Positions available: All 12 positions currently filled Interacting directly with staff and/or faculty Gaining valuable experience for future employment and academic endeavorsīeing part of a skilled, fun, diverse team of students committed to educating their peers about sustainability Gaining extensive knowledge of an interdisciplinary model of sustainability education Improved presentation, teaching and facilitation skills
Six ambassador positions are available:īenefits of being a Sustainability Ambassador include:Įnhanced communication, decision-making and leadership skills Each Sustainability Ambassador will focus on one subject area to inform and engage the student population.
Volunteer ambassadors will work under the direction of the Carbon Neutrality Initiative Student Engagement Fellow and the Sustainability Office.Īmbassadors will be trained to educate other students on sustainability issues through workshops, projects and social media engagement activities at the Sustainability Resource Center. Based on the Carbon Neutrality Initiative, this program aims to educate and engage UC San Diego students through peer education and programming to raise awareness and incorporate culture, art, politics and social justice into all disciplines within sustainability education. The Sustainability Ambassadors Program is a registered campus student organization sponsored by the UC San Diego Sustainability Office. annual budget and/or faculty/staff coordination): After this week, the Econauts begin learning, by doing Econauts who have worked previously pair with new Econauts to start working on projects, attending events and training resident advisors.Ī brief description of the financial and/or administrative support the institution provides to the program (e.g. This week of training includes basic team building between the students, tours of the HDH facilities and sustainable features, tours of the landfill, the materials recovery facility and the Greenery (compost facility), introduction to the sustainability resources previous Econauts have created, introduction to the outreach tools (YouTube, Facebook, newsletter, Resident Advisor email list), introduction to the current and past projects of the Econauts, introduction to the calendar of events, and practice with tabling and presenting sustainability in HDH.
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The Econauts are hired at the end of the school year and are asked to start a week or so before school starts so that they can have a full week of training. The Econauts also work on making HDH more sustainable, for example Econauts provide training for staff (for example dining, custodial, and resident advisors), certify HDH’s locations as Green Businesses, run waste management programs, analyze and suggest more sustainable options for current HDH practices/products, and help facilitate student communication with HDH.Ī brief description of how the student educators are selected: Examples of the resources they provide include: tabling at events, teaching in ways that are fun and informative forming competitions between residents, guiding tours of sustainable features on campus, funding for sustainable events, funding for student projects that make HDH more sustainable (this has included water capturing programs, hydration stations for clean cold tap water refills, and student gardens) and creating newsletters, videos and pre-made presentations for events and bulletin boards. They provide resources to student leaders and help develop sustainable events, information, and projects. The Econauts are currently 10 students who work on sustainability projects for UC San Diego Housing, Dining and Hospitality (HDH). IN-2: NSSE Sustainability Education Consortium
PA-8: Committee on Investor Responsibility
PA-6: Support for Underrepresented Groups OP-20: Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion OP-18: Support for Sustainable Transportation OP-13: Cleaning and Janitorial Purchasing OP-3: Building Operations and Maintenance EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications
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