{"id":15996,"date":"2013-11-18T12:56:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T18:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15996"},"modified":"2013-11-18T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T18:56:21","slug":"green-mba-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Will a Green MBA Serve Your Career Goals? [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago when I started sustainablog, an <a href=\"http:\/\/greenlivingideas.com\/2009\/07\/25\/green-mba-programs-grow-up\/\">MBA in sustainable business<\/a> may have struck many as mostly a feel-good degree: unless you could get hired on at Dr. Bronner&#8217;s or Seventh Generation, the sustainability angle wasn&#8217;t going to mean a lot to hiring managers. And, of course, the opportunities to earn such a degree were also pretty limited. These perceptions weren&#8217;t entirely accurate&#8230; but they also weren&#8217;t entirely off-base: the idea of doing business in a triple bottom line manner was still awfully new, and many were skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>A lot&#8217;s changed in the past decade. Many in the Fortune 500 have joined the niche hippy-dippy companies in <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2013\/05\/roi-sustainability\/\">focusing on sustainable business practices<\/a>. \u00a0As such, that green MBA creates many more opportunities than it once did. Take a look at this infographic from Marylhurst University (which &#8211; surprise &#8211; has <a href=\"http:\/\/mba.marylhurst.edu\/\">an MBA program with a sustainable business focus<\/a>) to see how this degree could serve you in terms of creating a career path that pays you well and aligns with your values.<\/p>\n<p>Need a larger version of the graphic? Just click on it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sustainable-business-mba-infographic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15997\" alt=\"sustainable business mba infographic\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2013\/11\/sustainable-business-mba-infographic-e1384800125466.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"1996\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago when I started sustainablog, an MBA in sustainable business may have struck many as mostly a feel-good degree. A lot&#8217;s changed in the last decade&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":15998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,13],"tags":[4961,6635,5439,2172],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is a Green MBA Worth the Effort?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At one time, a green MBA may have seemed like a feel-good degree. But the business world is changing &amp; needs sustainability professionals.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is a Green MBA Worth the Effort?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At one time, a green MBA may have seemed like a feel-good degree. But the business world is changing &amp; needs sustainability professionals.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sustainablog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sustainable-business-mba-infographic-featured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"343\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30\"},\"headline\":\"Will a Green MBA Serve Your Career Goals? [Infographic]\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"infographic\",\"marylhurst university\",\"mba\",\"sustainable business\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business\",\"Sustainability\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/\",\"name\":\"Is a Green MBA Worth the Effort?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"At one time, a green MBA may have seemed like a feel-good degree. But the business world is changing & needs sustainability professionals.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Will a Green MBA Serve Your Career Goals? [Infographic]\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"description\":\"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":142,\"caption\":\"Sustainablog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30\",\"name\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\"},\"description\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the founder and editor of sustainablog. You can keep up with all of his writing at Facebook, and at Google+\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/jeffmcintirestrasburg\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is a Green MBA Worth the Effort?","description":"At one time, a green MBA may have seemed like a feel-good degree. But the business world is changing & needs sustainability professionals.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is a Green MBA Worth the Effort?","og_description":"At one time, a green MBA may have seemed like a feel-good degree. But the business world is changing & needs sustainability professionals.","og_url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/","og_site_name":"Sustainablog","article_published_time":"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":343,"url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sustainable-business-mba-infographic-featured.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30"},"headline":"Will a Green MBA Serve Your Career Goals? [Infographic]","datePublished":"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/"},"wordCount":192,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["infographic","marylhurst university","mba","sustainable business"],"articleSection":["Business","Sustainability"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/","name":"Is a Green MBA Worth the Effort?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-18T18:56:21+00:00","description":"At one time, a green MBA may have seemed like a feel-good degree. But the business world is changing & needs sustainability professionals.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-mba-infographic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Will a Green MBA Serve Your Career Goals? [Infographic]"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","name":"Sustainablog","description":"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization","name":"Sustainablog","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","width":200,"height":142,"caption":"Sustainablog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30","name":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg"},"description":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the founder and editor of sustainablog. You can keep up with all of his writing at Facebook, and at Google+","sameAs":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org"],"url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/jeffmcintirestrasburg\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}