  See also the history of ISSP , FAQs , Founders & Management, and Sponsors.

Community - ISSP uses web technology to help you search for and connect with people who share certain interests or fit certain criteria. Search for people in your geographic area, within a specific organization, or find people who are working on specific types of projects or have certain skills.

Resource Sharing - Stop reinventing the wheel!  Start working together and building on expertise! The ISSP site allows members to post and evaluate content. Search for a tool, policy, case study, book or other resource and be able to see at a glance which ones were deemed most worthwhile by other professionals. Also, similar to Wikipedia, the ISSP site allows members to co-create documents or resources. We’ve started a glossary of terms but this feature could also be used to write documents with others.

Advancements in the Field - Engage in discussions through topic-centered forums to get answers to difficult challenges from experienced professionals.

Professional Development - ISSP provides virtual professional development.  You take classes with a cohort of peers, accessing the best instructors from all over the world.

Conferences - 2011 is the year!  Portland, OR is the City.  Join us there, September 21-23 for ISSP's first face to face conference.  More information HERE.

Career Assistance - Our web site has a special section devoted to career advancement with job postings, job descriptions, salary studies and other useful information.

Professional Journal - ISSP will produce an e-Journal Digest that goes out to all members. It will point you toward the latest articles, book reviews, or events that have been posted on the site.

Professional Standards - Many members are expressing an interest in moving toward some form of professional accreditation. ISSP hopes to be the nexus where exploration about accreditation can take place.