Salt Lake City

Sustainability

Contact SLCgreen (801) 535-6470 | slcgreen@slcgov.com

Salt Lake Climate Leaders

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The Salt Lake City Climate Leaders program engages municipal employees and develops their knowledge base and professional skills in order to create more effective climate change leaders.

The program engages employees who have expressed an interest in professional development and leadership skills related to sustainability. Participants attend interactive monthly meetings and build momentum for more effective and strategic action on climate change across all City departments.

Program Goals

The goals of Salt Lake Climate Leaders are to:

  • Develop Employees: Engage employees and enhance their technical and leadership skills

  • Build a Multi-Disciplinary Network: Connect employees to ideas, resources and peers

  • Respond to Climate Change: Increase the City’s capacity to address climate change

Methods and Curriculum

Thirty current and emerging leaders within the City were selected to participate in the program in its first year. Participants meet monthly to learn about climate issues and opportunities, grow their leadership skills and experiences, and build lasting relationships to influence positive change.

Each workshop is 90 minutes and builds upon content delivered from subject-matter experts. The workshops also include interactive activities that enhance skills and assist participants in formulating climate change solutions for their specific departments and divisions.

At a high level, the curriculum includes:

  • Understanding and Communicating Climate Change

  • Climate Change and Salt Lake City: Local Impacts and Opportunities

  • Understanding and Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

  • How Climate Change Relates to Your Department

  • Leadership Skills and Applying Lessons Learned

The goal of Climate Week is to heighten interest and awareness of climate change amongst all City departments and act as a catalyst for broader application of related best practices and solutions.

Contact & Program Replication

If you are interested in implementing the Climate Leaders program in your city or organization, please contact SLCgreen at slcgreen@slcgov.com. A complete Program Replication Guide is also available here.

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