NAME: Chris Samila AGE: 23 HOMETOWN: Atlanta, Georgia DEGREE: B.S., global studies and political science (class of 2009)
In 2007, Samila started GreenSummit, a green business expo; his mother helps with marketing.Timothy Archibald
NAME: Terra Ganem AGE: 21 HOMETOWN: Apache Junction, Arizona DEGREE: B.S., nonprofit management (class of 2009)
Ganem's grandfather built a can crusher and let her keep the recycling proceeds. "I have a real appreciation for the economics of sustainability," she says.
NAME: Vairavan "Vee" Subramanian AGE: 26 HOMETOWN: Karaikudi, India DEGREE: M.S., industrial engineering; Ph.D., sustainability (class of 2012)
Last year he designed a drinking straw made from pea pods and won $10,000 to develop his product.Timothy Archibald
NAME: Benjamin Funke AGE: 22 HOMETOWN: Scottsdale, Arizona DEGREE: M.A., sustainability (class of 2009)
Funke studied humanities as an undergraduate; he says sustainability studies align his personal and political interests.Timothy Archibald