How do we get the sustainability message beyond the choir? Social media is an opportunity to tell your story, capture people’s attention, engage with supporters and build community. Skyler Leonard, digital communications specialist for the City of Colorado Springs, shares how to better engage the community about sustainability using social media. He highlights best practices and effective messaging to reach a wider audience, and to engage with other interested citizens in the community.
Skyler Leonard helps manage the City website and social media accounts. He is a graduate of Colorado State University with a degree in English and journalism. Community awareness and citizen engagement with regard to sustainability supports all of the goals in Looking to Our Future: Pikes Peak Region 2030, the Pikes Peak region’s sustainability plan.
The moderator was Chris Aaby, Executive Director of the Catamount Institute and of Generation Wild of the Pikes Peak Region, and board member of Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future.
LINKS:
Main City of Colorado Springs Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Accounts: @cityofCOS
City of Colorado Springs Office of Innovation and Sustainability on Facebook: @COSsustainability
This presentation was made at the monthly Sustainability in Progress (SIP) event on March 20th, 2019. Sustainability in Progress is a monthly program of the Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future. Join us (free) the third Wednesday of every month 7:30-9:00 a.m. in the Wildcat Room at the Ivywild School. Coffee and pastries are provided.
This presentation was made at the monthly Sustainability in Progress (SIP) event on April 17, 2019. Sustainability in Progress is a monthly program of the Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future. Join us (free) the third Wednesday of every month 7:30-9:00 a.m. in the Wildcat Room at the Ivywild School. Coffee and pastries are provided.
UPCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS:
Thursday, April 25
Green Drinks
Thursday, April 25
Green Drinks – at Who Gives a Scrap
5:30 to 7:30 pm
Green Drinks is organized by the Green Cities Coalition. It encourages people to Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate all things sustainable in the Pikes Peak region! The theme for April’s Green Drinks is reuse.
Who Gives a SCRAP is a donation based scrap store that carries an impressive mix of arts and craft and hobbies supplies in addition to unique vintage finds. Bring $5 in cash or check to pay it forward for the next Green Drinks or donate online here.
Friday, April 26
Mile High Youth Corps
Providing lifetime skills for youth in the arenas of energy conservation and trail building
Pikes Peak Environmental Forum
Noon to 2 pm, Margarita at Pine Creek (Please RSVP)
About Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future
The mission of Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future is to promote regional sustainability and advance the Pikes Peak region’s sustainability plan (PPR2030) through regional collaboration and outreach.
The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region.
Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future
Pikes Peak Environmental Forum
Pikes Peak Library District Green Team
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