The Bainbridge Graduate Institute provides a selection of MBA programs that incorporate sustainability into every course. They offer a Metro and Hybrid version, each designed to be completed in two to three years.
The BGI is located on the Islandwood campus on Bainbridge Island, an educational retreat located on approximately 1,100 acres of forestland near a former timber mill.
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Beam across the ceiling was harvested locally
for use in a mine that was never constructed |
At Islandwood "sustainability is an attitude", which is evident across the campus, from the sustainable building materials to composting toilets, to solar panels on roofs of buildings, to the Living Machine and the large demonstration garden.
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| Passive learning opportunities abound |
Islandwood offers its own graduate program, separate from the BGI and in partnership with the University of Washington, in which students live, learn, and teach on site, taking advantage of the natural landscape to teach local elementary students the ins and outs of sustainability and instilling an appreciation for nature at an early age. Every part of the campus provides a teaching opportunity. The chef in the cafeteria holds workshops where he uses vegetables grown on site to demonstrate the multitude of meals that can be prepared with a few local ingredients. Each dorm is themed to teach kids about fossils or animals or plants. Each building highlights the sustainable elements in each room. For instance, bathrooms boast everything from waterless urinals, to recycled glass tiles, to composting toilets, to stall walls made of recycled milk cartons, etc.
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| Salmon in the sink remind users where the water goes |
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| Composting toilets - top-side |
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| Composting toilets - what you don't see |
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| Their campus garden was intense |
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| One day, Stella |
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