Acterra Student Ambassador Program at Acterra

Acterra’s Student Ambassadors Program (ASAP)

Empowering high-school and college-aged youth to take action on local environmental issues.

One of Acterra’s greatest resources is its student interns and volunteers who manage Acterra’s Student Ambassador Program (ASAP)! ASAP, the name of which expresses that addressing climate change is needed “As Soon As Possible,” shows that community organization around projects and public policies can remove or reduce barriers to equitable policies and new technologies.

ASAP , as an educational program and collaborative space, is designed to help high school students grow and expand mainstream understandings of environmental work, which often has a singular narrative taught in schools. In addition to learning about environmental concepts and civic engagement, students gain skills in project management, networking, and outreach.

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What You’ll get as a SAPling

Why ASAP? Our generation will be the most adversely affected by climate change, but it won’t affect us all equally. That’s where we come in! Focusing on local community engagement with creativity, passion, and curiosity, we can help advance sustainable solutions that truly help everyone.

Specifically, as a SAPling, you’ll join one of our four action teams (listed below) based on your personal interests. You’ll also have the chance to deliver public comments and work on ASAP’s ongoing projects––which you can learn more about below, too.

Leadership: Steer the ASAP group towards successfully completing initiatives and recruiting new members by seeing the big picture and positively motivating groups.

Outreach: Manage marketing and community engagement strategies and projects and be the reason why ASAP grows in support and participation.

Public Policy: Stay up to date on local policy initiatives and gather support for or against through objective research, subject matter deep-dives, and industry consultations with leading experts. Distill information into an accessible and engaging format with the goal of shaping the future we want to live in.

Projects: Design and oversee projects for the core group and wider sapling network to rally behind. Scope of projects must aim to be completed or successfully handed off in continuum with the next members of the ASAP Core Group.