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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Smarter Water Use: Reducing Construction Site Waste Through Innovation
LiS Leadership Project by Lucie Marechal, 2023 -
Life Cycle Analysis of Beverage Carbon Footprints
LiS Leadership Project by Nachiket Bukkambudhi Prasannakumar, 2022 -
Pay-for-Success: Financing Sustainability Through Results-Based Contracts
LiS Leadership Project by Chien Li, 2023 -
Environmental Policy Collective: Building Community at Luskin
LiS Leadership Project by Alexandra Seidel, 2024 -
Scaling Social Impact Consulting Programs at Anderson
LiS Leadership Project by Austin Meyer-Ferris, 2024 -
Community Science for Environmental Justice
LiS Leadership Project by Lizette Romano, 2023
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.