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What We Do

Sustainability Ambassadors is a professional development program for student leaders, teacher leaders, and community leaders committed to rapidly advancing a sustainable future by aligning classroom rigor with community relevance for real world impact.

 

We support a year-round training program for over 50 highly motivated youth from 10 different cities, a paid Intern Program, a Green Jobs Youth Pathways Portal, and a Teacher Fellows Program working with hundreds of educators to design new models of problem-based, place-based learning around a shared vision of educating for sustainability. We focus on middle school and high school youth, the teachers and school districts that guide their learning, and the community stakeholders, local government, and business leaders who are relying on the next generation to be engaged voters, informed taxpayers, conscious consumers, and employees who can create and lead sustainability initiatives.

Our work integrates three communities of learning

ONE: Youth Leadership Development training, application, and impact storytelling

  • Leadership strategies for team-building and facilitation

  • Project management skills using the IP3 Strategy

  • Community and school stakeholder engagement strategies

  • Public speaking with confidence, style, and purpose

  • Video production, graphic design, and social media management

  • Asset-based community mapping

 

TWO: Teacher Support for PBL Curriculum Design

 

THREE: Collective Impact to advance shared plans and performance measures

  • Climate Justice, Climate Action Plans (Transportation, Energy, Zero Waste)

  • Water Conservation, Stormwater Management, Wastewater Treatment Plans

  • Salmon Recovery and Watershed Resource Integration Plans

  • Workforce Development Plans with government and industry partners

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