June Newsletter

Table of Contents

1. New Faculty Joins the MBA
2. Student Will Robb Speaks on his Experience with the Marlboro MBA
   
3. Visitors Welcome
4. What We Can Learn from Wangari Maathai – Bill Baue’s Interview
5. Program Director's Current Blog

John Ehrenfeld Joins Marlboro MBA Faculty

Yes, that John Ehrenfeld, author of Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming our Consumer Culture, declared by Janice Pryor, Host of WUMB's, The Commonwealth Journal, as “may be and certainly should be one of the most important books of the 21st century.”

Currently, Dr. Ehrenfeld is Executive Director of the International Society for Industrial Ecology. He retired in 2000 as the Director of the MIT Program on Technology, Business, and Environment, an interdisciplinary educational, research, and policy program. His current projects focus on industrial ecology and on sustainability. Throughout his career he has received numerous accolades for his outstanding contributions.  In October 1999, the World Resources Institute honored him with a lifetime achievement award for his academic accomplishments in the field of business and environment. He received the Founders Award for Distinguished Service from the Academy of Management’s Organization and Natural Environment Division in August 2000. He spent part of the 1998-1999 academic year at the Technical University of Lisbon as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar and was Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Delft during the 2000-1 academic year. In 2005, Dr. Ehrenfeld was elected to the Council of Trustees of the Society of Organizational Learning. He is an editor of the Journal of Industrial Ecology.

We are delighted that John will be furthering the cause of sustainability by sharing his world-class background with our MBA students.

Will Robb, MBA Student - learning to build a sustainable economy

Student Will Robb describes his engagement in the MBA in Managing for Sustainability:

"I began to see that business and environmental issues were not opposed-indeed if we were to make any progress at all, we had to harness the engine of business in working towards sustainable goals. This is the philosophy of the Marlboro MBA. . ." Read more of his story.

June is a Great Time to Visit

The best way to see if we’ll be a “good fit” for you is to join us during one of our class ‘intensive” weekends. Our next on will be June 12-14.  You'll be able to talk with students and faculty, sit in on a class, and get your questions answered. You’re also welcome to stay to hear one of our outstanding presenters in our Featured Speakers series.  Now that the weather is great for traveling, we hope you’ll be able to spend some time with us.

June 12-14:  Speaker: Purchasing Guru Kevin Lyons, Chief Procurement Officer, Rutgers University will talk on green purchasing. Kevin is the author of Buying for the Future: Contract Management and the Environmental Challenge.

It's easy to arrange a visit. Simply call Joe Heslin, our Associate Director of Admissions, at 1-888-258-5665, extension 209 or email him. He will be glad to talk with you and to assist you with scheduling your time with us.

What We Can Learn from Wangari Maathai – Bill Baue’s Interview

"The planting of trees is the planting of ideas" - Wangari Maathai

MBA faculty member Bill Baue recently interviewed Wangari Maathai at the Marlboro College Graduate School.  Maathai received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her Green Belt Movement.  This remarkable organization, which she founded in 1977, aimed to lessen environmental degradation. Following the movement, Kenyan villagers, mostly women, planted more than 35 million trees restoring ecosystems that were thought to be gone forever. In the interview, Maathai encourages us to understand that we are a part of nature and not separate from it. By not honoring our place, we are undermining our own ability to survive. Bill also asked Maathai what can we do to follow in her footsteps no matter what community we live in. Learn from her responses on Sea Change Radio.

Program Director's Take on the Marlboro MBA

Ever wonder what it is about the Marlboro MBA that makes it different and relevant?

Read Program Director Ralph Meima's latest blog which captures what sets the Marlboro MBA apart.