Sustainability

Major and Minor Offered

• BA in Sustainability
• Minor in Sustainability

What sets Prin apart?

You’ll have a huge 2,600-acre campus and connections throughout St. Louis, the Riverbend community, and the globe as your proving ground as a sustainability student at Principia. Whether you travel on a study abroad to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands or help local businesses attain green certifications, you’ll find Principia’s sustainability courses and experiences robust and varied. You’ll also:

• Develop transferable skills, such as systems thinking, “triple bottom line” problem solving, leadership, and communication skills.
• Design and implement sustainability projects on campus such as—beekeeping, aquaponics, permaculture, water and energy use, recycling, composting, land stewardship, and community outreach.
• Get involved in operational policies by developing green purchasing standards, zero-waste road maps, and greenhouse-emission targets.
• Travel to regional, national, and international conferences.
• Visit and network with a variety of organizations involved in sustainable business or product design, green building, renewable energy, social entrepreneurship, conservation biology, and sustainable development.
• Take part on career-related internships and community-service opportunities in state government, at the Owl Research Institute, on Three Rivers Community Farm, through AmeriCorps, with The Willows, and for the Evergreen Institute.
• Partner with faculty on research projects, such as studying the home range and habitat use of the timber rattlesnake in Principia’s forests.
• Be able to join the student-run Sustainability Club.
• Have the option to earn professional credentials, such as the LEED Green Associate credential, Permaculture Design Certificate, or Home Energy Auditor license.
• Become part of Principia College's Center for Sustainability.