Living Earth delivers Sustainable Development presentation to staff at Shell Russia...

In July 2009, Living Earth was invited by Shell Russia to deliver a presentation to Shell Russia and Shell Joint Venture staff about our experiences working with different sections of communities to promote sustainable development and about the importance of sustainable development within the business context.

Read Living Earth's 'Sustainable Development: The 5 minute primer' here...

Living Earth facilitates the final training session of its Sustainable Development Training Programme...

In May 2009, Living Earth facilitated the final training session in the Sustainable Development Training Programme in Korsakov, Sakhalin Island. The session focused on the importance of working in partnership to ensure that all stakeholders are involved in developing and delivering sustainable solutions to environmental problems.

Find out more about the course here.
View a presentation from the course here (in English).
(in Russian).

Living Earth is interviewed for a Russian business magazine...

Living Earth delivers a presentation on Sustainable Development in St Petersburg...

View a copy of the presentation here (in English).
(in Russian).

Training session on community participation held in Korsakov, Sakhalin Island...

On 31st October and 1st November 2008, Living Earth in conjunction with Sakhalin State University, delivered a training module in its 'An Introduction to Sustainable Development' training course. The two day residential training module: 'Involving People in Community Groups', was held in Okhotskoe, a resort on the east coast of Sakhalin Island, about 40km from the region's capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Participants gained a greater understanding of community involvement as well as being able to share their experiences and develop a stronger network and partnership ethos amongst themselves.

Participants attending the course in Okhotskoe, Sakhalin

Find out more about the Sustainable Development training programme in Sakhalin here.

SSU's Sustainable Development Department enters its second year...

The Sustainable Development Department at Sakhalin State University celebrated its second anniversary on 31st October 2008. Living Earth continues to work in partnership with the department, building its capacity and collaborating on training courses for SSU staff and local government officials.

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Living Earth produces Russian brochure detailing its work in Sakhalin...

Living Earth has recently published a bilingual brochure in Russian and English giving an overview of its work in Russia to date. The brochure is intended to be a useful resource for partners and interested stakeholders.

Read about Living Earth's work in Russia here.

Living Earth makes a presentation at a Russian CSR conference...

In May 2008, Edgardo Garcia-Larralde of Living Earth made a presentation on 'Building Consensus for Sustainable Development' at a three day seminar in Geneva organised by the Russian Business Managers’ Association. The theme of the conference was Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development. Living Earth was the only non-Russian participant present.

View a copy of the presentation here.

Living Earth welcomes visitors from Sakhalin Island

“I didn’t really think that it was possible for oil and gas companies to cooperate with local government and universities to improve the quality of life of communities; now I know that it can happen..”

Local government official of Sakhalin

LEF signs MOU with Sakhalin State University (SSU)

LEF recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sakhalin State University (SSU), for their partnership in delivering a London Open College Network (OCN) accredited training course in sustainable development for key local government personnel in Sakhalin.

Read Roger Hammond's interview with SEIC

Living Earth's Director of Development, Roger Hammond, was recently interviewed by SEIC (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company), the oil and gas company working in Sakhalin, on his views about sustainable development in the region and LEF's role within that.