Presentation at 8th Massachusetts Green Careers Conference on September 29, 2016 by Joan Perreault.

1. Put your passion into practice
Presented by Joan Perreault

2. SIT’s Master of Arts Degrees
• Sustainable Development
• Peacebuilding and Conflict Transforma:on
• Interna:onal Educa:on
• Intercultural Service, Leadership, &
Management (self-designed)
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages (TESOL)

3. SIT Graduate Ins5tute is
a program of World Learning

4. SIT’s Experien5al Approach
Experience
Attentively
(doing / having an
experience)
Act Observe
Intelligently Skillfully
(planning / trying out (reviewing / reflecting
what you learned) on the experience)
Think
Critically
(concluding / learning
from the experience)

5. Field Prac5cum

6. Study with leading prac55oners in their field

7. MA in Sustainable Development
Offered in Vermont and Washington, DC
ü Community Development
& Social Ac:on
ü Policy Analysis &
Advocacy
ü Interna:onal Policy &
Management
ü Food security
ü Environmental
sustainability
ü Climate Change
ü Gender empowerment
ü Human Rights

8. Alumni Careers: Ka Hsaw Wa
Ka Hsaw Wa is the co-founder and execu:ve director of EarthRights
Interna:onal (ERI), a nongovernmental, nonprofit organiza:on that
combines the power of law and the power of people in a global effort
to reach and protect the most vulnerable communi:es from
corporate greed and poli:cal interests.

9. Alumni Careers: Chris Burley
Founder of Seedles. These rainbow bright balls of seed, compost, and
clay were created as a fun way for people to grow wildflowers to
bring back the bees and ensure a sustainable food system for our
future.

10. Alumni Careers: Liz Purdy
Liz works with Trout Unlimited, which works to conserve, protect, and
restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. She
also works with Salmon Beyond Borders to protect Alaska’s salmon
that are threatened by the mining industry in Canada.

11. For more informa5on:
graduate.sit.edu