Nonprofit Leaders & Social Entrepreneurs
Develop regenerative approaches for purpose-driven organizations and projects.
4-Week Online Course
Regenerative Leadership
Lead beyond sustainability. Build organizations that regenerate.
Learn practical approaches to create organizations where people, communities, and ecosystems can thrive.
4-week online experienceOptional live sessionsUPEACE Certificate
Lead For Regeneration
Build a future where people and nature thrive.
Explore how sustainability, sustainable development, and a research-based regenerative leadership framework can help you address challenges in businesses, communities, schools, universities, and government.
Through the triple top line, discover ways to grow prosperity, strengthen community, and support the long-term health of all species.
Connect the UN Sustainable Development Goals to your own work as you explore a practical question: how can you bring sustainability into your organization and inspire positive change?
Who Should Take This Course?
For leaders ready to bring sustainability into practice.
This online course is designed for, but not restricted to:
Business Executives
Bring sustainability into organizational decisions and everyday practices.
Public Sector & Community Leaders
Help communities respond to shared challenges and build lasting wellbeing.
Sustainability Changemakers
Inspire your organization to make sustainability part of how it works.
Flexible Schedule
Compelling content built for your busy week.
With an average of 4–8 hours of work per week, this online course combines videos, live webinars, articles, and discussion forums.
A new module opens each week. Work through the materials at a convenient time and connect with your facilitator for personalized feedback.
Online format
LiveOptional Zoom sessions: Fridays, 10:00–11:30 AM EST
FlexibleWeekly modules with videos, articles, and discussion forums
ConnectedLive discussions are recommended, but attendance is not required to complete the course.
What To Expect
Course Skills And Benefits
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Your Four-Week Journey
Turn regenerative ideas into action.
Develop a personal regenerative leadership action plan and a regenerative project designed to address a challenge in your local context.
This course counts toward the Diploma in Social Innovation or Global Leadership Diploma.
Weekly journey:
Week 01Sustainability, Sustainable Development, and Regeneration
Week 02The Power of Regenerative Leaders
Week 03Other Sustainability Frameworks and Tools
Week 04Strategic Planning for Regeneration
Course Details
Everything you need to plan your experience.
Facilitator
John Hardman
John Hardman is the founder of Regenerative Organizations, a consulting firm helping civic and corporate leaders shift their organizations toward sustainability and regenerative practices.
His experience includes teaching educational leadership and qualitative research at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of Leading for Regeneration: Going beyond Sustainability in Business, Education, and Community (Routledge, 2012), drawing on his doctoral studies, research, and work with for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Course Schedule
This is a 4-week online course. 2027 cohort dates coming soon.
Optional live Zoom sessions: Fridays, 10:00–11:30 AM EST. Confirm the live-session schedule for your cohort with the Centre. Attendance is recommended, but is not required to complete the course.
Course Format
Expect 4–8 hours of work per week. Each week, a new module opens with videos, articles, and discussion forums to work through at a convenient time.
Live sessions offer opportunities to connect with other participants and explore the material together. You will also receive personalized feedback from your facilitator.
Course Cost
$650 tuition for the 4-week online course. A certificate is awarded upon completion by the Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Enroll with a colleague and each will receive a 15% discount. Contact us for groups of 3 or more.
If your participation needs a financial plan to be possible, contact us and we will be happy to share available options.
University for Peace alumni and alumni of the Centre for Executive Education receive a discount.
Questions?
Contact us at centre@upeace.org or visit our Frequently Asked Questions.
Trusted By Organizations
Designed by a centre trusted by teams across sectors.
Past Participants Say
Real reflections from professionals who joined us.
Sustainable development is a very important 21st century skill that helps generate long-term success for organizations, institutions, businesses, and for individuals. This course will help you understand how to have a greater impact at work and at home while also giving you resources and tools for developing more innovative solutions to problems.
Kristen Palana
United States/Portugal
Artist, Professor, Consultant
It is a transformative course that presents participants with ethical leadership styles focused on human values and principles
Sabino Morera
USA
International Educator at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
It is a very hands-on program focused on developing strategies to implement regenerative approaches to projects, spaces and relations. It helps to understand that transformation comes from inside-out movements and that we must put ego apart to better create resilient and safe spaces for all.
Guilherme Silva Pinheiro
Brazil
Impact Project Manager and International Relations
Be ready and open to some incredible opportunities to expand your leadership mind
Rebecca Morin
Canada
Student Government Coordinator at Canadore College
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Ready To Join Us?
Lead positive change.Create a regenerative future.
Join a four-week online learning experience and develop practical approaches for your organization and community.
2027 cohort dates coming soon.
