Tucson Needs You!!
So Does the World . . .
Showing up for the future
Saturdays, January 4 – Mar 22, 2025
- Learn the latest on sustainability in southern Arizona
- Connect with committed citizens and local experts
- Deepen your engagement in action that makes a difference
Learn alongside fellow activists, hearing from local experts on topics like eco-justice, energy, housing, and water conservation. We also practice skills of inquiry, empathy, and public speaking. Each class is complemented with 1-2 hours of reading, screening, and reflection
By course completion, you will feel more connected and better prepared to serve as an ambassador for a community that lives in harmony with its Sonoran Desert home.
Dates/Time: Saturdays, Jan 4 – Mar 22, 10 am to noon
Venue: Online (with one or two optional outdoor sessions)
Tuition: $80; ST members $60; students $30; scholarships available on request
More info: Stuart Moody, training coordinator (stuart@sustainabletucson.org)
Schedule of presenters
- Indigenous Perspectives – videos of Robin Wall Kimmerer, PhD & Lydia Jennings, PhD
- Eco-justice Education – Alberto Arenas, PhD
- Sustainable & Affordable Housing – David Eisenberg, Development Center for Appropriate Technology
- Green Infrastructure – Xochitl Coronado-Vargas, MPH, Tucson Water
- The Happiness Advantage – Leslie Bosch, PhD
- The Food We Eat – Meg Geyer & Melody Peters
- Energy Transformation – Duane Ediger
- Water in the Desert – Dan Stormont, MS
- Zero Waste and the Circular Economy – Rocky Baier & Stephen Menke, PhD
- Going Local – Jason Lowry, MA and Moises Gomez, Local First Arizona
- The Extreme Heat Challenge – Garrett Weaver, MS & Rosemary Bolza, RN
From course participants:
“All the speakers were great and brought a lot of expertise on their respective subjects. I also benefited from hearing what other participants were doing in their own lives to promote sustainability and mitigate climate change locally.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the program and learned a lot. I am in awe of the knowledge and commitment of the Ambassadorship program speakers (Duane Ediger is an inspiration) as well as the representatives of Sustainable Tucson who participated in that program. Thank you so much for your stewardship.”
Coordinator: Stuart Moody, B.S., Conservation of Natural Resources, M.A., Counseling Psychology. In the Bay Area, Stuart directed the Rethinking Plastics campaign, putting plastics reduction on the environmental agenda in Marin County and beyond. In Tucson, he co-founded and led training for the Mindful Ambassadors of UA’s Campus Health. He works with a neighborhood coalition on resilience and serves on the board of Sustainable Tucson.