Education & Outreach

Prerequisite: 

Prerequisite Action: Watch "What Is Sustainability"

Description: Watch the short video "What is Sustainability"  to learn more about what it means to be sustainable.

Time Commitment: 15 minutes

Required Documentation: Write what you learned from the video in 3-4 sentences.

Choose at Least Two of the Following Actions:

Action 1: Attend an Environmental Ambassadors Club Meeting (TBD)

Description: Join the Environmental Ambassadors on TBD to get involved, learn more about sustainability on campus, and make friends with like-minded individuals!

*To learn more about the meetings and RSVP, visit GivePulse (TBD).

Time Commitment: 1 hour+

Required Documentation: Check in at the meeting and write 3-4 sentences about what you learned.

Action 2: Attend an Earth Science and Society Seminar (Feb. 6th, 13th, 20th, or 27th)

Description: Attend one Geoscience and Society Seminar during February. These seminars occur every Friday in Tracy Hall Room 426 from 11:00 - 12:00 pm and are open to students, faculty, and staff.  Learn more about the series and the schedule here.

Time Commitment: 1 hour+

Required Documentation: Check in at the event and write 3-4 sentences about which seminar you attended and what you learned.

Action 3: Attend the Sustainability Snapshots with SPARC (Feb. 17th)

Description: Attend this month's Sustainability Snapshot with SPARC featuring a panel of three professors/faculty who will present on what they are doing sustainability-wise. See details below: 

• When: February 17th from 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
• Where: Stewart Library, Hetzel-Hoellein (Room 321)

Time Commitment: 1 hour +

Required Documentation: Check in at the event and write 3-4 sentences about what you learned.

Action 4: Follow WSU Sustainability on Instagram!

Description: Follow @wsusustainableclubs and @wsu_sust on Instagram to learn about ways to get involved and stay up to date on sustainability at WSU.

Time Commitment: 15 minutes

Required Documentation: Follow both profiles and write at least one new thing you learned from each. 

Action 5: Watch the Drawdown Roadmap Videos

Description: The Drawdown Roadmap provides a great way to understand the science-based strategies for prioritizing climate solutions. Watch all four (Unit 1 - Unit 4) of the Drawdown Roadmap videos located here. 

• Unit 1: "Introducing the Drawdown Roadmap" (9:15)
• Unit 2: "The Science Behind the Roadmap" (21:31)
• Unit 3: "The Five Parts of the Drawdown Roadmap" (21:17)
• Unit 4: "How to Use the Drawdown Roadmap" (10:22)

Time Commitment: 1 hour +

Required Documentation: Write 3-4 sentences on what you learned from each video.

Action 6: Read a Sustainability-themed Book (fiction or nonfiction) 

Description: Read a sustainability-related book of your choice and write about what you learned. Some recommendations include "Walkable City" by Jeff Speck, "Saving Us" by Katherine Hayhoe, "Regeneration: Ending the climate crisis in one generation" by Paul Hawken, "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place" by Terry Tempest Williams, and "The Big Fix" by Hal Harvey & Justin Gillis. 

Time Commitment: varies

Required Documentation: Write 3-4 sentences about the book you read and what you learned.

Action 7: Write a Poem or Song About Climate Change 

Description: It is sometimes easy to get lost in the doom and gloom of the effects of climate change and our future. Work through some of your climate anxiety and get creative! Write a poem or song about what climate change or sustainability means to you. 

Time Commitment: 30 min. - 1 hour (varies)

Required Documentation: Provide a copy of your poem or song. 

Action 8: Watch the Film "Tomorrow: Grassroots to Human Extinction" 

Description: Watch "Tomorrow: Grassroots to Human Extinction" on Kanopy, which students can access by using their eWeber credentials. The film follows scientists, business owners, lawyers, filmmakers, and activists, as humans are faced with evidence of climate change. Traveling across ten countries, following uplifting stories about what humans are doing to take climate action within various aspects of sustainability. Tomorrow engages the audience to consider what can and must be done to save our future.

Time Commitment: 2 hours

Required Documentation: Write 3-4 sentences about what you learned from the film.

Innovation Action:

Description: Innovative actions are welcome, but please email greenbadge@weber.edu for approval before submitting this as one of your actions.

Time Commitment: varies

Required Documentation: varies