Women Empowerment 2015

3rd Women Empowerment (WE) Summit
25th - 26th September 2015

THIS YEAR'S WOMEN EMPOWERMENT summit celebrates the successful conclusion of the WISE (Women Innovators in Sustainable Enterprise) EU funded pilot programme (2013 - 2015) and the START of WISE 2 – 2016 in Greece!

Join us at ESA in Crete for 2 empowering days, including experiential learning workshops with international expert teachers and guest speakers.
The themes of these workshops will follow the WISE sessions on the practical and necessary topic of:

Connecting to your purpose – Muzvare Princess Betty Makoni
Resilience for Entrepreneurs – Jenny Andersson
Life is a pitch – Ramona da Gama

Rachel Elnaugh

Attendance to 'Dragons Den' enterprise pitching event with BBC TV celebrity and Entrepreneur Rachel Elnaugh.

Culminating with ESA's annual fine dining and Women Empowerment awards gala experience, and WISE Garduation ceremony with ESA visiting African Princess Musvare Betty Makoni, in the most magical Cretan setting.

Saturday offers an optional visit to 3 innovative and elegant Cretan sustainable enterprises.

WISE - Celebrity Dragons Den

Join us for an exciting evening on FRIDAY 25th September to watch 5 of the most successful WISE Woman Innovators for Social Business in Europe Greek participants pitch their sustainable business ideas to an international CELEBRITY PANEL of successful Entrepreneurs, investors and mentors! WE WISH them luck!

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Gala Dinner Dance

TICKETS now available for Gala Dinner Dance and Women in Sustainable Enterprise awards! With fascinating key note speakers - International award winning celebrity entrepreneurs, award winning global woman empowerment activists and executive mentors and coaches with amazing stories to share! 35 euros per person, 180 euros per table of 6. LIVE MUSIC and DANCING till late!

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Women of the constellations

Stars and Cocktails at European Sustainability Academy - Crete THIS THURSDAY (24th Sept.) at 8pm. Catering supplied by Emerald Hotel & Restaurant. LIMITED PLACES.

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News updates

ESA Sustainability Activators Workshop 2024

Managers from diverse organisations, from different countries spent a weekend in September together on a mountain in Crete.
Post date: 13th October 2024.

ESA Sustainability Activator from Crete becomes a changemaker in The Congo

Vincent Hoogstad joins an experiential, in the field, learning programme at The Centre for Rehabilitation of Primates Lwiro
Post date: 3rd July 2024.

Green skills competencies development framework

ESA designs a green skills competencies development framework for Greece sustainable tourism objectives
Post date: 23rd May 2024.

What we do

Since 2012, ESA has delivered international, high calibre, leadership and management education, and consulting services, with a focus on the knowledge, skills and behaviours that are necessary to futureproof organisations and preserve the planet, through the practical application of sustainable business models.

The transition to a global green economy needs new; management skills, thinking, innovation and creativity which are rarely provided by mainstream business teaching. ESA founder Sharon Jackson has been consulting, teaching, lecturing and researching on sustainable leadership and management globally since 2000 and believes that busy executives can focus on the principles of business sustainability in a more meaningful and practical way when energised by a rich ecological backdrop.

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Powered only by Cretan sunshine, ESA is a beautiful building rooted in the earth amongst ancient rocks and olive trees, surrounded by nature. Its construction is a leading example of sustainability in practice. ESA is an experiential and creative place where people feel enlivened, uplifted and creative. Great living and great learning happen at ESA. A perfect setting for:

Leading sustainable enterprise

Our passion is contributing towards co-created sustainable enterprise for positive impact on communities and the natural environment on a global scale. Leadership and entrepreneur issues of adaptation, resilience, authenticity, sustainable-self, values connected sense-making and the continued emancipation of women (WISE) to take up more leadership roles in the world are at the core of the ESA sustainability experience.

Make sense of sustainability

Crete is the sustainable destination of the past and of the future.

Home of the Minoans, one of the earliest civilisations on earth, nestled between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Crete is rich with mythology, gastronomy, music, art and agriculture. You can have your own authentic experience of a sustainable lifestyle and feel first-hand the strong connection between nature and community.

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