Course: Sustainability in Business - July 6th through July 10th

A Five-Day, Intensive Summer Program for Professional or College Credit

Dates: July 6-10, 2009
Time: 8:30am to 8:30pm
Location: UVM campus, plus company site visits

Program Description:

Over the past decade, many leading businesses have applied the principles of environmental sustainability and social responsibility to "do the right thing" for the planet and for people and still remain highly profitable. The question is, "How?" Through this five-day, intensive summer program, you'll learn the design, organization and management principles and practices that make an enterprise sustainable and profitable. But even more importantly, you'll apply what you've learned.

The spectacular summer setting of Burlington, Vermont – nestled on the shores of beautiful Lake Champlain and consistently ranked one of the nation’s best cities for quality of life, the arts, and doing business – provides an ideal location for inspiration, insight, and immersion in creative thought led by recognized leaders in business and faculty at top-ranked University of Vermont. Like no other school, UVM leads the way in integrating green and environmentally responsible practices and has received numerous high rankings in ratings of green colleges by organizations that include Forbes Magazine, the Sustainable Endowment Institute, and Kaplan College Guide.

This interdisciplinary program integrates the expertise of many different University of Vermont academic units, including Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, School of Business Administration, Continuing Education, and the Vermont Business Center. Participants will also have the opportunity to interact directly with Seventh Generation, Ben & Jerry's, NRG Systems, Green Mountain Coffee, and other sustainable business representatives; meet other individuals who are committed to applying state-of-the-art knowledge in their organizations and businesses; and work in teams on "living case studies" — two projects actually being implemented at leading sustainable businesses.

To register, please visit http://www.uvm.edu/~sustnbus/

Vermont Business Center
School of Business Administration
University of Vermont
319 Kalkin Hall
Burlington, VT 05401
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