Student Spotlight

Hilmarie Figueroa, a current student in the MA in Sustainable Design program, living inSan Juan, PR took some time out of her schedule to talk with me about being a student in this program. What attracted you to MCAD’s MA in Sustainable Design program? The program offered a well-balanced variety of sustainability approaches. Additionally, it

AIGA Design Educators Spotlight

“Sooner or later, business is going to come and start demanding people be able to envision and create this new future that nobody can put their finger on yet. And that’s what designers are great at. We make something from nothing.” Holly Robbins, faculty in the MA in Sustainable Design Program at MCAD was interviewed

The System of Drinking Water in Minneapolis

Last week the MASD Merit Scholarship Winners for MASD were announced. Images of Anna Stark’s project shown here focuses on using information graphics from her Course, Systems Thinking taught by Curt McNamara to explore drinking water and water consumption with a focus in Minneapolis. Here is her personal statement and inspiration behind it. “I chose

Harness the Power of Soil Carbon

Last week the MASD Merit Scholarship Winners for MASD were announced. Images of Tania Kac’s project shown here focuses on using information graphics from her Course, Visual Communications for Sustainability taught by Holly Robbins to explore “Grassland Protection” under “Land Sinks.” Here is her personal statement and inspiration behind it. “I wanted to explore “Grassland

And the Winner is…

Congratulations to our wonderful students, (left to right) Tania Kac and Anna Stark for being awarded the 2023 MCAD MASD Merit Scholarship Award. Each student will receive $1,000 to put towards their tuition. We are so proud of you! Tania’s project focused on Harnessing the Power of Soil Carbon and Anna focused on the System

Welcome Spring 2023!

Welcome Spring 2023! We’re so happy to welcome our newest MA in Sustainable Design students! As always, they bring passion and a diversity of experiences and backgrounds. Rita Caceros Rose Moroney Mariska Nell Paula Welling You can read about each of them, as well as all of our returning students, on our STUDENTS page. Starting a Masters

January Town Hall

Hello everyone, It’s that time again… Topic: Implementing a Waste Reduction Strategy for City Businesses Learn the planning, methods and process of developing and launching this city wide sustainability initiative. Our special guest for the January Town Hall is Hannah Bohn.  Hannah Bohn is a Senior Sustainability Specialist with Minnesota Waste Wise Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the Minnesota Chamber of

November Town Hall

Hello everyone, It’s that time again… Our special guest for the November Town Hall is Lisa Wise from Re:Loom. Lisa Wise is Executive Director of Initiative for Affordable Housing, Inc, a non-profit that provides housing and support services to homeless and low-income families. Since becoming Executive Director of Initiative in 1992, the nonprofit has grown from serving a single

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Designing Behavior Change

We’re offering Designing Behavior Change for Sustainability course this Fall. Data tells us that most Americans are concerned about climate change. A recent survey from Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communication showed that 72% of Americans understand that climate change is happening, and 65% feel that individuals should be doing more to address global warming.

Welcome Fall 2022!

Welcome Fall 2022! We’re so happy to welcome our newest MA in Sustainable Design students! As always, they bring passion and a diversity of experiences and backgrounds. We have eight students starting this semester: Lara Cornell Danielle Dekalb Hilmarie Figueroa Janet Gonzales Jessica Neal Veronica Mangio Golaleh Poorsoltan Meg Raiano You can read about each

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