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Capitalism colored green at Bainbridge MBA school

Students gather in a circle inside a beautiful modern lodge surrounded by 255 acres of forest.

"Close your eyes," Karri Winn directs the group. "Sense your physical body, and allow any muscle tension to relax. Expand your attention to include your emotional body and let it rest."

Sound like the start of a yoga retreat? It’s actually a business class.

Winn and her classmates, or cohorts as they are called, study at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI), an MBA school on the island that’s designed to teach environmentally friendly, socially responsible capitalism.

The program just wrapped up its second year, producing 14 graduates with an MBA in sustainable business.

The school started in 2002 as an experiment to infuse sound environmental and social practices into the standard business curriculum. Its enrollment has nearly doubled every year, with 40 students enrolled now and 50 new ones expected this fall.

By Kristi Heim

Seattle Times business reporter

For more information on the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, check its Web site at http://www.bgiedu.org.

Full Story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002290270_bainbridge27.html

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