Welcome to the Eco-Leader Network!

We’re so glad you’re here. 

Do you cringe when you see your neighbors’ garbage can full of cardboard? Have you been known to take cans and bottles home when you don’t see a recycling bin? Do you have collections of random items you’ve never thrown away because you hope you don’t have to put them in the trash? Do you want to become an expert so you can tell your coworkers once and for all what can be recycled in the break room? 

Then you just may be an Eco-Leader!

As a volunteer Eco-Leader, you’ll join a dynamic and diverse network of hundreds of other like-minded people! You’ll gain access to ongoing trainings, various volunteer opportunities, and exciting legislative campaigns. Our dedicated staff will support you in spreading the word in ways that work for you—your commitment in time and actions are flexible and entirely up to you! 

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Get trained. 

All Eco-Leaders start with an Eco-Leader 101 training. In this personalized, one-on-one session, you’ll become an expert on “what goes where” in sorting discards and understand the critical role waste plays in the climate crisis. This training will address all your most pressing questions, and we’ll discuss how you’d like to get involved and what support you’ll need. 

Step 2: You’re in!

From here, it’s all up to you what you opt in to. You’ll receive a monthly Eco-Leader newsletter detailing current volunteer opportunities, recycling and composting updates, upcoming trainings and social hours, and anything else you might choose to sign up for. The Eco-Leaders are like pollinators, each going out to their own ecosystems and spreading solutions, but always able to come back to the hive to connect and gather resources.

Step 3: Choose your Eco-Leader journey. 

Eco-Leaders have the flexibility to engage in ways that suit their interests and schedules. Some Eco-Leaders prefer to get involved month-by-month, participating in opportunities that spark their interests when they have time. Other Eco-Leaders focus on education by attending webinars and workshops, then using that knowledge to inform their own lifestyle and to act as a resource for their networks of family, friends, coworkers, etc. Others choose to sign up for one (or all!) of our Action Teams, which, like the entire Eco-Leader experience, are completely flexible and dynamic. By signing up for an action team, we will customize your engagement opportunities so that you can make a difference in ways that are most impactful to YOU! You can sign up for multiple teams, and opportunities within teams may overlap.

Eco-Leader Action Teams

At the end of your personalized training, you’ll have the option to join any action team that sparks your interest! 

For the Eco-Leader who loves chatting with their community about things that excite them! 

You don’t have to be an extrovert to love being on the Outreach Team—you just have to be excited about spreading positive and impactful messages in your community! Join the Outreach Team and spread the Zero Waste word in your community networks. Members of this team have access to a robust bank of short, informative blurbs, infographics, and postings covering a wide range of Zero Waste–related topics that you can share in an HOA newsletter, on an office bulletin board, through social media channels, etc. 

For the Eco-Leader who wants to engage with Zero Waste and climate solutions on a systemic level.

Eco-Cycle drives local and statewide Zero Waste legislation, and our success is thanks to passionate individuals like you! We’ve recently passed amazing landmark legislation here in Colorado, and the momentum is only building from here! Be part of the next exciting legislative solution by signing up for the Legislative Action Team—all you have to do is care. We send you opportunities and support you in taking timely action (of your choosing), like writing your representative, lobbying with us, and making your voice heard in the legislative process!

For the Eco-Leader who is ready to show up and get stuff done. 

Whether it’s sorting discarded books for underserved schools, participating in a clean-up, or helping keep the collections organized at the Eco-Cycle CHaRM, the volunteer team is always rolling up their sleeves for a worthy cause! As a member of the volunteer team, you’ll be the first to receive these calls to action and volunteer opportunities, and you can opt in to whichever ones work for you.

For the Eco-Leader who wants to help organize and lead their community to do impactful and empowering things.

As a member of the Leadership Team, you will get access to in-depth resources about creating Green Teams, neighborhood organizing, hosting events, and updates on exciting local climate campaigns you can be involved in leading—all with ample support available from Eco-Cycle. The extent of involvement is flexible and can follow your interests and passions. An abundance of free time is not necessary—only an abundance of passion for community-led solutions!

Sign Up to Be an Eco-Leader Below!

Please note that so far, our Eco-Leader Network only exists in Colorado. If you live outside of Colorado, we encourage you to check out our national work here.

Related Pages

Eco-Leader Volunteer Network

Eco-Leader Events Calendar

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