Youth Eco Ambassador Program

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

— Jane Goodall

What is the Youth Eco Ambassador Program?

The objective of The Youth Eco Ambassador program is to empower and educate the Jersey City community about topics that include resource recovery, resiliency, air quality monitoring, composting, and how to support waste prevention and diversion.

As part of Sustainable JC’s MARCH 2020 CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN URBAN SUSTAINABILITY we will be integrating a SJC Eco-Ambassador Program Session in our Waste Streams Track for Jersey City!

SJC Youth Eco Ambassador Presentation

Join us for our second SJC Youth Eco Ambassador Program Presentation, hosted by DCM, where you’ll learn about an exciting youth opportunities focused on solar jobs and sustainability careers with Solar Landscape and Bard College! See more details on our Events Calendar page and register here!

Resource recovery is using wastes as an input material to create valuable products as new outputs. The aim is to reduce the amount of waste generated, therefore reducing the need for landfill space and also extracting maximum value from waste. Waste diversion or landfill diversion is the process of diverting waste from landfills.

Be an advocate for a Zero Waste future and take this upcoming opportunity to participate in one of the training programs we are offering. Find out more about the March 2019 Certificate Program Waste Streams Track: Eco-Ambassador Program Training here!

This new Waste Streams Track is the official launch of the SJC Eco-Ambassador Program and we are very excited about it ! We will be hosting another Eco-Ambassador Program Training separate from our annual Certificate Program in Urban Sustainability so stay tuned for those announcements.

Our goal is to bring together a cohort of people that will work together for one year to reduce their waste footprints and share their knowledge with friends and neighbors.

Eco-Ambassadors learn how to:

Implement materials recycling (including plastics) and food scrap collection programs for themselves, for their buildings and for their neighborhood

Benchmark their own and participant group waste streams and measure progress over time to be able to report success stories
Conduct outreach and perform visual waste audits
Help keep their neighbors engaged and increase diversion practices in their community

SJC’s PTI helps you learn how to lower your waste footprint so you can help alleviate environmental & economic challenges all this STUFF in our lives has created ! (detailed instructions)

Check Out SJC’s New Personal Trash Inventory (PTI) - Simple Step-by-Step Here - Take The Survey - Send Us Pics 👍

SJC’s Go Green Business Campaign

The objective of this campaign is to build a robust network of local businesses interested in environmentalism while also meeting their business goals. This program aims to encourage the community to implement green initiatives such as reducing energy and streamlining waste.

Find out more here!