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Sustainability professionals use science and technology skills to create and manage complex systems in businesses, governments, non-profits or education. As it sounds, this involves interdisciplinary work driven by the unique details of the job, for example: a consulting firm that engineers or sells renewable energy systems an agency or university developing management plans for coastal parks with scientists and fishermen a corporation that maps and optimizes complex supply chains from around the world a non-profit firm working to bring scientific research into public policy.

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With rapid improvements in technology, sustainability plays a role in not only gaining access to these technologies to operate more efficiently, but also being a driving factor that assists in regulating them. To see this in more detail, check out this report: , where they go into depth about the market’s past, current state, and look forward into 2031 of how the sustainability market has grown throughout the years and is expected to continue rapidly.

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Sustainability can exist anywhere. Visit AASHE’s , where you can find higher-education sustainability resources and happenings in diverse areas of universities that you may not think of when you imagine practicing sustainability. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s University Sustainability Council reports to STARS, which is a program through AASHE that accumulates all sustainable happenings at higher-education institutions and rates them, on an annual basis. Read our most recent STARS Report to see what we’ve done throughout the years to leave a a positive impact on our environment.

Sustainability programs include a B.S. in Environmental Science in Sustainability or a minor in Sustainability. See full program information at the Academics page.

Academic sustainability programs combine with student research projects to create products that directly benefit students while trailblazing innovations. Every student in the major and minor programs develops a capstone research project on- or off-campus within a two-course sequence of project classes. These projects can be adaptable to a double-major with other science, engineering, and education degrees.

There are also interdisciplinary research opportunities across campus within many departments among Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­’s five colleges. These include the Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences, and The Nathan M. Bisk College of Business. More information can be found at the Research page.

The Program in Sustainability undergraduate degree is based in the large and hybrid Department of Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences (OEMS). OEMS has several related graduate programs including a M.S. in Environmental Resources Management with many sustainability options. The Science Education Program also offers a Master’s of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies in which students can focuses on sustainability coursework and research.

Visit our Student Organizations page to see all clubs that take part in making a sustainable impact at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­! You can also subscribe to our Sustainability Newsletter to be updated on happenings around campus, along with periodically checking in on our to sign up or attend any event and help out. Follow us on Instagram to stay connected: @floridatechsustainability.

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