2050 Workout

What will I learn? 

• Systems thinking skills to analyze where ecology, economy and equity overlap.
• Metaphorical thinking to strengthen my ability to shift perspectives.
• Policy analysis skills to understand how adults build frameworks for sustainable solutions.
• Project management skills to match my idealism with practical steps for achieving results.
• Performance assessment skills to align my project with measurement systems used by local governments. 
• Public speaking skills to become a powerful and persuasive presenter in front of any audience.

What do we do for 10 hours?

• Eat a lot of great food (local, organic, zero waste) and analyze local food systems
• Move around a lot, think hard, move around a lot
• Public Speaking Workout - Part 1: “Masters of the Obvious - Improvisational PowerPoint”
• Speed date sustainable systems (water, energy, buildings, waste, transportation, food, equity)
• Compare sustainability data at two scales (household and city)
• Eat a lot of great food (local, organic, zero waste)
• Public Speaking Workout - Part 2: “I know a lot about sustainable systems”
• Forecast practical scenarios for 100% sustainability in our community by 2050
• Backcast a practical action plan for my home, school and city for the upcoming school year.  
• Public Speaking Workout - Part 3 "Plan the Work and Work the Plan!"
• Eat a lot of great food (local, organic, zero waste)
• Final panel presentations to parents, peers and policy makers

How do I sign up?

Write a really, really well-crafted personal reflection (one awesome paragraph) about why you are ready for the 2050 Workout and email Cassandra or Peter. Feel free to ask questions… it’s a sign of professionalism.

Cassandra Houghton, Student Leadership Coordinator (Class of 2013 Tahoma High School)

253-397-9624 mysustainablevision@gmail.com

Peter Donaldson, Sustainability Ambassadors Leadership Coach (Class of 1975, Corvallis High School) 206-236-8114 peterdonaldson50@gmail.com

Limited to first 100 who apply with passion and commitment!