Practicing what we teach

Members of the local community were invited in for the Drapanos launch

In addition to its core training around business management training, ESA operates as a social enterprise for the good of the local community.

The ESA building is made available to the community for meetings and events, including art and music functions. The seminar hall is used without charge as a cinema for the local youth.

From the beginning, the local community have been involved in, and contributed to, the ESA initiative. During the building stage, the village children learned about ecological approaches to building and, in particular, making adobe bricks from the soil.

ESA provides pro-bono workshops and debates for the people living and working in the region covering urgent issues affecting Greece which include waste, climate change, sea degradation, water shortages and air pollution. We support the education of local children on the importance of practice of animal welfare.

News updates

‘BBC 100 Women’ in 2025

ESA Associate awarded prestigious ‘BBC 100 Women’ status in 2025
Post date: 10th March 2025.

Decarbonisation in Hotels and Hospitality in Greece

Sharon Jackson was invited to speak at the Energy in Buildings conference in Heraklion
Post date: 28th February 2025.

Micro-Credentials for Green Skills in Tourism

Sharon Jackson at Tallinn University ‘Symposium on Qualifications'
Post date: 22nd February 2025.

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:

Skills for sustainable business

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.

EU Co-Funded Projects

ESA has been a consortium partner and Project Leader in Lifelong learning and Erasmus+ projects since 2013. We have collaborated with partners from Austria, Croatia, France, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland. We always participate in EU Co-Funded Projects which focus on new approaches for skills.