| With our society focusing ever more on environmental | | | | environment. The eco-dwelling path focuses on |
| issues, it is no longer enough to have a standard | | | | creating living situations that incorporate sustainable |
| scientific or business degree. Companies are in search | | | | energy and non-harmful waste disposal. |
| of qualified personnel trained in environmental concerns. | | | | Online green degrees are also becoming available. The |
| Whether it is helping a company to ensure that it is in | | | | University of Massachusetts offers a bachelors |
| keeping with new governmental guidelines or helping a | | | | degree in sustainable entrepreneurship. This program |
| company adopt long-term planning that will incorporate | | | | focuses on green building, energy conservation, and |
| ideas of conservation, those in possession of a green | | | | environmental economic issues. University |
| degree stand first in line when it comes to hiring | | | | administrators expect this to be an especially popular |
| considerations. For the soon-to-be high school | | | | program because the online course will be convenient |
| graduate who is looking for a college that offers | | | | for students unable to attend regular day classes. |
| environmental studies, or the career professional | | | | The University of Wisconsin also intends to offer an |
| considering returning to university for a second | | | | online green degree program. The Bachelor of Science |
| bachelor's degree, there are plenty of schools that | | | | in Sustainable Management will be offered entirely |
| offer the new path to a high paying job. Here we'll | | | | online, but it is the product of five University of |
| take a look at a few of the undergraduate programs | | | | Wisconsin campuses. The university hopes to train |
| that provide green degrees. | | | | students for a variety of careers including those |
| Framingham State College in Framingham, | | | | dealing with alternative energy sources, more |
| Massachusetts will soon offer a four year | | | | environmentally sound waste management, marketing |
| undergraduate green degree to meet the demands of | | | | of environmentally friendly products and more. The |
| municipal governments. Municipal departments such as | | | | program promises to focus on triple bottom line |
| the Department of Public Works are in need of | | | | accounting, which is also called "people, planet, profit." |
| qualified personnel to handle matters like water | | | | This method of accounting hopes to balance the goals |
| conservation and energy conservation. The program | | | | of profit with those of lessened environmental impact. |
| at Framingham will consist of the core courses like | | | | More and more colleges and universities are offering |
| chemistry, engineering, and biology, but it will also | | | | green degrees. While not every university may offer a |
| contain a special emphasis on environmental issues. | | | | complete degree, it may not be long before green |
| Dominican University in San Rafael, California now | | | | studies are a standard part of every university's |
| offers a Bachelor's Degree in sustainable communities. | | | | curriculum. Currently these programs are in response |
| This green degree program gives students the choice | | | | to a demand by business and industry for people |
| between two courses of study. The ecological food | | | | trained in environmental concerns. It stands to reason |
| systems route centers on agricultural systems, | | | | that the demand will increase once some of these |
| particularly alternatives to the current highly | | | | new graduates become business leaders. |
| industrialized systems and their negative effects on the | | | | |