Small Actions Add Up:

Energy & Sustainability

& YouCody Kamrowski

Who Am I?

Small Town guy that has big dreams…….

Soon to be graduating senior at UWSP• Natural Resources Social and Policy Sciences• Public Administration• Sustainable Energy

• Grew up in Melrose, WI• Hunt, fish, trap and simply enjoy the outdoors• First generation college student

• Nothing in unattainable

What is Sustainability? Something that is able to be maintained at a

certain rate or level

What should sustainability include? Just the environment? Include People? The Economy?

Try Something New and do Something Different!

Never Underestimate the Power of a Handshake and Introducing Yourself

Breakdown of My Experiences

My Current Jobs CNR Peer

Advisor

Youth Mentor

UWSP GreenFund $12 per

student $100,000 Total

Traveling to……….Kenya Africa!

Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Conservation Leadership Corps• Leadership

• Policy Advocacy

• Policy Development

• Policy Proposal

Friends and growth

On A Larger Scale What difference can you make

on a larger scale?

This Past Summer; Destination Washington DC

Who is this?US President

Established National Parks

IdealsOrganization

Preservation Future

Some of My Hero's

Aldo Leopold Holistic Approach

Gaylord Nelson Creating a movement

George Meyer Persistence & hard

workBosses; Bobbi/Jess

Compassion to others

Have Dreams!

Their Small Actions Add Up!

As you meet and learn from

new people, they imprint on

you without you even

knowing it.

Paying it Forward

Natural Resources is for ALL Individuals I am a white male, that came from an outdoor oriented family.

What about those who do not have the same opportunity? Social, economic, ethnicity and urban/rural backgrounds.

Natural Resource

s

Grow Through Helping OthersOthers Will need a helping hand

You grow more than you think by helping others

Ability to step up defines character

Remember Small Actions Add Up

Lets do a little exercise

HappinessEnvironmental Friendliness

Look in the Mirror; What are you going to do to save the world today or change a life?

Aldo Leopold: The Good Oak

Spiritual danger:

“Thinking the heat simply

comes from the furnace”

~Aldo Leopold

Looking at Expense

We (the consumer) pays 12cents per kilowatt hour of energy

BUT, is that the true expense?

Should we look at jobs, mining, transportation, air pollution?

Now can you put a price on that energy?

Does each little part now add up

What I have Learned in My Journey

That is why you are stepping up to become a leader!

LeadershipLeaders

hip

Leadership

But First, Lets Take a Selfie!

Your Path, Your Journey, Your FUTURE

And Remember, Small Actions Add Up!