Transforming Business

In the summer of 2009, Urban Ambassadors brought 3 world-class speakers on sustainable business practices to Des Moines to speak at the Polk County Convention Complex, followed by a training by The Natural Step USA out of Portland, Oregon.  Local … Continue reading →

Sustainable Spring Break

2010 DMACC Urban Campus, as a part of its new Environmental Science program, created Sustainable Spring Break as a 1-credit hour field studies course in their curriculum.  They spent spring break 2010 on Santa Catalina island, similar to Drake’s program … Continue reading →

Sustainable Living Bike Tour

Adam has joined this educational whirlwind for the past 3 years… a 750-mile, 3-week cycling trip down the California coast to educate schools, cities and colleges about sustainability using curriculum from Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment (AOTE).  There is … Continue reading →

Strawbale Volunteer Days

The Gaia Center is a non-profit run by Tizzy Hyatt and Jon Overland, who own about 60 acres northwest of Colfax, Iowa about an hour from Des Moines.  They are building the first (and only, that we know of) two-story … Continue reading →

Belin Family Foundation

Townsend Vision