Monika Winn is a professor in the University of Victoria's Faculty of Business who has shown leadership on corporate environmental issues. She is internationally renowned for her academic research on corporate leadership and policies for the environment, and is on the editorial board of the journal Business Strategy and the Environment. Winn attempts to incorporate her understanding of environmental business issues into her undergraduate and graduate classes at the University of Victoria. Firms will expect students to bring a fundamental knowledge of environmental issues to their businesses. With a recent Angus Reid poll stating that 84 percent of British Columbians are more likely to purchase a product or service from a company that demonstrates corporate social responsibility, including environmental stewardship, she may be right.
Elementary students can also benefit from environmental problem-solving.
The foundation has a technical manager who does professional environmental audits of buildings, and helps to develop long-term strategies for how the institutions can become energy efficient and reduce utility costs. The children go through the schools hunting for no-cost ways to lessen water and energy waste in the buildings, such as turning computers and lights off in the evenings, looking for leaky toilets, and blocking out drafts. On top of that, Sage hosts workshops for custodians, teachers, and students on greening schools. It also leads workshops for youth aged 15-20 years old on a range of topics related to environmental and social sustainability. Both Kool and Winn promote hands-on learning about environmental stewardship.