Sustainable Development & the Environment
By minoring in sustainable development and the environment, you’ll examine whether transnational corporations can be both competitive and responsible by pursuing a strategy of sustainable development. Coursework is based on the premise that sustainable development means reconciling the need for economic growth, particularly in developing nations, with the need to protect both natural resources and quality of life.
You’ll gain an understanding of the basic principles of environmental protection and sustainability along with the emergence and consequences of globalization. Along the way, you’ll explore the increasing role of international cooperation in managing environmental problems and analyze recent attempts to measure and evaluate sustainable development.
Expert Faculty
Department of Environmental Studies
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Barry Allen, PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Research interests: National-park policy and sustainable development
Leslie Kemp Poole, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Research interests: History of the environmental movement, particularly the grassroots organizers who in Florida and across the country included many women
Lee Lines, PhD
Professor of Environmental Studies
Research interests: Physical geography, food and sustainability, sustainable development, climate change impacts, and western North America
Emily Nodine, PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Research interests: Links between climate and the biosphere, aquatic and coastal ecosystems, wetland ecology and restoration, and scales of disturbance
Bruce Stephenson, PhD
Professor of Environmental Studies
Research interests: Intersection of regional planning, environmental protection, and urbanism
Ann Francis
Sustainability Program/Environmental Studies Coordinator
Research interests: Promotes environmental and sustainable responsibility and awareness on campus