Alex Szabo Featured

Alex Szabo founded TheGreenOffice.com in 2005 after work as a sustainability consultant and educator. The company works to leverage the purchasing power of values-based consumers in order to speed the transition to sustainability in the office products industry. By offering a full selection of socially and environmentally responsible office products at competitive prices, TheGreenOffice.com empowers individuals and organizations to align their values with action.  Prior to his work with TheGreenOffice.com, Mr. Szabo oversaw the campus sustainability program at New College of California and helped develop a variety of green business ventures including a community supported agriculture program and a line of sustainably harvested redwood furniture. As an educator at both Claremont High (Claremont, CA) and Leadership High School (a charter school in San Francisco), Mr. Szabo designed and implemented an equity pedagogy that linked concepts of sustainability and social justice for minority and underprivileged students. Mr. Szabo draws from systems theory and constructivism to identify practical solutions where the interests of people, planet, and profit are maximized. He holds an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise from New College of California, a Masters Degree in Education from Claremont Graduate University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from Pomona College.

What people are saying about the GreenMBA

"Learning how to "breakdown" a project has been a fabulous tool for me in business.  I am a Facilities/Project Manager by training and have to think "systemically" in my daily work day, however, getting fully engaged in a "project" for class and working on a "team" project takes you deeper into the process.  How to use systemics and critical thinking in determining whether a project is ready "for the street" or whether it needs to be drilled deeper to get the core of what will make it successful.  It's a study in chaos and systems planning.  I find myself thinking about who will be my next "test case" - or victim!!!"

Linda L. Schanfein
Cohort B
GYMBA