{"id":373659,"date":"2026-08-17T13:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373659\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:02:07","slug":"leon-county-certifies-23-in-first-sustainability-ambassadors-program-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373659\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon County certifies 23 in first Sustainability Ambassadors Program term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Leon County\u2019s first Sustainability Ambassadors Program has graduated its inaugural class, certifying 23 residents last week after a five-session course focused on local sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The county launched the free educational program in July. It includes five interactive sessions covering topics such as waste and recycling, energy and water conservation, along with other sustainability issues.<\/p>\n<p>Participants completed the term and became certified Sustainability Ambassadors, committing to lead positive change in Leon County. The county said participants gained knowledge and resources to serve as ambassadors for sustainability by taking part in peer discussions, exploring strategies to inspire behavioral change and learning how to connect others to sustainability solutions in the community.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the program is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/LeonCountyFL.gov\/Ambassadors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LeonCountyFL.gov\/Ambassadors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Leon County\u2019s first Sustainability Ambassadors Program has graduated its inaugural class, certifying 23 residents last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-373659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}