# Professional Seminar in Sustainability

Working towards a green economy is one of many steps organizations and businesses must take to achieve sustainability. This course discusses the sustainability issues organizations face and the measures that are being taken to address these problems. (Image by Green Jobs Now on Flickr.)

### Instructor(s)

Sarah Slaughter

### MIT Course Number

15.972

### As Taught In

Spring 2010

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Projects and examples

## Course Description

Sustainability challenges organizations to address the implications – and responses – in their own operations and supply chain, products/services/markets, and community responsibilities. This course exposes students to professionals and organizations who are actively working toward making their organizations and industries sustainable.

## Related Content

## Course Collections

See related courses in the following collections:

### Cross-Disciplinary Lists

- Environment Courses

### Find Courses by Topic

- Earth Science > Sustainability
- Economics > Political Economy
- Entrepreneurship
- Operations Management

Sarah Slaughter. 15.972 Professional Seminar in Sustainability. Spring 2010. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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