The Student Sustainability Workshops provide a wonderful opportunity for students who are interested in helping to educate their peers about important environmental issues and solutions while enhancing their own leadership, public speaking and organizational skills.
The opportunity is open to all students who have successfully completed the program as Workshop Members and are willing to accept the responsibilities that go along with the position. For more information about the Workshop Leader position and requirements please check out Info page.
Santa Monica College Workshop Leaders
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"I believe that our intense belief in consumerism is the central cause of environmental problems." |
"You cannot change what you don’t acknowledge. Knowledge is power. And that change starts with me." |
"I feel passionately about Sustainable Works and I want to share information to other students as well as be an example for them to follow." |
"I feel this is a great opportunity for me to take a concrete action that will help me make a positive difference." |
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"Sustainable Works inspired me to strive towards my goal of living a completely sustainable lifestyle." |
"I still practice the solutions I implemented during each lesson, such as unplugging electronics when not in use, using reusable bags, carpooling, etc." |
"It's nice to know that the little things can help and that's why I want other people to understand you don't have to go vegan and give up the burger to enjoy knowing you are helping the environment." |
"Being a workshop leader, I continue to learn about the problems and solutions, and that helps me make smarter, more sustainable choices in my everyday life." |
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"My experience in Sustainable Works has been very enlightening. I have learned many new ways to conserve energy and change the environment for the better." |
"I tend to look at things through a more ecological lens now that I've participated in the workshops. I see the things that people are doing and realize just how terrible they are for the environment." |
"I have changed my habits dramatically and it has made me really consider everything I use, put in my body, and purchase. I have redesigned our waste system at our house, installed water filters, changed our diets and our transportation usage." |
"I learned so much from my workshop members about certain issues. They really inspired me and I hope that I was able to inspire each of them in some way." |
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"My experience with Sustainable Works Program has marked on me a big change to be involved in environmental and healthy changes for my community." |
"I think it's really important that people recognize that their role as consumers and as citizens in a democracy counts for something, and that their daily choices have national, and global implications." |
"My experience as a leader had led me to start organic gardening, to lessen my intake of animal products, and to think about how I can conserve water." |
"I love being a Workshop Leader because I can influence students who didn't know how easy it is to change their lifestyles to better the environment." |
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"We have to change if we expect anyone else to follow so I do small things that in turn lead to big movements." |
"I want to inform others about the problems we are facing today and make people start thinking about the environment."
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"The Student Sustainability Workshop was a constant reminder to me on how certain things I do everyday can and will affect the environment." |
"I have been into the green lifestyle for many years and this program is a great way to expand my knowledge regarding the environmental issues." |
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"My experience in the Workshop helps remind me that certain things must be done by others to help reach sustainable goals. Ie. recycyling is a multiperson process." |
"Sustainable Works has given me valuable resources on how I can be more sustainable." |
"Being sustainable and environmentally conscious is the one passion that will stay with me forever." |
"My experience in the Student Sustainability Workshop has helped me gain more knowledge in which I can to share to my family more often." |
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"Sustainble Works has helped me get more educated and get active in changing my lifestyle and urging my friends to do so as well."
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"Before I joined Sustainable Works I had no idea how much I could do to help and to change the way we live. I became vegetarian and I now recycle." |
"Sustainable Works has prompted me to begin implementing solutions to reduce my impact on the Earth." |
"I know that teaching and helping others learn about environmental issues will allow for the expansion of my knowledge and will better my understanding." |
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"A lot of people think it is okay to use extensive natural resources but they do not realize that they are harming everyone in numerous ways." |
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