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Saybrook University prepares students to challenge conventional thinking in business, social structures, mental and physical health, and more. Through our innovative online and hybrid programs, students become part of a global community. Together, they are guided through certificate, master, and doctoral programs guided by renowned faculty. Our graduates leave well-prepared to create systematic change in communities around the world.

HOLDEN is a wedding and engagement ring company for all couples. Made from recycled precious metals and ethical lab grown diamonds, HOLDEN's gender neutral rings are custom made to order in NYC.

As part of its commitment to celebrating love, HOLDEN also donates 1% of sales to The Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people. HOLDEN makes affordable rings you can feel good about wearing every day.

Founded in 1993 by Dean Cycon, a former indigenous and environmental lawyer, Dean’s Beans mission is to use coffee as a vehicle for positive change. Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company is a pioneer in the field of social responsibility, social justice, sustainable practices and ecological stewardship. The company’s mission is based on the premise that business can be an agent for meaningful change and still be profitable.

Dean’s Beans pays farmers far more than the Commodity price for their coffee, creating a foundation from which they can feed and educate their families, improve their farms, increase their yield and continue to be good stewards of the earth. The company was the first to produce carbon negative coffee by planting one tree in Pangoa Cooperative in Peru for every 17 pounds of coffee it sells, and Dean’s Beans has been carbon negative company-wide since 2014.

Dhana is a fashion technology company that aims to unite humanity through fashion and reduce the impact the fashion industry has on climate change. 

Dhana’s Founder, Shamini Dhana, is on a mission to connect people more deeply to the clothes they wear and how those clothes were made to advance a new frontier of fashion.

Shamini is a leader in the sustainable fashion industry and serves as a board member for Climate Ride, Ethical Fashion Forum, and even served as an Associate Producer of The True Cost film. 

Check out our friends at Dhana, here. You can also see our campaign together on the Impact of Fashion, here. 

In The Greater Good book, award-winning social entrepreneur Madeleine Shaw presents an inspiring look at how a new generation of non-traditional entrepreneurs can use their personal values and vision to launch and grow world-changing ventures. She dispels the myth that you need a business degree or a blockbuster tech idea to start a successful enterprise, arguing that passion, a willingness to step into one’s personal power, and strong relationships are what propel social entrepreneurs forward.