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UW Campuses Add Courses to Accommodate Increased Enrollment in the Online Green Degree
New Degree Delivers Skilled Green Collar Job Prospects for Wisconsin
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How a green degree works
The Sustainable Management degree takes the theories of sustainability and makes them applicable to current and future occupations. A core component of the curriculum is the concept of the Triple Bottom Line – the consideration of pro t, people and planet in equal parts.
Why a green degree helps Wisconsin grow jobs and increase income
More Degrees = More Income: $25 BILLION
Green Collar Careers
A Green Collar manager understands the inseparable connections between profit, science, and community.
Sustainable Management Degree FAQ's
The Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management degree is a new cuttingedge, online, undergraduate degree completion program that combines resources of five University of Wisconsin System institutions: UW-Extension, UWParkside, UW-River Falls, UW-Stout and UW-Superior.
Responses from the Industry
New program gets positive response from industry.
Biographies
Dean David Schejbal
Crystal Fey, Director
In the News
City man in the first class for sustainable management degree
The trend to go green is happening throughout the state and the nation - in people's homes, schools and also in many businesses. With that popular trend, many employers are finding the need for people who know the science behind sustainability and can apply their knowledge in the workplace.
Sustainable Business Degrees Have Staying Power
Where a traditional curriculum teaches business students the importance of the bottom line, sustainable programs focus on the "triple bottom line." Dean David Schejbal of the University of Wisconsin-Extension says students are taught that profits, people, and the planet are inseparable, and they'll learn to improve margins while reducing costs associated with global warming, energy, water, and negative social impacts.
The Future of Business and Sustainability
Listen to Program Director, Crystal Fey's interview on the Weekend Perspective with Adam Elliot on WOLX.
More green degrees in Wisconsin
Profiting while protecting the earth, that’s what a new degree program offered through UW-Extension teaches. The Dean of Continuing Education, Outreach and E- Learning says the B.S in Sustainable Management encompasses business systems, social systems and natural systems. David Schejbal says learning how those three areas interact is key for the curriculum. Students can expect to learn about carbon trading, reducing water use to increase bottom line, in addition to creating close ties with the community to have a productive workforce.
Download the broadcast from Wisconsin Radio Network.
UW-Extension starts online sustainable management program
This isn't your father's business degree.
Putting the planet on the same plane as profits, UW-Extension is starting a first-of-its kind, online sustainable management program at four University of Wisconsin System campuses this fall.
Universities hope to help reduce waste, increase workforce
A forum regarding the rise of green jobs is slated to take place at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Monday.
The event is following a similar forum held in Madison this past Friday, which was sponsored jointly by the Wisconsin School of Business, the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Counsel and the Law Firm of Godfrey and Kahn.
Higher ed sees more green degrees
WPR segment about higher education and green degrees.
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Channel 3000 video, For the Record
Gearing up for Green Jobs
Perhaps you've installed a rain garden, compost bin, rain barrel and clothesline ... resolved to "buy local" and bring your own bags ... invested in a hybrid, joined a car-sharing service or bought a bus pass or commuter bike. Perhaps you've taken some other personal measures that help you tread lightly on the earth. If so, you've already hopped on the green bandwagon.
You're on board with likeminded folks, striving for the best outcomes
- for both humans and natural environments
- now and in the future.
To help slow the rate of climate change, environmental scientists say that business and industry must be on board, too. Companies need to make bold, strategic moves toward sustainability, bolstered by a workforce equipped with specialized knowledge and skills.
Lake Effect 89.7
Listen to David Schejbal on WUWM Lake Effect talk about the Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management degree.
Green Business in Spanish?
Alex Godoy Faundez talks about sustainability and how the Bachelor of Science Degree in Sustainable Management "combines the expertise of academics with experience".
A Collar of a Different Color
UW-Stout is even giving people a start in the green economy with their new sustainable management major. The major is geared toward those with their associate’s degree and can be done online and through other schools in the UW System. People with the degree will take classes in logistics, sustainable accounting, biology, environmental impact, and water and energy.