Are you interested in living a green and sustainable lifestyle? Palm Beach County Extension offers the Sustainable Floridians training program to help you change your practices to meet this goal. This unique training program creates knowledgeable and motivated residents and volunteers ready to support sustainable education programs and activities in the community.
What is Sustainable Floridians?
Sustainable Floridians is an education in action program that unites and empowers residents and volunteers who have an interest in protecting the environment and giving back to their communities. The program provides a way for motivated individuals to connect personal decisions with information about sustainable practices.
Program Structure
Including an orientation session, program participants will attend a seven week course that combines group discussions, weekly action exercises and resource materials for an interactive and informative program. Participants will be provided with course materials, books, energy conservation devices for the home, and other products that relate to sustainable living. Participants will learn about:
- energy conservation
- local foods
- consumerism
- water conservation
- climate change, and
- community leadership.
You must complete the first, last, and at least four of the five other modules to receive your certificate of completion and become a Sustainable Floridians graduate.
Sustainable Floridians - Your Commitment
As a Sustainable Floridian graduate, you take on the role of educator and advocate within your community. Sustainable Floridians work in the following areas to advance the message of sustainability and encourage residents to answer the call to sustainability.
Sustainable Floridians may:
- Support 4-H youth activities (K-12)
- Give educational programs to the public
- Participate in local outreach events
- Research new and emerging policies and technologies
- Conduct tours and assessments
Course Readings and Materials
Session 1: Why Should You Care?
Fail_Safe_Reading_2011.pdf
Rebound_Rockefeller_Reading_2012.pdf
Resilience_of_Singapore_Reading_2012.pdf
Why_Should_You_Care_July_2013.pdf
Session 2: Consumerism
Consumerism_July_2013
Session 3: Energy and Transportation
2016 Sustainable Floridians Energy Segment.pdf
Link to Critical Thinking Interactive Website
Energy.pdf
Resource List 1000 Friends of Florida.pdf
Transportation.pdf
Session 4: Water and Landscaping
Landscape Aesthetics Cues to Care.pdf
Water.pdf
Session 5: Agriculture and Food Systems
Agriculture.pdf
Food Systems.pdf
Session 6: Climate Change
Personal Ecological Footprint quiz.pdf
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise.pdf
Session 7: Community Leadership
Community Based Social Marketing.pdf
Community Leadership.pdf