Green Mountain College
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

The way humans produce food can intensify problems like global warming, water scarcity and energy shortages. Farming methods can also become part of the solution for a more habitable world. Green Mountain College’s Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production program shows students how to take part in the current food revolution that is transforming farming and how we view food. In the Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production program, agriculture and food systems are presented through the lenses of history, anthropology, the natural sciences, philosophy, business, economics, and art. The College's 22 acre Cerridwen Farm serves as an agricultural laboratory right on campus. And the Solar Harvest Center, just a few steps away from the farm, provides office and classroom space for the Farm & Food Project and other regional organizations.

REED is an undergraduate program designed to help students explore the renewable energy and green building fields. This customizable major offers depth of study in renewable energy and ecological design, while allowing students to specialize in a specific area of interest including art, business, and sustainable agriculture. Benefits include: - Mentoring by expert GMC faculty and leading practitioners in the EcoDesign and renewable energy fields - A hands-on curriculum that allows you to combine theoretical knowledge with engagement in real-world solutions - Preparation for a variety of career and graduate school opportunities in renewable system installation, design/build companies and advocacy organizations.

The Environmental Studies program challenges students to examine their views on how humans interact with their natural and social environments. Students learn by doing; Vermont’s diverse ecosystems provide a living laboratory, while local issues engage students in ethics and policy classes. The GMC Block Course and the EcoLeague Consortium offer opportunities for interdisciplinary learning, and students graduate ready to address the complexities of environmental problems today. Tied integrally to the mission of Green Mountain College, environmental studies is one of the largest and most diverse programs at the school. Nationally prominent environmental philosophers, writers, and policy makers teach courses, granting students access to the scholars who are shaping environmental thought today.

Natural Resources Management (BS): http://www.greenmtn.edu/natural_resources_management.aspx Sustainable Business (BS): http://www.greenmtn.edu/business_economics.aspx

The minor in Managing for Sustainability (also known as the Sustainable Business minor) is designed to provide students who have majors outside the sustainable business program with a background in fundamentals of sustainable business and non-profit organization management. The minor is open to all Green Mountain College students other than those in the sustainable business degree program.

GMC's program places special emphasis on green chemistry -- a topic that fits well with Green Mountain College's sustainability mission. Green chemistry focuses on the reduction or elimination of the generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. GMC Professor Sue Sutheimer is a leader in this field - she is a 2010 recipient of the American Chemical Society & Committee on Environmental Improvement Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education. Over the last several years, she has continued her leadership in the field by researching and teaching about energy chemistry, climate change chemistry, and water chemistry. Her recent presentations include: Sutheimer, S. (2012). Bridging Green Chemistry, Materials Science and Nanotechnology: Creating a Course on The Chemistry of Energy. The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Sutheimer, S. (2012). Focusing on Water: A Green General Chemistry Lab Curriculum. The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Sutheimer, S. & King, D. (2012). Global Climate Change: Integrative Curriculum Development for General Chemistry. AASHE Conference. Los Angeles, CA.

Animal Studies is a new interdisciplinary field that is emerging as a response to the profound impact of human practices on other species and rising concern about animal use and treatment. The study of animals in an interdisciplinary context—the natural and social sciences, the humanities, law and policy, etc.—bears on how students understand themselves and on what policies they will endorse in relation to nonhuman nature. In addition to biological study of animal behavior and conservation, students in this minor will have an opportunity to explore issues associated with, among others: livestock agriculture, animal rights law, wildlife management, hunting, traditional animal husbandry, animal experimentation, veterinary care, landscape sustainability, threatened biodiversity and invasive species, companion animals, vegetarianism and veganism, animals in entertainment, animals in recreation, activist ethics, the moral standing of animals, animal pain and suffering, animal cognition, culture in animals, bushmeat, and trade in endangered species.

Minor in Environmental Education: http://www.greenmtn.edu/education.aspx Minor in Environmental Studies: http://www.greenmtn.edu/environmental_studies.aspx Certificate in Renewable Energy & Ecological Design: http://www.greenmtn.edu/reed.aspx

Reporting year is academic year 2012-2013.