WHO WE ARE
Eco-Tech
Eco-Tech’s main goal is to create a corps of student leaders–better known as eco ambassadors–devoted to environmental issues. Their first objective is to develop an agenda and then enact measures at TTU to render the university more environmentally conscious and engaged in actions that promote environmental sustainability. Thanks to the financial support from TTU’s University Career Center, student interns will be paid to serve as environmental educators and conservationists at TTU. EcoTech’s guiding principles stress both the interconnectedness of all living and non-living identities and the fact that humans, as a keystone species, play an imperative role in preserving the well-being of the natural environment. EcoTech is open to all students, even though the organization is housed within TTU’s Honors College.
Our Current Interns/Officers:
President: Justin Hutcheson
Vice-President: Hala Shabaneh
Secretary: Aubrey Cheek
Treasurer: Audrée Macias
SORC Rep and General Media Specialist: Hope Ramsey
Social-Media Specialist: Mikaela Trevino
Lead Ambassador: Victor Romero
Research Specialist I on Environmental Initiatives at Other Universities: Jeremy Osborn
Research Specialist II on Grants and Big-Picture Action Items: Riley Jakino
Faculty Director: Dr. Suzanne LaLonde
OUR OBJECTIVES!
ECOTECH AMBASSADORS!
Provide students with a platform and training to become Eco Ambassadors or young leaders of the environmental movement locally, nationally, and internationally.
Prepare students to serve as conservationists and educators during their internships.
AGENDA ITEMS
Develop an agenda that encourages TTU to become more environmentally sustainable.
ENGAGEMENT
Assist with carrying out sustainable actions. Advise TTU students, staff, faculty, and administrators on sustainable actions to pursue.
FRATERNITY
Build a sense of fraternity among TTU students from various disciplines. Create a unity between students wanting to make a difference.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
INTERCONNECTEDNESS
We recognize the interconnections of all living and non-living identities on earth.
VULNERABILITY
We acknowledge the intrinsic vulnerability of all elements of the natural environment.
REVERSAL OF POSITION
We endorse a "reversal of position" of humans, such that we consider ourselves with greater humility.
KEYSTONE SPECIES
We recognize that humans must play a pivotal role as a "keystone species" in preserving the natural environment.
CARE AND RESPECT
We believe in an ethos of care and respect, rather than of exploitations, of all plant and animal life.