{"id":205,"date":"2016-11-28T14:01:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T19:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/?p=205"},"modified":"2016-11-28T14:08:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T19:08:13","slug":"burlington-vermont-sustainable-by-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2016\/11\/28\/burlington-vermont-sustainable-by-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Burlington, Vermont: Sustainable by Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burlington, Vermont &#8212; <em>home to the University of Vermont and our beloved Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA (SEMBA)<\/em> &#8212; recently earned the distinction of being the first city in America to draw 100 percent of its power from renewable sources.<\/p>\n<p>And it wasn&#8217;t an accident.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2016\/11\/burlington-what-works-green-energy-214463\">A recent Politico Magazine article profiles how we got there<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2016\/11\/burlington-what-works-green-energy-214463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-210\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/files\/2016\/11\/Politico-300x77.png\" alt=\"politico\" width=\"270\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a>, through decades of deliberate effort and planning by people who understood &#8212; and continue to understand &#8212; that sustainability is not a fad, but an important ethic in building livable communities.<\/p>\n<p>It is the same ethic that drives SEMBA to educate and launch the next generation of leaders who will leverage business to solve the world&#8217;s most pressing economic, environmental, and social challenges.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s another reason to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/business\/admission_requirements\">come learn and live with SEMBA<\/a><\/strong>, in a place where sustainability is a way of life, and not a marketing slogan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burlington, Vermont &#8212; home to the University of Vermont and our beloved Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA (SEMBA) &#8212; recently earned the distinction of being the first city in America to draw 100 percent of its power from renewable sources. 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