Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program 2019

July 13 - August 2 2019

University of California, Berkeley

3 week program
$8,000
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The Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) at the University of California, Berkeley, offers a unique learning opportunity for mid-career practitioners and decision-makers to broaden their knowledge and perspectives on environmental and natural resource science, policy, management, and leadership. Through exposure to innovative sustainability approaches and dialogue, ELP participants develop the tools and skills necessary to meet environmental goals that also reduce poverty and social conflict. Established in August 2000 with seed funding from UC Berkeley alumni Carolyn and Richard Beahrs, the ELP offers an annual three-week summer certificate course at UC Berkeley, and coordinates the Berkeley ELP Alumni Network with 670 members from over 110 countries. The ELP also supports post-training conservation and sustainable development collaborative projects with alumni, their organizations, and the UC Berkeley community of faculty, staff, and students.

Please visit our website for more information. 


Your Takeaways
  • UC Berkeley certificate in Sustainable Environmental Management.
  • Enhanced capacity to develop and apply solutions that balance environmental, economic, and social equity objectives.
  • Strengthened skills for communicating ideas, managing conflict, facilitating multi-stakeholder processes, and leading social change.
  • Lifetime membership in the global Berkeley ELP Alumni Network, eligibility for small grants and a continuing learning relationship with UC Berkeley.
J. Keith Gilless
Dean Emeritus
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Claire Kremen
Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
Dan Kammen
Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy
UC Berkeley
David Ackerly
Dean
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
Vince Resh
Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
Malcolm Potts
Professor, Former Bixby Chair
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
Karen Chapple
Professor
College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
Miguel Altieri
Professor of Agroecology
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
John Andrew
Assistant Deputy Director
California Department of Water Resources
Ashok Gadgil
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
Dick Beahrs
Founder
Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program
Maggi Kelly
Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist
UC Berkeley
David Riemer
Executive-in-Residence
UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Photo of Mike Cheng smiling at the camera
Mike Cheng
Advisor to the Dean and Executive-In-Residence
Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
Andy Lyons
Program Director, Informatics and GIS Statewide Program
UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Angela Gallegos-Castillo
Educator
‎Instituto Familiar de la Raza
Asa Bradman
Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
David Roland-Holst
Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Douglas Brinkley
Professor of History
Rice University
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli
Founder
The Sirolli Institute
Laurel Larsen
Assistant Professor for Physical Geography
University of California, Berkeley
Max Auffhammer
George Pardee Jr. Professor of Sustainable Development
UC Berkeley
Susan Carpenter
Mediator
Susan Carpenter and Associates
Ted Grantham
Cooperative Extension Specialist
University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Zachary Wong
Adjunct Professor
Department of Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis
Will Parish
Founder and President
Ten Strands
David Vogel
Solomon P. Lee Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley
Charisma Acey
Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design
UC Berkeley
Prerequisites

The Beahrs ELP seeks participants who are proficient in English to allow full participation in course discussions, have a resume that demonstrates strong professional experience and leadership potential, and have an affiliation with an institution concerned with environmental management/sustainable development.

What's Included:
The course fee is US$8,000. Participants are also responsible for their own travel arrangements and for covering approximately US$400 in additional meals and incidentals. Please also budget for a visa application fee (about $140), airport transportation ($40 average each way), and travel insurance if desired.

The $8000 fee covers the costs of instruction, housing, most meals, course materials, field trips, certificate, and health insurance if needed

There are limited partial scholarships available for a small number of candidates. Applications for the 2019 program will open in September, and those who will be seeking funding from their employers or others should apply early.

Please see our Cost page for more information.

Who should attend
Over the last eighteen years (2001-2018), the Beahrs ELP has graduated 670 leaders from over 110 countries. Participants come from a wide range of environmental and sustainable development agencies and organizations, local to global, who share in common the goal to better understand and support sustainable human-environment interactions.

Please see our Participants and Requirements page to learn more about our participants including a breakdown of ELP alumni by geographic region, type of organization, and discipline/specialty and gender.

You may also browse through our alumni network and find previous participants from your home country/region to better understand the profiles of previous candidates. If you would like to contact any specific person, please contact our staff at beahrselp@berkeley.edu to get their email address.

Agenda
The ELP offers a series of interdisciplinary workshops with a focus on innovation and collaboration. Workshops are facilitated by UC Berkeley faculty and non-academic experts from the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Training methods include lectures, small group exercises, role-play simulations, debates, participant case studies, panels and presentations, and open space sharing.

Please see our Content and Structure page for more information.


The program was able to build a foundation for participants’ personal leadership potential as well as for strengthening collaboration among the ELP participants and alumni even after the program is over.
Nur Endah Shofiani, ESP – USAID, Indonesia (ELP 2009)
Although every region and every country faces unique challenges, ELP allowed me to also see where commonalities exist, and inspired me to try to build on those attributes by using the ELP network to enhance knowledge and information exchange for broader geographic benefit.
Victoria Pebbles, Great Lakes Commission, USA (ELP 2012)
The substance and knowledge learned from the ELP have given me a chance to broaden my scope and look at the bigger picture. Access to information, UC Berkeley faculty, researchers and academics, and the networking just add on to the already highly effective learning from the program.
Dr. Kyaw Thu, Program Specialist, UN-Habitat, Myanmar (ELP 2014)