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November 2019
11-26-2019
“When fires raged across Brazil this summer and deforestation rates reached startling highs, users began downloading a small German search engine in a modest effort to counteract the devastation,” writes Drozdiak. “Ecosia GmBH, a Berlin-based alternative to Google, donates as much as 80% of the profit it makes from running ads alongside search results to plant trees around the world.”
Photo: Natalia Drozdiak. Photo © Jan Van de Vel / Picture Alliance for DLD
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
11-06-2019
Eban Goodstein, director of Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability, says putting the planet and its inhabitants before profits “is an incredible paradigm shift” for business schools that have long trained their students to maximize shareholder value. Bard’s MBA in Sustainability bakes sustainability principles into every class rather than simply offering sustainability electives as many business schools do. “In theory, you don’t want to have a sustainability department. The goal should be to make sustainability part of the business model,” says 34-year-old Nour Shaikh MBA ’16, a vice president at ING Financial Services.
Photo: Nour Shaikh MBA ’16 and BCEP Director Eban Goodstein. Photo by Justin J. Wee for Bloomberg Businessweek
Meta: Subject(s): Bard Graduate Programs,Community Engagement,Economics,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Subject(s): Bard Graduate Programs,Community Engagement,Economics,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
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