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MBA in Sustainable Business Print

Today, most MBA students get little exposure to social and environmental issues in their graduate curriculum and consequently tend to view them as peripheral to business success. BGI’s unique program preserves the academic rigor of a traditional MBA program, while infusing sustainability throughout every course. The program’s focus on entrepreneurship for sustainability prepares students to start their own sustainable enterprises or to be effective change agents within existing organizations.

Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership Workshops

AASHE's Sustainability Across the Curriculum Leadership workshops are for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to develop curriculum change programs around sustainability on their campuses.

AASHE: Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

For members only, they have lots of resources and listings including:
Academic Programs in Sustainability

Degree Programs in Sustainability
o Bachelor's Degree Programs Member-only resource
o Master's Degree Programs Member-only resource
o Doctoral Degree Programs Member-only resource
Non-Degree Programs in Sustainability
o Minors Member-only resource
o Certificates Member-only resource

Lots of people ask me for informational interviews. Sometimes they seem to think they need to become someone else, to go back to school, to be of value in the sustainability community.

In my experience, though, the field is still so new and the degree programs in sustainability so scarce, that most people can parlay their interest in sustainability in a host of different ways.

So answer these questions:

--What do you love to do that you're also good at?
--What type of work environment is best for you (e.g., individual consulting firm, large company, etc.)?

Beyond Grey Pinstripes is a biennial survey and ranking of business schools. Their mission is to spotlight innovative full-time MBA programs that are integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into curricula and research.

For more information, see http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/index.cfm.

The Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University in Canada offers an undergraduate certificate and post-baccalaureate diploma (also available through distance education), graduate study, and a non-credit professional program designed for those already working in the field. Education is also delivered through publications, events, workshops, our website, and through project-specific programs.

Here is a sample job description from the City of Lake Oswego in Oregon (USA). Since their sustainability work is being done through their planning department, you will see an emphasis on planning.

This sample job description is submitted on behalf of member Karen Seeh.

This job description was submitted on behalf of member Karen Seeh

This job description was submitted on behalf of member Karen Seeh.