Anaheim University Sets New Standard with First VP for Sustainability

ANAHEIM, Calif., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 1st, 2010 online pioneer Anaheim University appointed Triple Bottom Line expert Professor David Bainbridge as Vice-President for Sustainability, marking what the University hopes will be a new direction for U.S. higher education.  

According to Anaheim University President Dr. William Hartley, who earned his MBA at UC Berkeley, and his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, and spent his academic career on traditional campuses including the State University of New York, "The time has come for change in the way we do things in Higher Ed. A number of top universities in the United States have begun to offer programs in the area of Sustainability, but it is time for us to practice what we teach.  Our administration, faculty and students at the university have embraced our 2020 Vision towards sustainability.  As being sustainable is part of the University's Mission Statement, it seemed only natural to appoint a Vice-President for Sustainability.  This provides me with an open line of communication with our sustainability team, and allows for much faster progress when it comes to implementing university-wide sustainability practices." The sustainability initiative will involve all of the university programs.

Bainbridge, is a world-renowned author, researcher and expert on Sustainability. His interest in the challenges of sustainable resource management and environmental accounting began in the interdisciplinary Eco-Grad Group at UC Davis. For almost 40 years he has focused on the challenge of sustainable management of resources and people beginning with environmental planning for the Environmental Development Agency in San Diego in 1970.  His pioneering work has included land capability analysis, sustainable community planning, natural heating and cooling, alternative building materials, sustainable agriculture, and environmental restoration. In recent years his energy has been focused on environmental accounting and sustainable management for business. He is the author of 17 books, various book chapters and more than 300 articles and reports on sustainable management. He has served as an advisor for the California Department of Transportation and the California Energy Commission, where he was honored for his work on the state solar tax credits.

In addition to the appointment as VP, David Bainbridge has been appointed as Director of the Anaheim University Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute. The Institute offers an Online Green MBA program with students from around the globe interacting in their online courses.

SOURCE Anaheim University

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