Overview
The sustainability program offers two capstones: independent research and consulting.
ENVR 599 Independent Research Capstone provides you with an opportunity to complete an original study related to your personal or professional interests within sustainability and environmental management. ENVR 599a Consulting for Sustainability Solutions Capstone offers you the experience of consulting for a real-world organization to offer them a customized, carefully designed and well-researched Sustainability Action Plan (SAP). You complete the work for either capstone in a classroom setting with fellow degree candidates, all of whom are working towards the same goal.
Registration for the capstone is the same as a course, but your capstone topic and capstone proposal (research plan) must be approved many months in advance by registering in the noncredit Capstone Proposal Tutorial.
To support your research, we recommend that you review Harvard Library's information on environmental studies research. Visit guides by subject, and choose subjects related to your area interest. Also, George Clark is Harvard Library's environment and sustainability reference librarian.
Faculty
ENVR 599
Michaela J. Thompson, PhD, Lecturer in Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ENVR 599A
Neil Hawkins, ScD, President, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation