2. 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
3. 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?
13. Who is this?
US President
Established
National Parks
Ideals
Organization
Preservation Future
14. Some of My Hero's
Aldo Leopold
Holistic Approach
Gaylord Nelson
Creating a movement
George Meyer
Persistence & hard
work
Bosses; Bobbi/Jess
Compassion to others
Have Dreams!
15. 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
16. 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
Resources
17. Grow Through Helping Others
Others Will need a
helping hand
You grow more than
you think by
helping others
Ability to step up
defines character
18. Remember Small Actions Add Up
Lets do a little exercise
HappinessEnvironmental Friendliness
19. Look in the Mirror; What are you going to do
to save the world today or change a life?
20. Aldo Leopold: The Good Oak
Spiritual danger:
“Thinking the
heat simply
comes from the
furnace”
~Aldo Leopold
21. 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
22. What I have Learned in My Journey
That is why you are stepping up to become a leader!
Leadership
