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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Building a Virtual Marketplace for Climate-Positive Offsets
LiS Leadership Project by Polina Hristova, 2022 -
Redesigning Consumer Goods for a Plastic-Free Future
LiS Leadership Project by Christine Gaglione, 2023 -
Uncovering the Hidden Costs of Seed Privatization on Sustainability
LiS Leadership Project by Kyle Winterboer, 2022 -
Life Cycle Analysis of Beverage Carbon Footprints
LiS Leadership Project by Nachiket Bukkambudhi Prasannakumar, 2022 -
Low-VOC Industrial Coatings for Emissions Reduction in Oil & Gas
LiS Leadership Project by Jesse Kabanov, 2024 -
Zero-Energy Cooling for Climate-Resilient Cities
LiS Leadership Project by Ashleigh Seely, 2022
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.