Sustainable Ambassador

Issued by Northern Arizona University

NAU’s Sustainable Ambassador Program mission is to prepare students to take on the world’s sustainability challenges as individuals, community-members, and professionals. It aims to accomplish this by educating every Lumberjack about the basics of climate science and the tenets of sustainability and inspiring graduates to live in a manner that contributes to solving our global environmental challenges.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

1. Complete "Sustainable Ambassador" pretests. These pretests gauge your base knowledge of climate change and sustainability before going through the program!
2. Attend two courses on Sustainability and Climate Change. These crash course take you from the basics to more complex climate science and sustainability topics. These will show how we incorporate justice issues, finances, and the planet in one conversation.
3. Perform two hours of volunteer work. It can be anything from shoveling a neighbors driveway to joining the Green Jacks for a trash clean-up. This activity is all about giving back!
4. Attend one sustainability event. This event could either be on Campus or in the City. Search "GreenNAU" as a keyword on the NAU online calendar to find an upcoming sustainability event.
5. Attend the sustainability workshop. These workshop help you communicate what you have learned. There is at least one workshop per semester, don't miss it!