University of Vermont Continuing Education, The

Innovative Summer Program at The University of Vermont: Sustainable Business: Practices in Support of People, Profits and Principles

April 8, 2005

BURLINGTON, VT – In early June, business professionals and upper level students will come together with nationally recognized socially responsible business leaders in a week-long program at The University of Vermont.

The 5-day intensive course takes place June 8-12, 2005 on the University of Vermont’s main campus in Burlington.

Participants will learn and apply new principles of designing, organizing, and managing — based on sustainability. “Living” case studies will support hands-on learning, helping participants to integrate theory and practice. Each segment will be team-taught by a leading hands-on practitioner and a university faculty member. Complete information, including online registration, is available on the program’s website http://uvm.edu/sustainablebusiness.

Participants may take the course for college credit or for professional credit to earn a “Certificate in Sustainable Business Practices”. In addition, each day-long seminar may be taken individually.

SESSION DATES and TOPICS

Course takes place Wednesday through Sunday, June 8 through 12, 2005.

Day 1: Ecological Economics: A New Model for the Century of the Environment

Day 2: The New Leader: Fostering an Internal Culture to Live Your Values

Day 3: Sustainable Marketing

Day 4: Corporate Environmental Reporting: Communicating Progress Towards Sustainability

Day 5: Research in Action: Independent Project Planning

Highlights of the week include:

interacting with leaders from nationally recognized socially responsible businesses

participating in a community of individuals who are committed to applying state-of-the-art knowledge to their businesses or organizations

gaining an understanding of a systems approach to economics, leadership, human resources, and marketing as a method of operating socially responsible businesses

FREE EVENING SPEAKER SERIES

Each day concludes with an interactive session facilitated by experts on the day’s featured topic. The public is invited to attend. Except for the final session which takes place at ECHO, the evening sessions take place in Memorial Lounge in the Waterman Building at The University of Vermont. Free parking is available directly across the street from the Waterman Building.

June 8 (Wednesday, 7 p.m.) – Will Raap, Gardener’s Supply with Donald DeHayes, Dean, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and Robert Costanza, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont

June 9 (Thursday, 7 p.m.) – Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation and Tom Chappell, Tom’s of Maine and The Saltwater Institute

June 10 (Friday, 7 p.m.) – Phillip Coupe, The Saltwater Institute

June 11 (Saturday, 7 p.m.) – Jay Falk, SRI World Group and Michael Dupee, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

June 12 (Sunday) – 1 p.m., Phelan Fretz, ECHO, the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain and Melinda Moulton, Main Street Landing

ONLINE COMMUNITY EXTENDS LEARNING

Participants will continue to learn from each other through an online community of practice that follows the summer intensive.

Developed in alliance with Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility and Seventh Generation, this interdisciplinary program draws on the resources of many different University of Vermont divisions, including Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, School of Business Administration, Continuing Education, and the Vermont Business Center.

For more information, visit the program’s website: http://uvm.edu/sustainablebusiness. For questions regarding registration or fees, please call University of Vermont Continuing Education at (802) 656-2085 or toll free at (800) 639-3210. For questions regarding course content, call Dr. Jon Erickson at (802) 656-3328 or send an email to [email protected].