NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY - Bachelor of Science

Students graduating with a BS in Natural Resource Sustainability will be able to:

• Articulate an awareness of concepts, issues, and practices related to natural resource sustainability and conservation at individual, family, community, regional, and global levels;
• Utilize their backgrounds in the natural, social, and management sciences to objectively assess and respond to issues related to the political, economic, and social pressures placed on communities in the context of the management and disposition of natural resources;
• Integrate the political, social, economic, technological, and ecological dimensions of conservation and resource sustainability to make appropriate decisions;
• Translate the technical and scientific foundations of sustainability to constituencies and to the public;
• Develop and apply practical knowledge, skills and tools to solve problems related to resource sustainability; and
• Manage institutions (e.g., grass roots movements, businesses, educational institutions, agencies, governmental and non-governmental organizations, communities) related to aspects of sustainability, including: green building, recycling and waste reduction, alternative energy and energy efficiency, local and sustainable agriculture and forestry

New courses in Natural Resource Susainability

For information, please contact: Dr. David Patrick, dpatrick@paulsmiths.edu; Paolozzi Center