About Beahrs ELP

The Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program was established in August 2000 with a generous gift from University of California at Berkeley alumni Carolyn and Richard Beahrs.

The Beahrs ELP offers an annual international three-week summer certificate course in Sustainable Environmental Management held at the Berkeley campus. The course provides participants access to a wide range of U.C. Berkeley and California resources through lectures, exchanges of experiences, case studies and field trips:

• Faculty and researchers who are internationally recognized for their expertise in the fields of agricultural, resource & development economics & policy, resource management, ecosystems sciences, plant, insect & microbial biology, agroecology, forestry, rural sociology, collaborative processes, and environmental politics.
• California-based non-for-profit, for profit and public organizations and enterprises working on innovative technologies and institutions to meet the often conflicting needs of environmentalists, communities, farmers, developers, and governments.
• A highly diverse agricultural and natural resource landscape that includes small and large-scale farming, conventional and organic production, diverse approaches to resource management, and increasing population pressure on scarce resources.

The Program has also received funding from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Development Program, the UCB College of Natural Resources, and private individuals to support scholarships, the Small Grants Initiative, curriculum development and the Beahrs ELP Berkeley Alumni Network. The Beahrs ELP is a member of the Environmental Leadership Collaborative, and has developed partnerships with LEAD International, Development Alternatives, Inc., ASHOKA and Ecoagriculture Partners, among others.

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