Building upon Vermont's environmental leadership, the Institute for Global Sustainability will prepare global problem solvers to help re-envision and redesign our world through a multitude of courses (offered both on-campus and online) and stimulating events and activities. You will love summer in Vermont - our laboratory of best practices - where you'll be surrounded by noted innovators, come to better understand the issues we face today, be empowered to make better choices and inspired to take action.
On the shores of magnificent Lake Champlain, cradled between the Green and Adirondack Mountains, surrounded by farms and forests, touched by streams and rivers and uniquely impacted by daily and seasonal rhythms, the Institute for Global Sustainability is set in the heart of an environmental playground. You'll be drawn into this playground by a variety of recreational opportunities while you take advantage of opportunities like:
- Over 30 course offerings focused on Sustainability
- Professional Certificate in Sustainable Business Practices
- Sustainability Field Studies - Focus Your Summer on Global Warming Solutions
- Minor in Ecological Agriculture
- Graduate Certificate in Ecological Economics
- Minor in Food Systems
- Green Building