The Sustainable Community Development (SCD) Program was born in 1996. It grew out of students in the Adult Degree Program (ADP) expressing a need for an integrated program of study that would give them opportunities to explore ways to offer service to both human and natural communities. Prescott College’s ADP now has about 50 students working in SCD, and another small group working in the sister field of Sustainable Community Education (SCE). To date, the program has graduated more than two dozen students in SCD and related degree paths.

Students are doing programs in their own communities in such places as Lopez Island, Washington, Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania, Utopia, Texas, Pomona, California, Jackson, Wyoming, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Salida, Colorado, Mesa, Arizona, Branchville, New Jersey, and other states. We also have international students in the program from nations such as Colombia, Switzerland, Ecuador, and Canada.

SCD Community Profiles
The SCD community profiles feature the coursework, community involvement, and personal visions of a few current students and alumni of the Sustainable Community Development (SCD) Program. A diverse sampling of both undergraduate and graduate students is included here, as well as the work of several individuals who are pursuing interests in the specific SCD areas of Sustainable Community Education (SCE) and Environmental Studies (ES). These brief yet informative glimpses into students’ actual coursework and lifework are intended to assist prospective students in grasping a fuller understanding of the broad range of learning experiences possible within the program. All profiled students have expressed a willingness to be contacted via email by prospective students seeking additional feedback on the actual experiences and individual perspectives of students already involved in the program. These profiles were also created to serve as a valuable community resource for those current SCD students and alumni wishing to exchange ideas, support, and network with one another during their curriculum and throughout their lifelong sustainability pursuits. Feel free to browse our SCD community profiles.

If you are already a member of our SCD community and would like to share your profile, please use the “Contact” link for information on how to do so. And thank you for your interest.