Human Resource Training

One of the main services Sustainable by Nature offers to our clients is human resource training. We believe that training is one way of helping people learn to improve and so we regard it as an investment rather than an expense. Investing in people should be part of any company’s or organization’s strategy.

Learning is about change in the trainees’ behaviors, skills, values and beliefs. The trainer’s fundamental job is to demonstrate that change is possible. Training and learning are two sides of the same coin: The trainer creates a context in which individuals are motivated to learn.

People learn faster when they are exposed first hand to the subject. The mere transfer of information is not enough. Effective training must emphasize opportunities for participants to interact with each other, with their surroundings and with themselves, in ways that allow them to develop knowledge, abilities, values and beliefs.

Sustainable by Nature believes in training that:

• Understands the audiences’ characteristics including their cultural, social and educational backgrounds, their values and beliefs and specific needs of knowledge, information and skills.

• Proposes learning outcomes based on those characteristics and needs.

• Works at different neurological levels: environment, behavior, capabilities and beliefs.

• Addresses diverse learning styles through a combination of activities that stimulates all the senses.

• Provides respectful feedback and encourages peer correction.

Among the main training topics that we have developed at Sustainable by Nature are:

• Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use

• Biodiversity Impact assessment of tourism activities

• Enhancement of sustainability performance of tourism enterprises and organizations

• Good practices for tropical forests-based tours and lodging facilities

• Good practices for marine-based tours and lodging facilities

• Planning and Management of sustainable tourism in wild protected areas

• Management of the cultural heritage in wild protected areas and local communities

• Design of community tourism offer with local participation

• Interpretation of the natural and cultural Heritage

• Guiding and Group Management techniques

• Creating successful travelers’ philanthropy projects and establishing best practices for businesses, communities, and travelers

• Rescuing the historical heritage: Oral history techniques

• Public relations and strategic alliances

• Training trainers for municipality environmental management