{"id":7210,"date":"2014-12-12T08:23:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/blog\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2014-12-12T08:23:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:23:44","slug":"help-combat-climate-change-as-a-neighborhood-sustainability-steward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2014\/12\/12\/help-combat-climate-change-as-a-neighborhood-sustainability-steward\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Combat Climate Change as a Neighborhood Sustainability Steward!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/\">OSU Extension\u2019s<\/a> innovative <a href=\"http:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/benton\/sustainability\">Neighborhood Sustainability Stewards<\/a> <\/strong>volunteer program engages the local community in climate change actions  on a household level.\u00a0 Program goals are: to engage the general public in a  climate change conversation, to give the public tools to lower CO2  emissions on a household level, and to provide skills to live  sustainably in a changing world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7223\" title=\"NSS home tour\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2014\/12\/NSS-home-tour.jpg\" alt=\"NSS home tour\" width=\"435\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2014\/12\/NSS-home-tour.jpg 691w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2014\/12\/NSS-home-tour-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Make a difference in your community &#8211; join the Neighborhood Sustainability Steward Program!<\/span><\/strong> Attend the 8-week course to increase your knowledge of energy savings and sustainable living practices in your own home.\u00a0 Course topics include climate change science, transportation options, energy conservation, sustainable food systems, waste reduction, water conservation, sustainable gardening and landscaping, ecosystems and habitats, outreach and volunteering.\u00a0 The course meets on Monday evenings starting January 26<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015.\u00a0 Cost is only $20 and <em>includes field trip transportation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Don\u2019t miss this exciting opportunity to learn how you can do your part to combat climate change.<\/span><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.oregonstate.edu\/osuext\/register\/812\">Register today<\/a> since registration closes Jan. 12.<\/strong> For further information, contact <a href=\"mailto:jody.einerson@oregonstate.edu\">Jody Einerson<\/a>, 541-766-6311.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7225\" title=\"extension logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2014\/12\/extension-logo-300x58.png\" alt=\"extension logo\" width=\"244\" height=\"47\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OSU Extension\u2019s innovative Neighborhood Sustainability Stewards volunteer program engages the local community in climate change actions on a household level.\u00a0 Program goals are: to engage the general public in a climate change conversation, to give the public tools to lower CO2 emissions on a household level, and to provide skills to live sustainably in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1292117,1292103,607472,1292100,607797,1292111,1292119,1292102],"tags":[608856,37115,356,199175,19,622153,323,184523,1300,340],"class_list":["post-7210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-sustainability","category-energy","category-events-outreach","category-food","category-natural-features-and-landscaping","category-transportation","category-waste-reduction","category-water","tag-alternative-transportation","tag-compost","tag-energy","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-food","tag-landscape","tag-stormwater","tag-transportation","tag-volunteer","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}