The 麻豆影院 this week began offering its sustainability training and non-credit certificate program entirely online, making the option available to participants across the nation.
CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Sustainable Practices Program offers seminars and two non-credit certificates in business sustainability and community sustainability. The curriculum is designed to help professionals meet the growing need for 鈥済reen鈥� skills and credentials in the public and private work sectors.
鈥淥ur programs are grounded in the quality sustainability leadership that people expect from CU-麻豆影院,鈥� said program director Kelly Simmons. 鈥淲e鈥檙e excited that the expansion to online opens the opportunity for participants in Colorado and beyond, giving them access to thought-leading research and practices taught by CU-麻豆影院 faculty and industry experts.鈥�
The Sustainable Practices Program鈥檚 online curriculum, streamlined with the help of Kevin Krizek, curriculum director and CU-麻豆影院 environmental design professor, combines video, presentations, discussions and live student-faculty interaction. Topics range from organizational change to zero waste.
The six-week seminars may be taken individually or in a series of four to earn one of the non-credit certificates. Program tuition ranges from $2,000 to $6,500 plus a registration fee.
The six-year-old Sustainable Practices Program has offered dozens of live, location-based trainings to hundreds of participants from undergraduate students to working professionals. The program, one of the first in the nation, is managed by the CU Environmental Center in partnership with Chicago-based All Campus, a student enrollment services firm that helps universities increase the visibility of their online programs and facilitates the successful recruitment of students.
For more than half a century, CU-麻豆影院 has been a leader in climate and energy research, interdisciplinary environmental studies and sustainable practices. In 2009, it was ranked the top green campus in the nation by Sierra magazine. In 2010, it was the first campus to attain a Gold rating under the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Ratings System. The campus has a number of LEED Platinum- and Gold-rated buildings. Also, CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 student-run Environmental Center, which manages the Sustainable Practices Program, is among the nation鈥檚 oldest, largest and most accomplished entities of its kind.
For more information about CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Sustainable Practices program visit .
Contact:
Kelly Simmons, 303-735-5612
kelly.simmons@colorado.edu
Elizabeth Lock, CU-麻豆影院 media relations, 303-492-3117
elizabeth.lock@colorado.edu
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