Career Interests

​​"The word 'live' is in 'livlihood.' I want real work to be a seamless part of my life: I don't want to get up and go to work; I want to get up to live my life, flourishing, abundant, and more freeing life. If making money is part of that, then I want to feel good making money that inspires others to create a better world. Like eating, I wanted my life's work to be fulfilling and nourishing." 
-Jonathan Bates

Integration of Business and the Environment
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• Environmental economics and ecosystem services
• Waste-to-resources business models
• Sustainable packaging initiatives
• Innovations in global supply chain and waste management
• International project management in renewable energy

Development of Emerging Markets
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• Technology and innovation for global development
• Economic impact and valuation of development work
• Ecotourism – development and evaluation
• Social entrepreneurship
• Sustainable development

Conservation, Protected Areas, and
​Sustainable Land Use Management

• ​Sustainable land management with local communities
• Demarcation and indigenous land rights
• Debt-for-nature swap and reserve establishment
• Border control in protected areas (i.e. Guatemala-Belize)
• Financing methods for the creation of reserves