I encourage everyone to check the new Sustainability courses at McMaster Continuing Education! Let's become sustainability champions and make a better world for the present and future generations.

I really enjoy this new Sustainability program at McMaster Continuing Education. I think it provides a solid foundation with relevant information and activities to expand my sustainability journey as I gradually integrate all the lessons learned at a personal and professional level.

The teachers are great and I really value the opportunity to interact and learn from other students’ experiences and discussions. The feedback provided by both teachers and students is always interesting to take into consideration as I am able to learn a lot from different perspectives and points of view within the sustainability field.

At a professional level, I have prior experience as a sustainability assistant, but now after acquiring further knowledge in the field, I feel more prepared to continue my sustainability journey both at a national and international level. I love that within the program we are able to learn much more about the UN SDGs, as I really feel this provides a solid direction for individuals and organizations towards achieving a better and sustainable world. As a personal experience, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by the UN SDG 3 & 4, I developed a virtual educational project to share the importance of psychology and mental health online, reaching over 50 000 people (in Latin America), developing a network of over 150 international professionals in support of this project with hundreds of positive feedback from different countries.

I believe that the best contribution we can make towards sustainability is to promote related education about it to all members of society. Therefore, I am also very grateful that I got the opportunity to participate in the promotion of several sustainability virtual workshops organized by Canadian non for profit organizations reaching hundreds of people in British Columbia (Vancouver) in 2021.

Learning never ends! I encourage everyone to check the new Sustainability courses at McMaster Continuing Education! Let’s become sustainability champions and make a better world for the present and future generations.

Sustainability is something that belongs to everyone. We all live on this Earth and we need to preserve it. The best way of learning how to do that is through sustainability courses.

Today, sustainability is not an option; it is a mindset that everyone should have when making any personal or business decision to further protect and preserve our way of living and our planet Earth.

Sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. “Today, sustainability is not an option; it is a mindset that everyone should have when making any personal or business decision to further protect and preserve our way of living and our planet earth,” says Somayeh Rokhgireh, sustainability management specialist and instructor with McMaster University’s Continuing Education Sustainability Program. Rokhgireh has been teaching students from Canada, and as far as Peru, Sudan, and Thailand to develop systems thinking and a holistic perspective on sustainable business principles and practices as well as personal consumption leading to better sustainable living.

Students build insight and gain the skills to make informed decisions considering their impact on the well-being of other people and the planet. They learn how sustainable practices can help businesses proactively manage risks and turn them into opportunities. Furthermore, to enhance brand reputation and profitability while preserving natural resources and supporting a good quality of life for all,” says Rokhgireh.