Pollinator Advocate Application

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Pollinator Advocate Application - 2024

Pollinator Advocate training is offered for free to community members. Please answer the following questions as completely as possible. Although we would love to enroll everyone who applies to the Pollinator Advocate program, there are only 20 openings each year. Our goal is to include individuals with diverse interests, experiences and backgrounds who can help us grow the movement to create climate resilient landscapes that support pollinators, thriving ecosystems and bring our communities together. This is a City of Boulder program, and therefore, preference is giving to Boulder residents, although non-residents will be considered if space is available.

Applications close end of day on Sunday, May 9.

Email *

Name (First, Last) *

What is your address? Please include zip code. *

Can you commit to attending all Pollinator Advocate training sessions? (All dates and times are listed on this webpage - https://www.coolboulder.org/pollinator-advocates) *

Yes

Other:

Why are you interested in committing a large part of your summer to Pollinator Advocate training, and do you plan to stay involved after the training if you become a Pollinator Advocate?

How would you describe your experience growing plants or gardening, in either your own space or in other peoples' spaces?

Please select your level of experience for each category/row.

Very Experienced

Experienced

Some experience

No experience

Flower or landscape gardening

Vegetable gardening

Native plant gardening and/or Traditional Indigenous land use practices

As a rule of thumb, a "native plant" is one that was growing in the local area prior to the arrival of Europeans. Non-native plants were introduced either purposefully or accidentally. Are you familiar with the concept of native and introduced plants? *

Yes

Other:

Have you ever grown or gardened with Colorado native plants? *

Yes

I don't know

Other:

How interested are you in exploring the role of native plants in supporting pollinators, regardless of your level of gardening experience? *

Not very interested

Extremely interested

Most people aren't aware that Colorado has hundreds of different types of native bees. Most of us are familiar with the honeybee, but many people haven't learned that honeybees were introduced by Europeans and are not native to this part of the world.

Please check all of the statements below that apply to you.

I'm aware there are different types of bees, but didn’t realize that there are native and introduced bees

I’ve only heard about honeybees and didn’t know that there are other kinds of bees.

I’m aware that there are hundreds of different kinds of bees, but I don’t know very much about them

I'm knowledgeable about native bees and can recognize major groups (such as bumble bees, mason bees, sweat bees, etc.)

I understand the connection between native bees and native plants.

I haven’t heard that different types of bees or plants can be reliant on each other

I currently keep honeybees

I’ve kept honeybees in the past or have helped someone who did

Other:

Required

How interested are you in exploring Colorado's native bees and other pollinators?

I'm not very interested

I'm extremely interested

Climate change is having a huge impact on pollinators and their habitat. Pollinator Advocates learn how to counter some of these impacts by creating healthy habitat for pollinators. The bonus is that pollinator habitat is also part of the solution to climate change.

Have you heard before about native plant/pollinator habitat as a way to combat climate change?

Yes, and I want to learn more

No, and I want to learn more

Yes, and I'm not interested in learning more

No, and I'm not interestied in learning more.

Other:

How do you plan to use what you learn as a Pollinator Advocate? Please choose all that apply.

I live in an apartment or community with living units very close together and would like to explore opportunities for people to get involved either where we live or at other spaces

I live in a mobile home community and am interested in what can be planted in individual or shared spaces

I’m interested in container plantings for balconies or patios

I'm interesting in incorporating pollinator plants into a vegetable garden

I hope to apply this knowledge directly to my job.

I belong to an HOA and am interested in adding pollinator habitat to shared spaces

I live in a housing community or neighborhood that doesn’t have an HOA, and I hope to share what I learn to create more habitat in my neighborhood

I belong to a spiritual and/or religious group and I hope to influence what we are planting at a shared community space.

I'm in contact with a lot of different people and I look forward to sharing what I learn as a Pollinator Advocate with as many people as possible.

Other:

Required

An important part of being a Pollinator Advocate is sharing what you have learned with others as part of a community-wide effort to increase pollinator habitat across the city, and to encourage other people to be open to gardening and landscaping in ways that help pollinators.

Each of us has different ways of interacting with other people, and there’s no wrong answer to this question. As a Pollinator Advocate, you will have opportunities to get involved in different ways to share what you’ve learned with others. Please select one answer that best describes you.

I would feel comfortable starting conversations with people about plants and gardening in different types of situations – both formal and informal.

I like talking with people about gardening, but only with people I already know.

I would likely wait until someone asked me about plants and pollinators before I would feel comfortable sharing information with them, even if I know them well.

I am more of a ‘teach by showing’ kind of person and am most interested in working in pollinator gardens and habitats

I am a writer and/or an artist and am interested in how I can share what I learn through those media.

I am interested in both making my own space more pollinator friendly and being involved in sharing information with others.

I can’t see myself ever being in a teaching or outreach role. I am most interested in learning so that I may make my own yard more pollinator friendly.

Other:

How long do you plan on living locally in Boulder or the Boulder area?

Less than a year

1-3 years

3-5 years

5-10 years

I don't plan on moving

I don't live in the Boulder area

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