Understanding Sustainability Management

Last Held: June 17, 2015
8:30am - 4:00pm (Check-in time: 8:00am)

Next offering TBD.

This program has been designed to help individuals better understand how economic activity – and the programmatic decisions it drives – may impact the health of the environment and society. The course will examine how and why natural resources are often undervalued or ignored completely by traditional accounting practices and economic data. It also will discuss why natural assets, such as clean air and water, tend to be abused precisely because they are the "common property" of society at large.

Specific topics will include:

• What is sustainability—and why should we care?
• Why people, communities and nations overwhelm natural resources
• Global climate change—real numbers and predicted costs
• Industrial ecology—how does it fit in
• Systems analysis and process improvement—evaluating what YOU do

Credits

• 6 CRP credits

Substitutions are permitted. View cancellation policy.

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided to you at no additional cost.

NOTE: If you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, please alert us at least one (1) week in advance of the course start date so that we can make reasonable accommodations. We cannot guarantee accommodations for special requests made after that time.

GPS systems may not recognize campus addresses. Even if they take you to the correct building, they will not take you to the assigned parking lot. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you use the directions we provide.

Cook Student Center
59 Biel Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Directions, Parking Information & Map

Note: Pre-registration is required. We're sorry, but we cannot guarantee a seat, materials or meals for walk-in registrants. Location is subject to change; registrants will be notified in the event of a change.

Sorry, registration is not currently available for this course.

Would you like to be notified when the next offering is scheduled? 

Here are 3 convenient ways to be added to our mailing list:
1. Click here to join our mailing list (please reference "Understanding Sustainability" or Course Code EO0113) 
2. Call us at 848-932-9271, select option 3
3. E-mail us at ocpe@njaes.rutgers.edu

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