Leadership Project Guidelines
To complete the Leaders in Sustainability Certificate Program, all students are required to demonstrate leadership on a project related to sustainability. Projects can be completed individually or with a group and can be related to one’s graduate studies or completely unrelated. LiS projects should have clear outcomes and impacts and go beyond research in one’s field.
Sample LiS Leadership Projects
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Assessing the Infrastructure, Impact, and Partnerships for On-Campus Composting at UCLA
LiS Leadership Project by Patricia McNeil, 2022 -
Cutting Scope 3 Emissions in Retail Transportation
LiS Leadership Project by Jose Antonio Diego Gonzalez, 2024 -
LIS-US Startup
LiS Leadership Project by Oscar Neyra Nazarrett, 2022 -
Community Science for Environmental Justice
LiS Leadership Project by Lizette Romano, 2023 -
Life Cycle Analysis of Beverage Carbon Footprints
LiS Leadership Project by Nachiket Bukkambudhi Prasannakumar, 2022 -
MBA Consulting for Social and Environmental Impact
LiS Leadership Project by Alina Orendain-Calderón, 2025
Through these projects, students make a positive impact on communities before they graduate. Relationships formed during the program develop an ever-growing network of professionals. Together, they use what they’ve learned to take the lead in creating a more sustainable world—working at places such as Liberty Hill Foundation, Bank of America and the Environmental Protection Agency.