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Sustainability is more than just recycling, reducing waste, using less energy and water, or choosing eco-friendly products. Yes, those aspects are important, but sustainability is so much more. Sustainability encompasses environmental, social, and economic factors which means sustainability can and should be incorporated into every career.
Explore below to learn ways to bring sustainability to your future career.
"To do good, you actually have to do something."
-Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia
Ways to bring sustainability to your future career
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: Learn how to find your role in the climate fight whether that be in a new career or in the career you already have.
: Learn about climate actions that can be taken in common professions by downloading "Climate Solutions at Work" for free.
: Learn how to make an impact in the climate fight without becoming a scientist.
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: Learn ways to advance sustainability in the job you already have.
: If you are interested in a sustainability career check out Northeastern University’s step by step list to help you navigate your journey.
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Explore the to learn more about sustainability.
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College of Arts & Humanities
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: A blog about communication and marketing regarding sustainability
: Look at real life examples of how people utilize an Arts & Humanities degree in the sustainability realm.
: Learn how artists today use their work to forward climate action.
: Read about all the ways art can promote sustainability.
Examples of Change
: Check out this article about James McGowan, a sustainability marketing leader.
: Check out this interview with an artist who's art brings light to coral bleaching.
: Check out this interview with an associate professor in Colorado State University's Department of Art and Art History and learn how she promotes sustainability through her art work.
: Learn more about the founder of Isaboko, a revolutionary fashion brand that reimagines the future of sustainable clothing.
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: A YouTube video from the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCATV), the largest PR association consisting of 35,000 professionals in 82 countries.
: Explore corporate sustainability and storytelling.
: Watch this Ted Talk to learn about three sustainable principles needed in the fashion industry.
: Learn how an artist uses abandoned buildings to change his neighborhood.
School of Business & Economics
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: Explore this site to learn how to make business more sustainable.
: What is an Environmental Economist?
Integrating Sustainability into Business: Learn about the importance of integrating sustainability into every business from the founder of .
: Learn about the necessity of integrating sustainability into core business operations from .
Examples of Change
: Read this interview, "Forging a career in sustainability: An economics graduate's path" with a economics major that brought sustainability to her career.
: The author of "Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist."
: A British ecological economist and professor for sustainable development at the University of Surrey.
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: Explore corporate sustainability and storytelling.
: "Kate Raworth argues that rethinking economics can save our planet" Learn how the changing climate changed the view of an economist.
: Check out this selection of presentations from Kate Raworth.
: In a world that needs to constantly grow is green growth possible? Find out listening to this podcast episode with Tim Jackson.
College of Health Professions
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: Read "The Green Revolution in Healthcare: Primary Care Doctors and Eco-Friendly Initiatives" to learn more about the changes that are being made to help patients' health directly and indirectly.
: Explore this website to learn more about sustainable solutions in healthcare.
: Learn more about the importance of sustainability in healthcare.
Examples of Change
: Check out this video about the Chief Population Health Officer at U Health. His goal is to create compassionate and financially sustainable models that address the unmet needs of his patients.
: Check out this site to see what the Office of Population Health at University of Utah Health is doing to reimagine healthcare across Utah.
: Check out this video about the Director of Population Health at University of Utah Health and his work in broadening the definition of health.
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: Learn how states across the country are trying to improve people's health and the healthcare system. To learn why this is important to sustainability, revisit .
: Watch this short video to learn what can happen if sustainability was incorporated into the healthcare system.
College of Social Sciences & Education
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: Learn how to offer students who would not normally learn about sustainability
: Learn five ways social science can help us understand change.
: Explore this website to learn more about sustainable planning and management from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
: Learn how your psychology major can advance sustainability.
Examples of Change
: A city planner and architectural designer who advocates for more walkable cities.
: A 91风流 professor that is studying the benefits of indoor plants in college classrooms.
: Check out an organization that has led Utah's environmental protection efforts by creating community-driven policies and solution to pressing challenges.
: Check out this TED Talk about building resilient sustainable buildings with mud and trash.
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Read this to learn more about the importance of integrating sustainability into curriculum.
Check out talking about Southern Utah Wilderness.
Check out to learn how you can connect your degree to the environment.
: Learn how an artist uses abandoned buildings to change his neighborhood.
College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology
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: Visit this site to better understand the role of engineers in sustainability.
5 Top Environmental Engineering Companies: Check out what the top 5 companies are doing and if they are hiring.
: Learn more about sustainability engineering and how it can be incorporated into civil engineering projects from .
: Check out these 5 examples of sustainable engineering.
Examples of Change
: Check out this Utah based company that wants to transform the world's critical infrastructure through sustainable solutions.
: Sustainable Mining? Check out this interview with the CEO of Olokun Minerals who is reducing the environmental impact associated with conventional mining.
: Check out this TED Talk about building resilient sustainable buildings with mud and trash.
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: Check out these publications related to sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
: Visit this site to stay up to date on anything sustainable happening with civil engineering.
: Check out this Ted Talk about using waste to create resilient and sustainable buildings.
College of Science
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Natural with numbers? Explore to learn how to connect math and nature together.
: Learn how to reduce the environmental impact labs produce.
: Read this article to find out what you can do with your technical knowledge and problem-solving skills.
Examples of Change
: Sustainable Mining? Check out this interview with the CEO of Olokun Minerals who is reducing the environmental impact associated with conventional mining.
: Check out an organization that has led Utah's environmental protection efforts by creating community-driven policies and solution to pressing challenges.
Check out this website to learn more about the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
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Check out to learn how you can connect your degree to the environment.
: Fascinating and funny stories from around the natural world.
: Talking about climate change can be overwhelming. This podcast claims to leave you feeling energized after each episode.
