Sbcc Earth Day, Fair Trade campus, permaculture garden, sustainability fee

1. Developed an EcoLeader profile, including my personal EcoMission., 2. Contributed to a project in one or more of the following ways: created or added to the EcoLeader project profile, project updates pages, and/or the application for certified project status. Project name and URL are listed below. (All projects must be hosted on EcoLeaders site to be eligible for certification), 3. Informed myself of leadership models and principals in one or more of the following ways: Read articles on leadership, participated in an NWF EcoLeaders webinar series, and/or participated in equivalent program offered by other organizations., 4. Encouraged the wider EcoLeaders community by contributing an idea, question, comment, article, video or photo in the community related to my or others’ projects, or to relevant leadership topics., 5. Secured one or more endorsers for my EcoLeader Recognition application who are willing to support my career and civic endeavors and to serve as references as I apply for career or continuing education opportunities.

6. Sought a basic understanding of sustainability and biodiversity by reading one of the following resources (listed below and linked in the resource box on the right) and providing your top three reflections in the box below.

Adam

Green

Program Coordinator for the Environmental Studies Program

Santa Barbara City College

akgreen@pipeline.sbcc.edu

The SDG's of the earth charter have come up in many of my classes at SBCC and UCSB.

Identified a need and invented a project to address it., Clarified project outcomes and measures of success., Investigated similar projects, Coordinated a “request for proposal” (RFP) or similar process., Facilitated a team of people to define a vision for the project (or coordinated a planning charrette)., Integrated the project as a committee in an existing decision-making structure on campus or in the wider community, such as the student government council, campus strategic planning process, city council ordinances, or even a national or international policy., Secured placement of the project within the campus or community strategic or master planning documents or processes.

Recruited one or more other individuals for the core project team., Recruited volunteers to help with the project (beyond the core project team)., Met with campus faculty or staff and received support for the project., Met with the campus president or chancellor and secured support for the project., Organized or facilitated one or more project committees, or served as liaison for multiple committees., Recruited representatives from one or more departments or organizations as advisors, board members, or in other leadership capacities.

Developed a budget for the project (expenses regarding materials, promotions, etc.), Organized a student green fee initiative or applied for use of the fees to fund the project., Secured funding through the Student Government Association.

Secured use of building space, land, goods or services., Organized materials, goods or services needed for volunteer service. , Kept a team up-to-date regularly over the course of the project., Lead effective meetings with a pre-stated agenda and notes after., Developed committee chairs or other structures that distribute the workload.

Incorporated an educational program, flyer, or video into campus orientation for new students, faculty or staff., Encouraged at least one team member to try something new.

Facilitated a situation that required conflict management skills., Prepared a checklist of items to bring to an event.

Met with the campus or student body president about policy development and/or revisions in support of the project., Wrote or passed a campus policy in support of the project., Developed an advocacy campaign in support of the project (email blasts, postering, educational gatherings, etc.), Wrote a letter to or met with political representatives related to the project.

Organized a table about the project at an event., Prepared a checklist of items to bring to an event.

Prepared a document (e.g. press release, flyer, etc.) that explained the project vision and accomplishments., Created posters, banners, illustrations or other visuals for the project.

Took photos or videos at project events, and secured releases for their use.

Hosted a party with the leaders involved to acknowledge and appreciate effort, success and/or lessons learned.

Facilitated wellness for myself and others through physical exercise., Cultivated a mentor or sought advice from others to help manage my personal and professional growth., Participated in a professional association or other support group of individuals who have similar goals, opportunities and challenges., Engaged the support of professionals with team building, leadership, communications or structure. , Contributed to the cultivation of meaningful and friendly relationships with one or more team members, e.g., organizing meals together, hikes, birdwatching, or similar opportunities., Designed ways to share, distribute or decentralize responsibility to lighten the load for myself and others.

I served on the student government board as the sustainability commissioner so it was my job to work with administration, staff, and students in implementing projects that would help meet the goals of the district sustainability plan. Of course, there were Sustainabiltiy comissioners before me, so I had to maintain and keep progressing through projects that they had already started such as the permactulture garden and the sustainability fee. At the same time, I had to implment my own projects such as the earth day event and the fairtrade campus project as well as a couiple other projects intitated by other students. This process was not without it's failures which I want to mention because I believe this is an important aspect of the learning process. At times I failed at getting students to pull through with their tasks, I failed on a couple of other projects due to negligence or spreading our resources too thin. These failures were vital for me to know how to improve as a leader.