ESA Photo Gallery

ESA Photo Gallery Albums

ESA Construction Album

ESA Academy Venue Album

ESA Opening Ceremony Album

Sustainability Workshop Album

Rammed Earth Album

WISE Consortium Album

WISE Face to Face Workshop Album

Mediterranean Garden Society Album

Joint Animal Welfare Society Album

ESA Construction Album

ESA Academy Venue Album

ESA Opening Ceremony Album

Sustainability Workshop Album

Rammed Earth Workshop Album

WISE Consortium Album

WISE Face to Face Workshop Album

Mediterranean Garden Society Album

Joint Animal Welfare Society Album

News updates

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.

The European Sustainability Academy joins the EU Pact For Skills – Green Skills

At ESA we are delighted to have been accepted by the European Commission as a member of the ‘The Pact for Skills’ partnership.
Post date: 14th March 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.

Host your event at ESA

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.