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For Students at Naropa only. A small library with books concerning a wide range of environmental matters.

ENV Mission Statement:
Environmental Studies at Naropa University integrates the transdisciplinary study of field science and living systems, social movements and justice, sustainability, sacred ecology, and community learning. Academic study is grounded in contemplative practice and hands-on, community-based service learning.

We believe that through critical examination and understanding of diverse perspectives, engaging in meaningful relationships, and developing appropriate skills, humans can learn how to respond to the ecological crisis and return to harmonious, and sustainable relationships within the living world.

MA in Environmental Leadership

The Environmental Leadership degree prepares the next generation of innovative thinkers and activists to lead organizational and community transformation toward an environmentally just and sustainable society.

This two-year, 39-credit, residential program employs an integrated, living-systems perspective, infused with insights from ecopsychology and contemplative traditions, and offers a balance of theory, skills, inner development and experiential application. In the final year, students apply their leadership skills to a collaborative project within an organizational or community setting. Most classes are scheduled in the late afternoon and evening and on occasional weekends to accommodate working students. A summer field course with a three-day wilderness solo anchors academic learning in lived experience.