The Student Sustainability Workshop is a unique, peer-to-peer educational program
where students learn about important environmental issues and the ways that they can
incorporate sustainable practices into their everyday lives, improve their quality
of life, and save resources while saving money. Students also learn about careers
in the emerging green economy and the paths they can take to pursue them.
Each Workshop is made up of a group of 15 – 25 students who meet once a week for 8 weeks. The Workshops are structured around the exploration of the issues and solutions related to 6 key topics: water, energy, waste/shopping, chemicals, transportation and food. Guided by the Workshop Leader and the program text, the Sustainable Worksbook, students learn about the local, regional, and global environmental impact of their daily choices and the solutions they can use to reduce that impact. In addition to the weekly Workshop meetings, students are given the opportunity to apply what they are learning by completing 3 at-home projects based on the 6 key topics or participating in a 3-hour community service project with a local non-profit or on-campus organization.
- Providing you with the practical solutions you can use to reduce your environmental impact.
- Learning how to save money by conserving resources.
- Exposing you to green careers that may interest you.
- Earning extra credit from participating professors.
- Increasing your public speaking and leadership skills.
- Enhancing your resumes and transfer/scholarship applications.
- Connecting you to the community both on and off campus.
- Receiving a Certificate of Participation from Sustainable Works at the end of the program.
- Making new friends.
- Improving your overall college experience