Sustainability Leadership Program

Inquire now about the 2013-14 Program, which begins in July 2013.

The Sustainability Leadership Graduate Program prepares working professionals, career seekers and career changers to drive transformational change for more resilient organizations and communities.

The intensive one-year, cohort- and project-based program trains students in sustainability and systems thinking, develops their leadership skills and professional networks, and offers them an opportunity for personal and professional transformation.

Students choose one of several degree options. All students complete a capstone project for their organization or community.

In the Sustainability Leadership Graduate Program, you’ll address real-world issues related to your interests and professional goals through a project-based curriculum. You’ll build a network of relationships with your program colleagues and mentors, community leaders and other sustainability experts. The program provides the framework for you to apply new concepts and theories to community-based projects that engage others and build on your leadership strengths.

Program alumni are now leading change for sustainability at organizations including American Family Insurance, Center for Whole Communities, State of Wisconsin and Sustain Dane.

"Our community of learners is not only a wonderful think tank, idea generator, and sounding board, it is also a great repository of expertise that encompasses a wide and diverse range of knowledge." - Tatek Assefa '11, Center for Whole Communities

As a student in the program, you will:

• Gain practical knowledge in sustainability frameworks and metrics, ecological design, inclusive process, and change management.
• Develop the transformative, ethical leadership skills and facilitation tools you need to positively change yourself, your workplace and your community.
• Learn to empower yourself and others by reframing limiting ideas and applying the tools of systems thinking.

"Now I know that as I create the strategic plan for our business through the lens of sustainability, I am not just creating a document. I am designing a system for the future." - Rebecca Bober ‘12, Upland Point Corporation