Ambassadors of Sustainability

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Ambassadors of Sustainability

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

12-week training program includes:

  • Presentations by local leaders and sustainability experts
  • Weekly readings and videos
  • Practice of ambassadorial skills
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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 29, 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)

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.”

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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.

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