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Andrew Bernier, B.A., M.Ed., is the Sustainability Instructor for The Center for Research in Engineering, Science and Technology. Concurrently with working as the CREST Sustainability Instructor, he is a doctoral candidate for a PhD in Sustainability Education from Prescott College, focusing on communication of sustainability through curriculum. His completed educational background includes a B.A. in Environmental Studies focusing on Communication of Sustainable Development from Ithaca College and an M.Ed in Secondary Education with a science focus from Arizona State University.

Mr. Bernier is dedicated to establishing and providing the first every day comprehensive sustainability curriculum in public education. With the unique being of the sustainability program, Mr. Bernier will be focused on developing the program so that it takes on a "problem based projects" approach. It is his firm belief that the strength of sustainability instruction must come from incorporating the class into the community and bringing the community into the classroom. The instruction that will be provided will be focusing on developing skill sets that will make students not only decipher the complex interconnectivity of issues that the concept of sustainability will address, but also be active agents of change so that they have the immediate ability to implement the skills taught to make a more sustainable community. Active in the Phoenix metro area, Mr. Bernier continuously strives to make connections and partnerships with the academic, business, organizational and municipalities at the fore front of the sustainability movement. Mr. Bernier is very excited to be able to work with the students that enroll in the sustainability program and contribute to the development of CREST.